Automation and robotics play an increasingly important role in the packaging industry. The applications and benefits are literally too numerous to count. That’s why we have decided in this story to shine the spotlight on some specific cases of automation and robotics serving as a game-changer for converters.

One of our favorite stories is that of Unilever’s nutrition factory in Ploiesti, Romania, outgrowing its end-of-line system to manage the breadth of brands packed at the facility. Sidel came to the rescue and installed a centralized palletizing system comprising: eight robotic cells; several hundred meters of case and pallet conveyors; four pallet-handling shuttles; and two stretch wrappers, achieving a production rate of up to 98 pallets an hour.