Packaging OEM

As robots are become more common in warehouses, integration is often still manual, expert-dependent, and costly.

Robotiq moves to simplify palletizing deployments with new IQ platform

June 8, 2026

Robotiq moves to simplify palletizing deployments with IQ, an AI-enabled platform designed to reduce integration time, costs, and site visits

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AI can be used to inspect pallets for damage and identify potential issues before they create safety risks or operational disruptions.

Digital Transformation

Living on the edge: Bringing AI closer to material handling operations

June 5, 2026

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At the Unilever plant in Heppenheim, Germany, Festo's MSE6-E2M module was deployed to reduce the compressed air consumption of a plant manufacturing Magnum ice creams.

Industry

On the Line: Doing more with less energy in packaging

June 4, 2026

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Sarah Wynn, senior editor at Packaging OEM, and Omar Asali, chairman & CEO of Ranpak, on stage at the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston discussing robotic manipulation in warehouse automation, physical AI, and deployment challenges. Photo source: Jeff Pinette

Technology

Ranpak examines the gap between physical AI promise and reality

June 2, 2026

Featured

A filled box travels in motion down a conveyor ramp toward robotic palletizing at Wyandot Snacks in Marion, Ohio, illustrating end-of-line automation within a legacy manufacturing facility.

Food

Wyandot Snacks scales packaging and solves skills shortages with robotics-as-a-service

May 12, 2026

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Research

Robotics on the Packaging Line: Enabling Faster, More Flexible Operations

May 1, 2026

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Sealed bottles of saline moving on a conveyor on the shop floor at Combi Packaging Systems’ Canton, Ohio facility as part of an end-of-line equipment build.

OEM Profiles

Built around the application: how Combi develops custom end-of-line systems across industries

April 27, 2026

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Business

More Business

Sun Centre USA’s POUCH3 Cuboid format, shown at left, alongside equipment used to run the pouch on existing lines at the company’s Crystal Lake, Illinois, facility, designed to reduce material use by eliminating excess headspace while improving filling, shipping, and shelf presentation.

Industry

Flexible packaging awards highlight new formats, OEM-driven design

April 12, 2026

Flexible packaging awards highlight new formats and OEM-driven design, including Sun Centre USA’s POUCH3 Cuboid format and sustainability-backed initiatives like AirWave Packaging’s PaperWave air cushions.

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Software

Industrial software for startups: Accelerating ROI by design

March 31, 2026

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weavix's Walt Smart Radios provide AI-powered translation to connect multilingual packaging operations (left side of image). The devices translate more than 40 languages, including Swahili (right side of image).

Management / operations / workforce

Weavix translates frontline communication with AI-powered smart radio

March 12, 2026

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News

ProAmpac grows flexible packaging footprint with TCP deal

March 11, 2026

Technology

More Technology

The EPLI and EPLI-S end plates for Festo’s CPX-AP-A remote I/O platform extend communication and power across multiple machine zones while keeping systems under a single Ethernet address.

Components / instrumentation

Festo extends remote I/O across machine zones with new end plates

May 28, 2026

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Pepperl+Fuchs industrial sensor lab demonstrates conveyor automation with a photoelectric sensor detecting tote movement for zone-based material handling and packaging efficiency.

Vision systems and sensors

Sensing a trend: Pepperl+Fuchs enables smarter movement across packaging lines

May 20, 2026

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Advantech UNO industrial edge computer integrated with ei3 Service cloud application and Zethus secure edge container as part of the Advantech and ei3 zero-trust remote service platform for OEMs enabling secure machine access and connected service support

Remote / network management

Advantech, ei3 introduce zero-trust remote service platform for OEMs

May 7, 2026

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Machinery

More Machinery

Jan Hennecke, business unit manager for robotics and automation at igus Inc., stands next to a Fairino FR20 cobot used for end-of-line palletizing and precise stacking through integrated controls at the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston.

News

From Boston: cobots, humanoids, and AI-powered automation at the Robotics Summit & Expo

June 2, 2026

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Packaging OEM ran a Hot Wheels van through Packsize’s CVP Impack at Modex 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia World Congress Center, demonstrating automated right-sized box creation in real time.

Secondary packaging

Packsize packages everything from iPhones to a Hot Wheels van in live demo

May 15, 2026

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Konstantinos Marinakis, CEO of Siat Group, and Timo Mosca, CEO of GroupMosca, announce a strategic cooperation agreement combining both companies’ packaging equipment, service, and support capabilities during Interpack 2026.

News

Focused on uptime: Siat Group, GroupMosca align on global packaging cooperation

May 8, 2026

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Quicktron Robotics QuickCube E200 elevator system on display at Modex 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia, designed for automated goods movement in warehouse environments.

News

Quicktron brings modular warehouse automation platform to U.S. market

May 6, 2026

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Applications

More Applications

Food

Wyandot Snacks scales packaging and solves skills shortages with robotics-as-a-service

May 12, 2026

At Wyandot Snacks in Marion, Ohio, robotics didn’t replace employees – it helped add 100 of them. By partnering with Formic and its robotics-as-a-service model to deploy automation at the end of the packaging line, the snack manufacturer increased throughput and stabilized operations in a rural community where finding skilled labor can be a challenge.

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