A ‘Smart Factory’ can be described as machines talking to machines and moving job information automatically between them as the print job progresses through the shop.

Printer and converter Lauterbach Group is impressed with the machine’s speed, versatility and ease of use.

The picking productivity increase may solve one direct labor problem, but in doing so, it creates another. The company will now have to find space and people for manual pack & ship stations to accommodate the improved picking productivity.

Installation of Cama Group’s IG270 and IF296 machines has enabled a 14% increase in line productivity.

Thanks to an innovative kinematics system that works independently in six degrees of freedom, processes that were once difficult to manage can now be automated with limited error and maximized efficiency.  

Robotics and automation are changing the cartoning and case-packing landscape by providing faster packaging, taking up less space, improving workplace safety, and freeing up employees for other tasks.

Rising labor prices and demand for supply chain integration are among factors behind the growth.

How advanced preventive maintenance saves companies time, money and energy.

Indiana-based Closure Systems International Inc. (CSI) automates its closure production with FANUC robotics to solve labor challenges and improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).

Compact, flexible and configurable robotic system enables full automated handling of trim press products.