The VC Series is configurable to pack pouches into multiple secondary packaging styles including cartons, retail-ready cases and standard “Brown Box” shipping cases.

Designed with the help of robotics, the high-performance Flowmodul features a compact machine layout and a flow-wrapping system that is entirely integrated into a TLM picker line.

More than 950 exhibitors, nearly 150 on-floor informational seminars and a host of materials handling technologies, supply chain solutions and automation innovations were displayed in 420,000-square-feet of exhibits across two halls at ProMat 2019, which took place April 8-11, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

The TriVex RL is a pick-and-place packer for loading bags, bottles and more, while the TriVex SL case packs bags and pouches into retail- and shelf-ready cases without vacuum picking.

At the Automate 2019 tradeshow, TM Robotics Inc. plans to unveil its THE600 SCARA robot to the North American market for the first time.

Key features include the ability to master standardized packaging tasks with great efficiency and high quality, the company says.

Designed to take small part-process to the next level, the MotoMini offers high-speed performance and its 7-kg weight facilitates easy transportation and installation.

The record-breaking event welcomed nearly 45,000 attendees with 2,500 exhibitors, in more than 1.25 million net square feet, according to show owner and producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. PMMI also reported 457 new exhibitors this year.

The scanner simultaneously monitors up to three separate zones, significantly increasing plant productivity, the company says.

As busy beverage warehouses handle burgeoning SKUs and manpower shortages continue, repetitive robotics-related functions are filling the gaps.