Tag: automation

Craig Souser (left), who retired Oct. 12 after nearly five decades leading JLS Automation, and Russ Stroner (right), the company’s new President and CEO. JLS Automation manufactures hygienic robotic packaging systems.

Management / operations / workforce

JLS Automation names Russ Stroner President and CEO as Craig Souser retires

October 16, 2026

Unitech’s Model T012 Automatic Pre-Stretched Film Rewinder processes industrial stretch film at speeds up to 4,000 feet per minute and will be demonstrated at PACK EXPO International 2026.

Unitech’s high-speed film rewinder reaches 4,000 feet per minute

October 16, 2026

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

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

Packaging line flexibility: AI, changeovers and robotics

October 1, 2026

SEW-EURODRIVE’s LM3S series electric cylinders provide fast, precise linear motion for machine-building and automation applications.

Controls / motion control

SEW-EURODRIVE launches LM3S electric cylinders for linear motion

September 30, 2026

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).

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

September 24, 2026

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

KUKA, SOMIC Packaging, Quest, and Provisur Technologies are among the exhibitors featured in Packaging OEM’s first look at PACK EXPO International 2026. Source: KUKA (top left), SOMIC Packaging (top right), Provisur Technologies (bottom left), and Quest (bottom right)

On the Line: A first look at what’s coming to PACK EXPO 2026

September 17, 2026

Calyx Containers uses an automated packaging line to move cannabis containers through production (left side of image), while co-founders Simon Knobel and Alex Gonzalez discuss the company’s cannabis packaging solutions (right side of image).

Calyx Containers cultivates a new approach to cannabis packaging

September 3, 2026

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

Quest integrates robotics into Flexible One packaging platform

August 21, 2026