The primary purpose of secondary packaging is to ensure the safety of a product during storage and transportation. The integrity of secondary packaging is particularly important with medical devices.

Delta robots are becoming increasingly popular for many types of applications, because they're fast, have small footprints and feature large work envelopes.

Magnetic materials may not be well-known by the general public, but many of the world’s leading manufacturers would be in trouble without them.

Noted actor and film director Mel Brooks told viewers often in his 1981 film “History of the World Part I” that “it’s good to be the king.” What he failed to say, though, is that it’s hard to stay the king, or leader, of a big industry for a long time.

Necessity is the mother of invention, or so the proverb goes. Such was the case recently at The Langen Group, a manufacturer of automated packaging equipment in Mississauga, ON.

Robots and a flexible control system enable a manufacturer of shock absorbers cope with high-mix production.

KYOTO, Japan—OMRON Corp., a manufacturer of sensors and control technology, will acquire robotics pioneer Adept Technology Inc.

Assembly applications are creating more demand for parallel-link machines.