Automation plays a huge and ever-growing role in the packaging industry. No surprise, then, that the July issue of Packaging Strategies featured a story on automation and controls (From Smart Valves to Smart Factories). Also, in this month’s issue, Ranpak’s Bryan Boatner talks about how automation can contribute to sustainability.
Hence, I was intrigued when Rockwell Automation recently released the results of the eighth annual “State of Smart Manufacturing: CPG Edition,” a global study encompassing the responses of 216 CPG leaders across 13 of the leading manufacturing countries.