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Reynolds Automation Controls will focus on five key products on stand E170 at AUSPACK 2019, including new Industry 4.0-compatible technology.

The supplier will exhibit a new collaborative robot (cobot) system, which it says is simpler and easier to program, to interface with humans; an engineered vision and lighting system; a handheld versatile roll-on printing system; a remote stand-alone off-grid lighting system with standby backup power; and what it bills as the “ultimate” dry fire purging blanket for switchboards and control rooms.

According to Reynolds, its clients include big names such as CUB, Nestle, Mars, Ford, Murray Goulburn, One Steel, Schweppes, Coca Cola, and Qantas. The company claims it specialises in providing clients with the very best industrial automation and inspection products, with its range of products carefully selected to complement each process, and that it also offers flexible solutions to suit customers’ specific requirements.

Food & Drink Business

CCEP has completed a $39.7m manufacturing upgrade at its Kewdale facility in WA, installing a high-speed can production line that increases capacity by more than 40% and lifts production speeds to 1500 cans per minute.

Nearly 6 in 10 Aussies in food and beverage manufacturing believe their organisation is becoming less productive, despite continued investment in workplace technology, according to Argon & Co.

Every food, drink, personal care and household product made in Australia starts with an investment decision. A company chooses to replace a production line, automate a process or expand a plant. That choice is now made in a global market for capital, and Australia is struggling to compete. The question is simple. Will the next generation of manufacturing investment come here?