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B&R Innovations Day 2026 showcases smart manufacturing’s future

B&R India, the Machine Automation division of ABB, hosted its flagship Innovations Day 2026 in Pune, bringing together customers, OEMs, industry experts, and technology...

Florian Schneeberger on building future-ready factories

As manufacturing shifts toward intelligence and flexibility, automation providers are being challenged to rethink long-held paradigms. In this exclusive interaction with The Packman at...

Adaptive automation – powering Bharat Next in packaging

India’s packaging industry stands at a defining moment. As Bharat Next takes shape – with accelerated growth, deeper localization, and an increasing emphasis on...

How B&R is powering India’s next wave of smart manufacturing

The packaging industry in India is witnessing an inflection point – driven by consumer-centric innovation, sustainability imperatives, and the rise of adaptive manufacturing. As...

Heidelberg taking prepress automation to next level

Heidelberg is committed to the goal of fully automating the print production value chain so that printing becomes an autonomous process. Even though digitalization...

Abhijeet Banerjee joins B&R as sales director, India

B&R Industrial Automation, the Machine Automation Division of ABB, has appointed Abhijeet Banerjee as sales director – India. Banerjee, who brings over 23 years...

Optel acquires Vanguard Robotics

Optel Group, a global leader in pharmaceutical traceability and supply chain solutions, has acquired Vanguard Robotics, an expert in end-of-line collaborative robot (cobot) automation....

SUN Automation introduces QPM program for corrugated packaging

SUN Automation Group, a global leader in providing innovative solutions to the corrugated industry, has launched the PERFORM+, a new Quarterly Preventative Maintenance (QPM)...

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Sustainable and high-performance printing with B&R

In the packaging sector, printing is essential because it makes it possible to create designs for packages that are both aesthetically pleasing and educational....

Leaving traditional production lines behind

On bottling and primary packaging lines, direct contact between the machine and the things we put on our kitchen table is inevitable. That’s why...

“We continue to contribute trend-setting technologies to the machine being offered by our customers” – Dharini Joshi

Trio Motion Technology India is a leading automation provider in the packaging industry, enabling machine builders and factories to become ready for the future...

B&R’s next generation transport technologies

As the demand for various goods increased, it was no longer possible to only use human labor, which resulted in automation. Since then automation...

Embrace the future of pharma packaging – gear up for adaptive manufacturing

The packaging industry is one of the fastest-growing sectors in India, and machine manufacturers are more likely to see growth in their industry. However,...