Tag: material handling

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

BEUMER robotpick has already processed 1.75 million parcels in a live customer environment. Source: BEUMER Group

BEUMER robotpick designed to automate 99.9% of bulk parcel handling

September 28, 2026

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

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

August 24, 2026

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

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

August 20, 2026

On the Line: Building flexibility into material handling

August 20, 2026

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

mk North America VersaMove pallet handling system with a QR code providing access to equipment-specific information and support resources.

Integrated equipment

mk North America uses QR codes to simplify conveyor support

August 12, 2026

A box travels through AMC Automation's Zero-Pressure Accumulation (ZPA) Conveyor System, which uses run-on-demand conveying and 24V DC gear motors to support single-piece flow.

Integrated equipment

AMC Automation targets single-piece flow with new conveyor system

August 10, 2026

PAC Machinery's R3200 integrated with CMES Robotics’ artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technology for bagging (right). The technology was demonstrated at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2025.

On the Line: How AI is changing decision-making in packaging and material handling

June 11, 2026

At the Unilever plant in Heppenheim, Germany, Festo's MSE6-E2M module was deployed to reduce the compressed air consumption of a plant manufacturing Magnum ice creams.

On the Line: Doing more with less energy in packaging

June 4, 2026