Automation Suppliers

TECNALIA is an applied research and technology-development centre that works with companies on automation, robotics, computer vision, artificial intelligence, embedded electronics and smart manufacturing.

Autarky Automation designs and builds turnkey automated systems, control systems, conveyors and robotic equipment.

Dukane manufactures plastic-joining and material-processing equipment using ultrasonic, vibration, laser, spin, infrared and hot-plate technologies. Serves United States.

Comtec Australia supplies manufacturing and automation equipment, including Stäubli industrial robots, SensoPart vision products and FlexiBowl feeding systems.

Yushin Automation designs and manufactures custom robotic and automated systems in the United Kingdom. Its engineering scope ranges from end-of-arm tooling to integrated production systems and includes support and servicing for Yushin robots. The company builds automation for moulding, packaging and food and beverage processes, including laser marking, part transfer, quality inspection and box packing.

AROL S.p.A. designs and manufactures capping, decapping, cap feeding and orientation systems for packaging lines. Its machines handle plastic, glass, aluminium and HDPE containers for beverage, food, dairy, cosmetics, personal care and chemical products. The company also develops robotic format change and closure handling systems, machine vision inspection and a smart data platform for performance and maintenance monitoring. Its website lists an address in Canelli, Italy.

Drake Loaders designs and manufactures mechanical and robotic loading systems for food processors. Serves United States.

Emrich Packaging Machinery supplies and configures packaging equipment for manufacturers in Australia. Its range includes case packing, tray denesting, carton erecting, filling, conveyors and robotic palletising. The company combines individual machines into packaging lines and adapts equipment to customer products and throughput requirements. Published applications cover bag in box production, case handling and end of line palletising.

Western Mechanical Handling designs and builds production-line automation for food and pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Astecnos Co., Ltd. Serves United States.

ALTOPACK S.P.A.

ELYOTEC designs and integrates robotic automation under its ElyoRobotics brand. Its systems cover handling, packaging, palletizing, machine feeding and custom grippers for food, pharmaceutical, packaging and other manufacturing operations. The company reports more than 300 robot installations and operates from Mommenheim, France. Its official material identifies Mitsubishi, Stäubli and Yaskawa as partners.

APE Impianti designs and builds packaging and pallet handling machinery for food and beverage production. Its equipment includes case erectors, packers, case sealers, depalletizers, unpackers, palletizers and complete Bag in Box lines. The company offers four axis anthropomorphic palletizing robots and automatic systems for product orientation, case filling and palletizing.

edKo provides industrial automation engineering, control software and commissioning for process plants and production systems. Its work covers PLC, HMI and SCADA development, storage, palletizing, automatic warehouses, packaging and production line controls. The Italian company serves food and beverage, packaging, pharmaceutical and manufacturing operations and delivers turnkey projects with mechanical and electrical partners.

Ekium provides engineering, industrial automation and information technology services for new plants and modernization projects. Its work covers electrical and instrumentation engineering, control systems, process digitalization, building controls and industrial safety. The French company serves process manufacturing, energy, nuclear, automotive, aerospace, food and pharmaceutical operations.

AMP Automation designs and builds robotic packaging and production systems for food, consumer goods and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Its work includes robotic pick and place, case packing, palletizing, conveyor systems and vision guided handling. The company also describes Delta robot cells and robotic cutting and scoring applications. Its website states that it operates from Gainsborough, England.

EnSight Solutions designs and builds food processing equipment and integrates hygienic robotic systems. Its applications include deboning, sorting, loading, filling, case packing, palletizing and other pick and place operations. The company publishes systems using Stäubli robots, Allen-Bradley controls and Soft Robotics grippers with three-dimensional vision. Its equipment portfolio also includes conveyors and specialised machines for food production.

ATOMROBOT develops and manufactures delta robots, SCARA robots, collaborative palletizers and other industrial robots. Its systems perform high-speed picking, sorting, case packing, palletizing and assembly, with sensor and machine-vision options. The company serves food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, electronics, automotive, consumer goods and energy-equipment manufacturing. Its website identifies Tianjin Atomrobot Co., Ltd. and lists a Tianjin address.

Aurora Process Solutions supplies and integrates bulk-product bagging and end-of-line systems. Its equipment covers bag filling, closing, conveying, robotic palletizing and complete packing lines for seed, grain, feed, fertilizer, landscape products and construction materials. The company provides project design, installation and service in New Zealand and Australia. Its website identifies Hamilton, New Zealand, as its head office.

ADM Packaging Automation designs and builds flexible packaging machinery and complete lines for dry and liquid products.

Cybernetik designs and builds industrial automation for powder handling, liquid processing, packaging and manufacturing. Serves United States.

Sormac B.V. develops and manufactures machinery and complete lines for processing vegetables and fruit. Its range covers peeling, cutting, coring, washing, conveying and drying, including robotic pepper coring and automated product handling. The company is based in Venlo, the Netherlands, and provides engineering from machine design through construction and assembly. Its OptiPro vision system uses deep learning for product recognition and process control.

CHL Systems designs, builds and installs production equipment and automation systems. Its work includes conveyors, material handling, food processing and robotic picking, packing and palletizing. The company provides engineering, integration and equipment support. It identifies FANUC within its robotic integration offering and serves food processing, pharmaceutical and other manufacturing applications.

UNIMAC-GHERRI designs and manufactures filling, capping, cleaning, palletizing, depalletizing and case-packing machinery for food packaging lines. Its equipment handles jars, bottles, cans, boxes and bundles for sauces, preserves, juices, honey and other foods. The company also integrates robotic container handling, palletizing, depalletizing and bottle-unscrambling systems.

LEXEM designs and integrates special purpose machines and robotic cells within VINCI Energies. Its registered office is in Estillac, France. Its capabilities include controls, supervisory software, vision, mobile robotics, palletizing and depalletizing. It develops robotic handling for food production, custom conveyors and process feeding equipment, and provides installation, refurbishment and maintenance support.

AG Solution implements process automation and digital manufacturing systems. Serves United States.

Centreline Engineering designs and manufactures machinery and automation systems for food and pharmaceutical production. Its equipment includes conveyors, case packers, filling equipment and industrial robotic systems. Its robot applications include picking, cutting, packaging and palletizing. Its cobot palletizer range includes the TM25S platform with TMstudio software. The company is headquartered in Berwick, Victoria.

Vaskon designs and builds custom machines, including assembly systems, robotic equipment, laser machines, manipulators and tobacco-processing machinery. Its published projects include a collaborative-robot case erector and food, packaging and material-handling applications. The company operates special-machine construction from Menen, Belgium and is part of Valtech Group.

Erapa supplies flexible packaging machinery and consumables in the United Kingdom. Its equipment includes flow wrapping, bagging, shrink wrapping, sleeve wrapping, banding and mailing systems for manual through fully automatic production. The company provides machine selection, installation, service and packaging materials. Published equipment includes conveyors, programmable controls, thermal transfer printing and barcode printing options for food and industrial packaging.

Quest Industrial designs and manufactures robotic packaging and material-handling systems for food, beverage, dairy, and consumer-goods production. Serves United States, Great Lakes.

Soft Robotics Inc. develops artificial intelligence enabled systems for inspection and robotic picking. Its technology combines three dimensional machine vision, defect detection software and soft gripping for food processing and packaging applications. The company announced in August 2024 that it had divested its gripper business assets to the Schmalz Group and would focus on vision inspection and defect detection, including Oxipital AI.

Tharsus is a product design and manufacturing partner for complex machines and electromechanical products.

Toyo Hitec Co., Ltd. Serves United States.

Aris B.V. develops machine vision and robotic camera systems for grading, sorting and handling agricultural and food products. Its systems use RGB, multispectral, hyperspectral and three dimensional imaging with machine learning and deep learning for plants, meat and poultry. The company supplies integrated systems with software, mechanics and logistics handling from Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Visionerf designs machine-vision sensors and software for industrial automation. Its Cirrus3D products provide robot guidance, three-dimensional part localization, bin picking, depalletizing, inspection, sorting and counting. The company develops both standard cameras and application-specific imaging systems for foundries, food production, packaging and other manufacturing environments. It operates from Nuaillé, France and is part of Pattyn Group.

VMECA manufactures vacuum automation components and end-of-arm tooling. Serves United States.