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ProMach highlights compact case packing, robotic palletizing and paper bagging at PACK EXPO 2026. Explore the data and implications for converters.
Array RealSync brings package data, inline printing and verification together. Explore its PACK EXPO 2026 debut and implications for converters.
On September 29, 2026, Koenig & Bauer announced that Ultimate Paper Box, a Los Angeles-based folding carton manufacturer, has installed the new CutPRO Q 106 flatbed die-cutter. The investment matters beyond one plant because it showcases a technology aimed squarely at the biggest cost in folding carton production: makeready time....
On October 6, 2026, FANUC America announced it will showcase how artificial intelligence, collaborative robotics, and machine vision are automating packaging and processing at PACK EXPO International 2026 (October 18–21, Chicago). The headline demonstration is a collaborative robot that runs on natural-language commands—an attendee speaks a production request, and generative...
On October 6, 2026, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe launched the AccurioPress C8100 Series—a platform it is positioning as “The Intelligent Press™.” The new mid-production print system moves beyond conventional automation by combining artificial intelligence, real-time sensing, and autonomous optimization. The core idea is a shift in how presses work:...
Dynamic Format Change on an Industrial Hardcover Line Müller Martini has extended Book-of-One automation into industrial hardcover production with the Diamant PRO Digital, a new bookline that adjusts formats on the fly as products move through the system. Individual servo drives, updated control technology, and automated format adjustment let the line...
A €540 Million Bet on Digital's Momentum On September 28, Electronics for Imaging (EFI) and Agfa-Gevaert announced a definitive agreement to combine Agfa's Digital Printing Solutions business (Agfa DPS) with EFI. An affiliate of Siris will hold a 60% stake, with Agfa retaining 40%, creating an industrial inkjet business expected to...
The Shift From Machines to Systems For years, book manufacturers have grown by adding machines: another binder, another gatherer, another trimming line. The industry is now asking a different question—what happens when those investments are connected into a predictable production system instead of a collection of individual assets? For Pallippuram Sajith, managing...
A World-First Automated Finishing Configuration Plockmatic Group will stage the first public demonstration anywhere in the world of the ColorCut FB15000TO Pro configured with a new large-capacity feeder, creating a fully automated production finishing system for luxury packaging, labels, point-of-sale displays and folding carton. The debut headlines the group's stand at...
Built for Book-of-One and Short Runs Muller Martini has introduced the Separo Pro, a destacker designed to automate the separation of pre-glued or thread-sewn book blocks for softcover and hardcover production. The system is aimed squarely at book-of-one and short-run environments, where changing book block thicknesses and formats used to force...
