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Robots Stand Out in an Automated Future

Robot technology is on the rise for CPGs, and related technologies like collaborative robots are carving out their own corner of the market.

March 20, 2023

CPGs are finding benefits to robot-related technologies like collaborative robots and autonomous mobile robots.

White Castle's Robotic Path to Packaging Automation

Integrators used software to identify the optimal positioning of robots on the line based on their footprint, reach, and payload. The software also validates the requisite system performance in relation to the existing components of the packaging line.

March 16, 2023

The latest automation installation at the plant is a two-ABB IRB 1200 robot station that case packs the retail cartons into 12-ct shipper cases.

Evolution Fresh Teams With Hiperbaric to Automate HPP, Reduce Labor Injuries

High-pressure processing is essential for improving the taste and shelf life of cold-pressed juices. Partnering with Hiperbaric, Evolution Fresh made it a less labor-intensive operation.

February 22, 2023

At the loading and tilting station, bottled juices are loaded automatically into vessels.

Top 10 Articles of 2022 – No. 2: Mark Anthony Brewing Goes for the Gold Standard

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2022. At No. 2 is our first Manufacturing Innovation Award winner, a greenfield facility making White Claw Hard Seltzer, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, and other brews.

December 29, 2022

Growing Pains in Direct to Consumer E-Commerce

With direct to consumer e-commerce expected to grow in the near future, manufacturers need to consider automation advancements that can help ease the process.

December 21, 2022

Truck And Boxes

Robotic Automation Doubles Capacity for Dot’s Pretzels

With no perceivable impediment to its growth other than capacity, Dot’s Pretzels, now a Hershey Co. brand, opened a new facility with a special focus on robotic packaging automation.

December 2, 2022

ABB FlexPicker delta robots fill the POP display cases.

Yeaman Machine Showcases New Filling and Packing Solutions at PACK EXPO International

Yeaman Machine's new products showcased at PACK EXPO International can help automate the packaging line and improve efficiency.

November 4, 2022

Yeaman Machine's new top-load case packer with robotic infeed and case erecting.

A New Frontier in Robot Applications and Markets

Robot technology is more advanced and applicable than ever with the help of machine learning, washdown capability, and safety improvements, but there is still plenty of room for innovation.

September 26, 2022

Barilla's Flagship Pasta Plant Showcases Integrated Robotics

Barilla’s flagship pasta manufacturing plant in Parma, Italy, boasts a fully automated, lights-out distribution facility, equipped with 120 laser-guided vehicles and 35 robotic systems.

September 23, 2022

Barilla’s flagship plant in Parma, Italy, operates 120 laser-guided vehicles.

Top Pros and Cons of Robots for CPGs

CPGs find compelling benefits like labor reduction and increased productivity when adding robots to the production line, but others have reason to hesitate

September 16, 2022

PMMI Report: CPGs Find Key Benefits with Robots

OEMs Bring the Benefits of Cobots to Palletizing

Higher payloads, an extended reach, ease of programming and operation, and greater security features allow new cobots to be used for palletizing operations.

August 23, 2022

The UR20 palletizing robots features a new joint design that allows for up to 65% faster cycle times as well as the ability to handle loads up to 20 kg.

Small Potato Producer Gets a Grip on Growth via Robotics

Using robotics to fuel growth while staying competitive, a leading North American grower, shipper, and packer of bite-sized potatoes is keeping costs down and employment and production up.

August 3, 2022

Potatoes robot gripper

Over 50% of CPGs to Increase Cobot Spending

The suspected surge in cobot spending comes at a time when companies are just starting to grasp how to take advantage of them.

June 28, 2022

Spending Forecast for Cobots

Mark Anthony Brewing Goes for the Gold Standard

The largest and most technologically advanced brewery built in the U.S. in the past 28 years, a 1.3 million-sq-ft highly automated, fast-track greenfield facility wins a Manufacturing Innovation Award from ProFood World.

June 1, 2022

MAB’s new facility makes Mike’s Hard Lemonade, White Claw Hard Seltzer, and other ready to drink brands and will provide increased capacity to keep up with consumer demand in the eastern U.S.

Tutor Intelligence Rewrites the Rules of Collaborative Robots

The MIT startup unveils vision system software that uses situational awareness to adapt to its environment.

March 21, 2022

Tutor March2022

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 1: CTI Foods Automates Its Hot to Handle Taco Packaging Line

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. Coming in at No. 1 is an article that introduced us to tacobots and what they could do to help a taco packaging line upgrade production—and win a Manufacturing Innovation Award.

January 9, 2022

Fresh tacos that were once too hot to handle manually are now placed into trays by JLS Talon robots.

Soft Robotics Moves into AI

Industrial robots gain human-like hand-eye coordination.

September 29, 2021

SuperPick system combines ultra-fast 3D vision with state-of-the-art gripping technology to automate handling, scanning and loading of outbound orders and returns of polybagged items.

Beverage Manufacturers Turn to Dynamic Machines and Automation to Meet SKU Expansion

Manufacturers are being pressed on all fronts to expand offerings in the beverage market, and they are turning to OEMs and suppliers to offer solutions at all points in the manufacturing process.

July 9, 2021

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