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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

Rockwell Automation employee supporting customers through TechConnectIQ Support, the company’s AI-assisted remote support service for industrial automation systems.

Remote / network management

Rockwell Automation brings AI-assisted tools to remote support

Xemelgo Experience Center virtual warehouse game comparing barcode scanning and RFID technology for inventory counting

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

Business

Management / operations / workforce

Digital Transformation

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

CPG manufacturers brace for mounting production losses and see industrial AI as a critical competitiveness lever by 2030, Schneider Electric study finds.

Digital Transformation

Could AI solve Europe’s packaging compliance problem?

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

Technology

Controls / motion control

Engineering / design software

HMI / operator Interface

Vision systems and sensors

Components / instrumentation

Remote / network management

Ranpak’s Connect.IQ interface at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta displays real-time equipment data, performance metrics, productivity tracking, and average utilized throughput as part of its AI-enabled operator-machine communication.

On the Line: When AI helps the machine solve the problem

Banner Engineering Q2F flat-pack photoelectric sensor

Vision systems and sensors

Banner introduces Q2F flat pack photoelectric sensor

The SEW-EURODRIVE PxG economy series includes P1.G, P2.G, and P3.G planetary servo gear units with peak torque ratings from 11 to 500 Nm.

Components / instrumentation

SEW-EURODRIVE expands PxG servo lineup with economy series

Machinery

Primary packaging

Secondary packaging

Integrated equipment

Filling and Processing

The SOMIC 202 cartoner collects, groups, and packs pre-packaged products into single-piece corrugated cartons.

Secondary packaging

SOMIC brings space-saving cartoner to Pack Expo International

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

Harpak-ULMA’s VTC 840 WD vertical form-fill-seal (VFFS) system is designed for high-sanitation food packaging applications with IP66 washdown capability.

Primary packaging

Harpak-ULMA VFFS system simplifies cleaning, reduces utility use

Applications

Beverage

Cosmetics / personal care

Household / automotive

Life sciences / pharma / healthcare

Other packaged products

Kuka robotic palletizing cells at Wyandot Snacks handling end-of-line case packing for cereal and tortilla chip production, supporting increased throughput and reduced manual handling across the packaging line

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

Coca-Cola bottles are filled on Sibeg Srl’s first aseptic PET line at its Catania facility in Sicily, installed with Sidel’s Aseptic Combi Predis system for the production of sensitive beverages.

Coca-Cola bottler installs aseptic PET line for in-house production

Coal'd Water founder John Burleson and equity partner Jordan Hamrick stand next to the facility's distilling equipment (left side of image), while the canning line (pictured on the right side of image) features the Tripack sleever integrated after the filler, supporting flexible beverage packaging and co-packing operations.

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

Resources

Research

Supplier directory

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

Tag: Premier Tech

Premier Tech’s Toma collaborative robot (cobot) palletizer demonstrates end-of-line automation by moving boxes to the conveyor. This was captured at Automate 2025 in Detroit, Michigan.

Premier Tech’s Toma cobot simplifies end-of-line palletizing

September 22, 2025

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