Machinery & Automation

An explosion at a contract packaging plant in Georgia this Thursday left several people with injuries, reports said.

Nestlé Australia announces a $90 million upgrade to its Blayney site, which manufactures Nestlé Purina PetCare pet food.

Food firm Conagra is launching an expansion project at its Troy, OH meat snacks manufacturing facility.

Manufacturers have turned to subscription-based automation in recent months to gain resilience against supply chain disruptions and cut costs.

Robot adoption has slowed during the pandemic, putting a damper on the robot market. Real growth may wait until 2022, although cobot growth may not have to.

Before the offshoring of the last two decades, pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging was vibrant in Puerto Rico. Guess what? The infrastructure and skilled workers stand ready for an easy reboot.

Just as wizards make for easy software configurations, ABB has introduced these software graphical blocks for speedy robot deployment.