October 2020

A soft vacuum packaging system helps cheese processors optimise sustainable product quality

Sealed Air has developed a new soft vacuum packaging system with continuous flow to help cheese processors optimise product quality while improving sustainability

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Latest ink jet printer has been developed to meet the coding needs of small to medium-sized firms

Markem-Imaje has launched a new cost-effective inkjet printer to give SMEs hassle-free product coding with a coder that is easy to install, use and maintain on a line

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Mobile robotics and AI is helping scientists carry on essential research during physical distancing

The Royal Society of Chemistry has developed a so-called robot scientist using a mobile robot from KUKA which has allowed research and development to continue during C-19

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A handheld barcode scanner aims to make supply chains work better when used with metal detectors

Loma Systems has introduced a handheld barcode scanner to work with its IQ4 metal detector series that makes it quicker to handle product changeovers

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Robot palletising technology is packing eggs in a quicker, less damaging, safer and cheaper way

A major egg supplier to UK supermarkets has installed a robot palletiser from CKF Systems into its existing out-feed egg-packing system to reduce product damage

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An end-of-line automation project has tripled the productivity per head at an apple supplier to Tesco

Apple producer Adrian Scripps has installed a range of equipment from Brillopak that has seen the packing hall productivity rise to match increasing growth in products

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