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The Baker-Bot ices a full rack of 480 cookies in about 40 to 45 minutes, averaging about six seconds a cookie at Noms Bake Shop.

Cobot Automates Icing Process

A collaborative robot takes on the repetitive task of icing gourmet cookies, delivering speed and efficiency while easing workers’ ergonomic discomfort.

August 18, 2020

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Recalculating for a Better New Normal by Year End

While PPE supplies seem to be under control, current pandemic-related challenges include the ongoing labor crunch, greater demand to produce goods for grocery stores, difficulty in forecasting future production needs—and, now, a can shortage.

July 31, 2020

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Pandemic Causes Shift to New Plant Tools

From pandemic preparedness certification to augmented reality tools, food and beverage manufacturers are embracing new tools. Plus see how Nestlé uses smart glasses to work on complex projects at its facilities during the coronavirus crisis.

July 29, 2020

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Processing Equipment

Nestlé Accelerates Use of Augmented Reality Amidst COVID-19

AR provides the remote assistance Nestlé needs to install new production lines, upgrade existing lines, and carry out maintenance safely and efficiently during the pandemic.

July 24, 2020

Nestlé and its suppliers are using augmented reality tools, such as smart glasses, to work on complex projects at its facilities across the globe during the coronavirus crisis.

Big Packaging Line in a Small Footprint? No Problem if it Handles a Dozen Formats

With the large but flexible Innopack TLM packaging system, a KHS and Schubert collaboration, this many-SKU winery used just one machine to pack a dozen formats and varieties.

July 23, 2020

At 33 meters in length, 13 sub-machines, up to 33,000 bottles an hour – the new packaging machine at Rotkäppchen-Mumm not only has an impressive set of statistics but also provides outstanding flexibility.

Protect OEE in high-mix, short-run operations

Today’s push for more product and packaging variety requires more innovative and flexible packaging machines.

July 21, 2020

With the release of new, smaller-frame intelligent track systems, primary packaging applications can also improve flexibility and OEE using independent cart technology. Photo courtesy of Rockwell Automation.

Vision Inspection Maximizes Label Accuracy

For one North American food manufacturer, Omron’s SKU verification system dramatically lowered production costs and increased overall profitability.

July 15, 2020

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Reports Say Tyson, Other Processors to Replace Meat Cutters with Robots

The ongoing food and beverage manufacturing industry labor crisis combined with the pandemic is behind the need for more automation, including robotics.

July 13, 2020

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ACC Announces Smart Start Program

Automated Control Concepts (ACC)

Automated Control Concepts (ACC) announces a new initiative—Smart Start—designed to help manufacturers begin the journey to digital transformation and information-based decision-making.

June 30, 2020

OMAC To Develop Remote Interface Guidelines

OMAC, The Organization for Machine Automation and Control, has formed a Workgroup to be comprised of end users and service providers to create a comprehensive best-practices handbook for remote monitoring services.

June 29, 2020

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City Brewery Triples Production Capacity

The co-manufacturer upgraded its canning lines in six months with controllers, AC drives, and HMI software to quickly and nimbly accommodate changing consumer tastes as well as optimize operational efficiency.

June 29, 2020

City Brewery upgraded two existing canning lines and installed a third canning line at its Latrobe, Penn., plant, boosting its production capacity to 48 million cases annually.

Bosch Updates Industry 4.0 Software to Digitalize Manufacturing

Along with its launch of the second release of the Nexeed Industrial Application System, Bosch has rolled out a ‘Manufacture #LikeABosch’ campaign to raise awareness for industrial digitalization.

June 19, 2020

Bosch’s new ‘Manufacture #LikeABosch’ campaign playfully shows how digitalization is improving production and logistics.

Fast-Track Fulfillment of a Frozen Food Favorite

Now better positioned to keep up with yearly double-digit growth of its popular Uncrustables line, The J. M. Smucker Company creates a highly automated facility that boasts the largest single baking line in the world.

June 5, 2020

A sophisticated system allows Smucker to add pack sizes without major impacts to the line.

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Products

Devices and software used to automate food and beverage manufacturing, including controls, sensors, instrumentation, robotics, and Internet of Things platforms.

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AI-driven Digital Platform

Norwalt and ei3 partner to launch Norwalt Nexus, which transforms manufacturing equipment into intelligent, proactive systems, helping to address the talent crisis and demand for data-driven manufacturing.

The Grote Company Unveils Automated Material Handling System with Integrated Robotics at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

KUKA Robotics to Showcase Advanced Solutions for Packaging and Processing at PACK EXPO 2025