Two experts from SEE® explain how automation can contribute to sustainability goals – even when it comes to creating on-product messaging to help tell your sustainability story.

Of the many benefits of automation, perhaps the one that usually first jumps to mind is labor reduction. While that definitely is one benefit, Ranpak’s Bryan Boatner (Managing Director, Automation) recently made the case to Packaging Strategies that automation can contribute to sustainability in multiple ways.

Automation plays a huge and ever-growing role in the packaging industry. No surprise, then, that the July issue of Packaging Strategies featured a story on automation and controls (From Smart Valves to Smart Factories).

The new integrated solution from Rotzinger combines flexibility, compactness, and ease of operation to boost uptime and reduce the total cost of ownership.

The collaboration is resulting in new and advanced capabilities that are driving maximum flexibility, throughput and sustainability. 

In this article, Graphic Packaging International (GPI) expounds upon the advantages of fiber-based solutions for produce packaging.

Packaging printers are continually in search of productive processes that use less labor to meet the needs of their customers. The hands-on methods required by package printing press operators in the past have become troublesome in this growing business environment.

Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are here to help revitalize the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry and help humans move their operations into the next phase of factory automation.

Three experts recently shared with Packaging Strategies their perspectives on how automation can improve the efficiency of packaging operations.