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FANUC demonstrates food-grade robotic sausage handling and packaging at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2025 with a DR-3iB/6 Stainless delta robot and food-grade SCARA robot.

FANUC brings generative AI, food-grade robotics to PACK EXPO

October 8, 2026

FANUC will showcase generative AI robot programming, food-grade robotics, machine vision, picking, packing, and palletizing applications at PACK EXPO International 2026.

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Festo FPaKit pre-engineered gantry system is designed to simplify palletizing integration and reduce commissioning work for packaging OEMs.

Industry

Packaging line flexibility: AI, changeovers and robotics

October 1, 2026

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Robotics

BEUMER robotpick designed to automate 99.9% of bulk parcel handling

September 28, 2026

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An Orion Packaging employee operates a Flex Legion stretch wrapper (left side of image). An American flag hangs on the shop floor at Triangle Package Machinery’s Chicago facility, which assembles bagging, weighing, and cartoning equipment (right side of image).

News

On the Line: What reshoring really looks like for packaging OEMs

September 24, 2026

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FANUC’s R-50iA controller and palletizing robot are shown on the left, while ABB Robotics’ robotic automation demonstration is shown on the right at Automate 2026.

Digital Transformation

Built for the unexpected: AI expands what packaging machines can handle

September 22, 2026

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Dexterity’s Mech robot moves packages using physical AI, with Beckhoff Automation supporting the control architecture connecting motion, safety, navigation, and data.

News

Physical AI, robots, and what’s next after the end-of-line

August 27, 2026

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FOCUS Integration will show its CUBE palletizing system at Pack Expo 2026.

Robotics

KUKA to show automation for packaging and food at Pack Expo International

August 24, 2026

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Quest’s Flexible One packaging system, which brings together technologies from multiple ProMach brands, uses robotic case packing technology to handle cookie boxes.

Robotics

Quest integrates robotics into Flexible One packaging platform

August 21, 2026

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Dexterity’s Mech loads boxes into a truck as part of its automated truck-loading operations.

Robotics

Dexterity ‘superhumanoid’ robot uses physical AI for truck loading and unloading

August 20, 2026

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Direct Conveyors’ conveyor technology positions and manipulates packages for downstream processes (left side of image). Rockwell Automation’s OTTO autonomous mobile robots connect material movement with production demand (right side of image).

Digital Transformation

Beyond the conveyor: How automation connects packaging lines to the warehouse

August 18, 2026

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FlexLink’s RC20 collaborative palletizing cell features a FANUC CRX20 robot arm and a compact footprint for end-of-line applications.

Robotics

FlexLink brings higher payloads to collaborative palletizing

August 17, 2026

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The igus twisterchain energy chain supports cable management on compact industrial robots with rotation angles of more than 600°.

Supplier

igus energy chain supports pick-and-place robots with 600° cable rotation

August 5, 2026

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Automated packaging systems are becoming more integrated into broader warehouse operations.

End-of-line

Packaging automation shifts to ease warehouse integration, says Interact Analysis

July 21, 2026

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Robots enable rigid box creation and assembly for attractive and durable packaging such as this.

Robotics

Robotics pays attention to detail for rigid box manufacturing

July 7, 2026

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Robotics

Automate 2026: How to justify automation, use AI to help robotics

July 1, 2026

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WINIT is using Hai Robotics technology as part of its modular fulfillment platform.

News

WINIT offers modular fulfillment platform to 3PL customers

June 29, 2026

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Robotics

Formic grows robotics-as-service footprint with expanded Midwest headquarters

June 16, 2026

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Sereact’s team celebrates the opening of its Boston-area U.S. headquarters.

News

Sereact opens Boston-area HQ to support AI-driven order picking systems

June 12, 2026

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

Robotics

Robotiq moves to simplify palletizing deployments with new IQ platform

June 8, 2026

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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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Speed, space, and changeovers shape new machinery and technology at PACK EXPO 2026

Built for the unexpected: AI expands what packaging machines can handle

Beyond the conveyor: How automation connects packaging lines to the warehouse

Reshoring in Packaging: How OEMs are Building U.S. Manufacturing Capabilities

Amazon Transparency captures the future of 2D barcode traceability

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

Rockwell Automation brings AI-assisted tools to remote support

SEW-EURODRIVE launches LM3S electric cylinders for linear motion

Barcode or RFID? Xemelgo turns cycle counting into a video game

Spee-Dee Packaging highlights speed and flexibility of its compact rotary filler

Antares Vision Group combines multiple inspections in one machine

Triangle’s SmartChange aims to cut changeover downtime by up to 60%

Calyx Containers cultivates a new approach to cannabis packaging

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

Coal’d Water’s modern packaging line taps into OEM technology for distilling ambitions

3D Printing in Packaging: Rethinking Engineering, Tooling, and Production

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

The New Remote Management Mindset in Packaging: Smart, Scalable, Secure Service

the latest in Robotics

FANUC brings generative AI, food-grade robotics to PACK EXPO

Packaging line flexibility: AI, changeovers and robotics

BEUMER robotpick designed to automate 99.9% of bulk parcel handling

On the Line: What reshoring really looks like for packaging OEMs

more Robotics

Built for the unexpected: AI expands what packaging machines can handle

Physical AI, robots, and what’s next after the end-of-line

KUKA to show automation for packaging and food at Pack Expo International

Quest integrates robotics into Flexible One packaging platform

Dexterity ‘superhumanoid’ robot uses physical AI for truck loading and unloading

Beyond the conveyor: How automation connects packaging lines to the warehouse

FlexLink brings higher payloads to collaborative palletizing

igus energy chain supports pick-and-place robots with 600° cable rotation

Packaging automation shifts to ease warehouse integration, says Interact Analysis

Robotics pays attention to detail for rigid box manufacturing

Automate 2026: How to justify automation, use AI to help robotics

WINIT offers modular fulfillment platform to 3PL customers

Formic grows robotics-as-service footprint with expanded Midwest headquarters

Sereact opens Boston-area HQ to support AI-driven order picking systems

Robotiq moves to simplify palletizing deployments with new IQ platform

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

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