In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, ABB’s Robotics & Discrete Automation business will offer key software services free of charge. This way, ABB is working to help customers and partners keep production lines going and to enable businesses to continue to function while many are working from home.

Family owned Destrooper-Olivier, a well-known manufacturer of Belgian bakery products worldwide, was looking for a packaging solution for its award-winning almond biscuits which, in addition to high efficiency, would ensure gentle handling of the fragile baked goods.

Today's manufacturing is different than the past – that is an obvious statement. What's referred to as Industry 4.o and the smart factory is the wave of the future, and really the present. It is defined as the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies.

New user-friendly collaborative robots (“cobots”) help food and beverage processing and packaging companies dramatically boost production output, reduce waste, and cut downtime in line changeovers.

10,000 COMAU robots controlled by B&R