Packaging.

When it comes to handling packaged goods, FIPA has just the right solution for every task!

Awareness regarding a product's packaging will change greatly. Sustainability is one of the major trends in the packaging industry. Due to their high recyclability, glass and metal packaging products will increase in use.

Additional new requirements will join the role of packaging in protecting products: extending product shelf life, oxygen resistance, resistance to UV light and moisture along with the desire for custom packaging to act as a corporate “calling card”. Packaging plant manufacturers increasingly rely on construction kits. This increases flexibility and shortens the time-to-market.

In addition to collaboration between humans and robots, an intelligent machine that monitors and optimises these processes also plays an important part here. FIPA's automation solutions follow these trends. For example, with optical systems for robots and grippers that ensure that packages can be reliably picked from an unstructured environment. In the future, more sterilisation procedures will be introduced in the field of medical packaging. The gripper systems must be able to withstand these new substances and the cleaning and sterilisation processes.

Whether you would like to
. palletize or de-palletize products or entire product layers using the FIPA vacuum grippers
. handle flexible packaged or dimensionally stable products using suction cups or
. transport loads manually using the FIPALIFT tube lifter.

Food
Whether it’s for confectionery, baked goods, meat, cheese, fruit or vegetables – a high degree of flexibility and new packaging trends are required in the food industry. With our FDA-compliant vacuum cups and flexible gripper components that are suitable for direct contact with food, we can deliver a wide range of solutions.

Beverage
Extremely fast processes with very high hygiene standards are taken for granted in the beverage industry for the production of bottles, cans and pouch drinks as well as for filling and packing those containers. Our products and solutions ensure stable processes, allowing us to help our customers to achieve fast cycle times.

Pharma
The pharmaceutical industry is subject to specific obligations under drugs legislation. Good Manufacturing Practice, in particular, safeguards production in a pharmaceutical environment to ensure the highest quality and effectiveness of the products. Maximum process reliability and product quality are therefore expected of our components and solutions. We ensure this is the case by means of tests that replicate practice.

Cosmetics
The cosmetics industry has been enjoying an increasing variety of new products and packaging shapes for several years. This requires customized, flexible solutions in the field of vacuum and gripper systems. Cosmetics production processes make particularly high demands of hygiene and safety. We offer high-quality automated solutions based on our experience.

Household Care
Packing units of various sizes with solid, powder or liquid contents filled in plastic bottles, boxes, tubes and bags must be handled both quickly and safely. We have a solution for all of these requirements in our large range of vacuum and gripper components. Automation for clean packaging and safe transport.

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