The new World Robotics report recorded 4,281,585 units operating in factories worldwide - an increase of 10%. Annual installations exceeded half a million units for the third consecutive year. By region, 70% of all newly deployed robots 2023 were installed in Asia, 17% in Europe and 10% in the Americas.

Industrial robots in Europe are on the rise: The European Union´s (EU) 27 member states installed almost 72,000 units in 2022 – up 6% year-on-year. These are PRELIMINARY results, presented by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

Printed electronics are decidedly on the move. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is no longer a niche technology. It is already being used to great effect in many areas of everyday life: in our passports, ID cards and travel cards, clothes, library books, and much more. The vast scale and intricacy of the RFID market also offers new opportunities for the printing industry. With this in mind, ISBC has developed and presented on the market an innovative product: ISBC® RFID Paper. The product is sheet-fed and made with 100% fibre-based Swiss Matt paper substrate from specialty paper manufacturer Sappi. RFID chips are embedded into the paper sheets causing no effect over the paper surface – it remains flat and smooth.

On September 8, 2020, Vladislav Shapsha, a Provisional Governor of the Kaluga Region, officially launched the plant for the production of sanitary tissue products of Arkhbum Tissue Group LLC (Vorsino industrial park, a subsidiary of Arkhangelsk PPM JSC, part of Pulp Mill Holding, the Austrian-German group).

Robotics and automation from Germany cannot escape from the economic consequences of the corona crisis: VDMA R+A is currently expecting a drop in sales of at least 20 percent for 2020. The fundamental growth prospects of the industry, however, are positive for the time after COVID-19.

Krones, a leading manufacturer of filling and packaging solutions, has acquired 80.5% of R+D Custom Automation LLC (R+D) with effect from 8 November 2022.

The Khimia 2022 International Exhibition for Chemical Industry and Science, which will be held at Expocentre Fairgrounds from 31 October to 3 November, will be accompanied by a comprehensive conference programme.

The Conference on Robotics Technology in Machine Building has taken place at EXPOCENTRE Fairgrounds within the conference programme of Russian Industry Week and Rusweld 2022.

Jokey, one of the leading manufacturers of plastic packaging, started its roadshow again this year, with its first customer visits in northern Germany.

A fully automated high-bay warehouse, an expansion of production capacity and its own photovoltaic system: after a two-year construction phase, Jokey France can now significantly...

At this year's interpack MULTIVAC will be exhibiting packaging solutions for sensitive products. The highlight will be the RX 4.0 thermoforming packaging machine in GMP design, which will be presented to the visitors for the first time.

Yamato showed customers at PPMATotal 2019 how it can help ensure compliance with government and supermarket standards using state-of-the-art metal detection and X-ray technology.

From June 19th - 22nd, 2018, the international automation industry will once again be descending on Munich.

Gebo Cermex, part of the Sidel Group and world leader in packaging line engineering and material handling solutions, has recently signed a supply agreement with KUKA AG. The contract was finalised in Munich at Drinktec 2017,

Presentations from MULTIVAC at this year's Compamed will include solutions for the automated infeed and loading of medical products within the packaging procedure.

Thereof Kevin Cenes-Tartaglione, Sales Representative and Guy Pacheco, Sales Agent of the French Seriplast AT Packaging in Russia are convinced about it. Seriplast AT Packaging develops and produces quality packaging for cosmetics. Unipack.Ru offers to the readers an interview with the representatives of the French company.

Andrew Billington, operations manager at Brecon Pharmaceuticals in Wales, addresses recent trends in packaging.

Bob Lilienfeld, who heads Use-less-stuff.com, has championed source reduction as the key to packaging sustainability for more than a decade. Here's his take on overpackaging, the Wal-Mart scorecard, and related topics.