Equipment

Automation use in times of labor shortage

Labor shortages are driving consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to adopt automated solutions, according to The Future of Automation in Packaging a... continue reading »

SOMIC Packaging to demo retail-ready automated equipment at Pack Expo

A combination of developments have sparked growth at the company that can be traced back to SOMIC Packaging's heritage 424 machine series. Therefor... continue reading »

Cherry producer has a new ‘vision’ for optical sorting

In May 2022, the cherry season at Giacovelli Srl’s plant in Turi (Bari), Italy, got underway in high gear, thanks to the new SFS Invision 2 optical ... continue reading »

Eriez appoints Jaisen Kohmuench as chief operating officer

The Eriez Board of Directors appointed Jaisen Kohmuench to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer (COO), according to an announcement t... continue reading »

Picking, packing and palletizing robot solutions

FANUC America will highlight its latest robot and cobot solutions for picking, packing and palletizing at Pack Expo International in Chicago. The f... continue reading »

Auction: apple receiving, washing, grading and packaging equipment

At auction October 27-November 3, 2022, is Heeren Brothers apple facility, including state of the art apple receiving, washing, grading and packaging ... continue reading »

KRONEN presents new fresh-cut processing line

Kronen is now manufacturing four processing lines, one of which was recently demonstrated live to an audience of interested guests invited by the comp... continue reading »

Triangle Package Machinery Co. promotes John Cooke to Director of Sales

Cooke has been with Triangle for 18 years as a direct employee and represented the company for 12 years prior. With 30-plus years of experience, he ha... continue reading »

The new labor

As the labor market continues to rebound from pandemic-related shortages, CPGs are focusing their workforce on key growth areas as they try to meet co... continue reading »

PMMI welcomes new members

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies’ membership announced continued growth at its Annual Meeting (Sept. 12-14; Oak Brook... continue reading »