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Why Packaging Machinery Is Holding Back CPG Sustainability Goals
More than half of end users say equipment limitations are stalling their sustainability progress, and the gap between what CPGs want and what machines can deliver is widening rather than closing.
July 31, 2026
Automation
Why AI Vision Inspection Outperforms Traditional Pharma Quality Systems
From false rejects to adaptive learning: how AI vision inspection transforms pharmaceutical packaging reliability and operational efficiency.
July 22, 2026
Business Intelligence
How a Shrinking Cattle Herd is Steering Machinery Spend
Tight beef supply and labor scarcity are pushing processors toward poultry and yield-focused automation.
July 17, 2026
Business Intelligence
The Protein Paradox: Americans Are Eating Less but Demanding More
GLP-1 adoption and clean-label preferences are pushing processors toward flexible, sanitation-ready lines rather than new capacity.
July 10, 2026
Business Intelligence
AI's Missing Last Mile: OEMs Use It in the Office, Not on the Line
Most packaging and processing OEMs are now using or testing AI internally—but only a small fraction has built it into the machines they sell, even as customers signal real demand for intelligence on the line.
July 2, 2026
Business Intelligence
Beyond the Sale: Why Packaging Customers Want OEMs as Lifecycle Partners
End users say the strongest OEM relationships start well before an RFP and continue long after installation—signaling a shift from selling machines to solving business problems.
June 26, 2026
Automation
North America Needs to Catch Up on Cobots and Physical AI
In an Automate 2026 session, Teradyne Robotics' Will Healy tracked cobots and physical AI, with a warning that hesitation is now its own cost.
June 25, 2026
Automation
Next Gen AMRs Adapt to Labor Constraints
The next generation of OMRON Robotics' flagship LD Series adds payload, speed, and 360-degree safety in a smaller footprint.
June 24, 2026
Automation
Live from the Humanoid Robot Forum Day One: Onboard Safety Monitoring, Industrial Settings as a Training Ground, and Human-Like Hand Grippers
Speakers at the Automate 2026 Humanoid Robot Forum Tuesday discussed how safety systems, training through industrial deployment, and use cases for human-like hand grippers could shape humanoid robots’ path from emerging technology to practical factory-floor automation.
June 23, 2026
Automation
AI Must Earn Its Place on the Control Layer
In a keynote address at Automate, Siemens Digital Industries leaders Chris Stevens and Annemarie Breu walked the audience through what it takes for AI and automation to deliver real shop-floor impact.
June 23, 2026
Robotics
Getting Industrial Automation Right the First Time
Vention's Brendan Sterne argues that simulation, digital twins, and AI-assisted virtual commissioning are turning costly automation rework into a digital exercise.
June 23, 2026
Automation
Physical AI Dominates Automate 2026’s Opening Day, While Humanoids Steal the Show Floor
New eight-axis arms, seven-axis cobots, and AI-driven platforms put physical AI to work in Chicago. Backflipping robots and coffee-pouring humanoids are the fun part, but they aren't ready for the packaging line.
June 23, 2026
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