Success Stories

High up in the Black Forest in southwest Germany sits the 221-year-old Rothaus (red house) brewery. The beer brewed here has long since achieved a cult status among German beer …

Mr. Martin Rothmann from the WITTE Stromberg GmbH knows very well that weld spatters in the large scale production are a significant cost factor. Why that’s no longer a problem …

GKS Packaging is an innovative machine builder, with engineering, production, assembly and service in a factory in Son, The Netherlands. In its early days it examined the market for packaging …

The HMI/SCADA software zenon is an integrated and safe platform for consistent  process and information management. The established special machine builder  Bausch + Ströbel is now using the solution from …

At the automotive supplier Magna Spiegelsysteme GmbH, everything revolves around mirrors. Located in Assamstadt in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, the company produces interior and exterior mirrors for the premium …

It’s no secret that processed meats, fish and other food products have to come from somewhere; they don’t just magically appearin our meals, refrigerators or freezers pre-packaged, labeled and ready …

Rolls, loaves, croissants and pretzels – a warm and crispy variety of fresh baked goods tantalizes our senses each day from the shelves of our local supermarket. Harry-Brot produces these …

Metal-forming machines rarely enter a fourth decade of service. But when Royal Vendors (Kearneysville, WV www.royalvendors.com), a manufacturer and remanufacturer of cold drink vending equipment, faced declining performance from its …

A FANUC M-1iA Delta Arm robot has recently been commissioned on a bottling line at the Guadalix, Spain, facility of pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck. Placing dispenser caps onto bottled allergy medications, …

At dairy giant Arla Foods’ factory in the small Swedish town of Götene, the repetitive work of packing cheese into boxes on Line 21 was taking its toll on the …

Food maker’s Germany facility doubles production, improves quality and traceability by using integrated automation on a single EtherNet/IP network. With 650 employees, the Nestlé factory in Biessenhofen is one of …

Procter & Gamble has set new standards for quality, design and innovation for nine decades. To produce innovative, high-quality technical products, Procter & Gamble, one of the  world’s largest manufacturers …

High production output, flexibility and efficiency while fending off high cost pressures are the guidelines for mechanical engineering in the food packaging business. Innovative and flexibly designed processing and packaging …

Brenton Engineering designed a new line of side-loading case packers to exceed current “green manufacturing” end user trends, featuring servo control to increase speed and reduce energy costs within a compact footprint. Brenton …

Labels in automated beverage filling systems are generally inspected using light scanners. With an increasing variety of products which are moved through a system, however, the necessary retrofitting effort and …