Robotics and automation have both long served the packaging industry, speeding up the packaging process, increasing sustainability and efficiency, all with safety in mind.
According to the Robotic Industries Association (RIA; robotics.org), robot orders and shipments in North America set new records with 22,427 robots valued at $1.3 billion ordered in the first nine months of 2015 from North American companies, breaking the previous record set in 2014 by 16% in units and 10% in dollars.