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ESS Technologies has enhanced the design of its line of automatic horizontal and vertical cartoners. The SC Series and VC Series cartoners offer reliable performance and fast changeover, with the SC Series Horizontal Cartoners now featuring a servo-controlled rotary carton feeder.

Schneider Electric has expanded its AltivarTM family of variable speed drives with the new Altivar Machine ATV340. Designed to address the challenges of the smart machine era, the ATV340 drive combines easy installation with cutting-edge application control and advanced, easy-to-integrate automation capabilities. 

U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission LLC has come out with the Super Stainless Steel roller chain. This is a unique roller chain product that combines the corrosion resistance and extreme temperature operating range of Tsubaki’s AS series stainless steel chain with the strength of a carbon steel chain.

BPA has named Andre Boom the new COO for BluePrint Automation (BPA) Americas. Boom spent the last 25+ years with leading snack food manufacturers such as Snyder’s-Lance, Pinnacle Foods and Quaker Oats. 

Repack Canada has acquired two automated systems: an automatic cartoner and a bagging system, striving for speed and optimum customer service for all packaging services.

In partnership with ABB and the University of Lincoln, OAL Group presents the second Food Manufacturing 2030 Conference. The event brings together retailers, manufacturers, and robotic and automation experts to discuss, debate and demonstrate the industry's future surrounded by the very latest in technological, robotic and automation advances transforming food handling and processing.

The rule of thumb when deciding between robotic or conventional case packers is not as true today as in the past, because robots now cost less and are easier to use, creating more options for packagers. Here are three suggestions for gaining advantages from the new economic realities of robots in case packing.