• Industry 4.0 comes to wrapping: With the new internet enabled Siat ProWrap are (l-r) Carol Pignatelli, global product manager, Siat; Wayne Robinson, PKN; and Rosa Stroszynski, CEO of distributor CPS.
    Industry 4.0 comes to wrapping: With the new internet enabled Siat ProWrap are (l-r) Carol Pignatelli, global product manager, Siat; Wayne Robinson, PKN; and Rosa Stroszynski, CEO of distributor CPS.
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The new ProWrap stretch wrapping machine from Siat is internet enabled, and comes with a range of customisable options.

Available through CPS, the Siat ProWrap has Industry 4.0 technology. It also has 12 programmes and five wrap modes, with six variable wrap zones up and down the pallet.

Carol Pignatelli, global product manager for Siat is in AUSPACK, she said, “The benefits of Industry 4.0 enabled equipment such as the ProWrap include service and monitoring, measurement, benchmarking and optimisation of output.”

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?