Customer references
At Omron, we like to listen to our customers. We could spend all day listening to their needs – it gives us ideas. And because we’ve been listening to our packaging machine customers for more than 20 years, you won’t be surprised that we’ve had quite a lot of good ideas.
But rather than us tell you about them, we thought you would prefer hearing it from people like you: our customers.
Automated pipetting solution ensures rapid evaluation of Covid-19 samples
GriPS Automation GmbH and D&T engineering GmbH have developed a solution to streamline pipetting, reducing processing time from one hour to ten minutes per plate.
Martini perfects the packaging of pasta with OMRON technology
Based in Italy, Martini Srl produces high-precision weighing and packaging machines for the food sector. Its new MCRS-VD packaging system enables the packaging of up to 180 packs of pasta per minute. At the heart of the solution is an OMRON NX701 1600 machine controller. This manages the movements of the MCRS-VD. OMRON’s NX-TC Perfect Sealing technology enables the end user to improve the stability of the thermoregulation involved and reduces the costs associated with the use of packaging films.
Palletising solution from Reitec meets the needs of FMCG customers
OMRON and Reitec join forces to create the new RC-1 cobot palletiser solution
Agile cobot palletiser from Reeco Automation
60% smaller footprint and costing up to 50% less compared to conventional robot palletisers
Autonomous mobile robots simplify intralogistics at Diva International
Large companies are increasingly turning to robotics to streamline manual processes in factories and warehouses. One example is Diva International, based in Umbria, Italy. Diva wanted to transform its system for transporting wet wipes from its production facility to a palletising island in the same warehouse. Through its facilities management provider, FM Vision, it developed a new, automated system using five OMRON autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and OMRON’s Sysmac NJ machine controller. This has led to a safer, more efficient and more flexible process.
Traceability 4.0 through streamlined package labelling with cobots
Collaborative robot carries out intelligent labelling on different product formats - reducing downtime due to format changes by up to 70% - in a solution developed by Bluengineering for Gruppo Romani in Italy.
Smart robotics enables flexible production of rapid coronavirus antibody tests at Senova
German medical technology expert Senova cooperated with OMRON and Kraus Maschinenbau GmbH to pioneer the factory of the future.
Novio Packaging reaches new levels of quality with machine vision
Inline quality inspection ensures defect-free production of bottles
Cardboard pallets aid sustainability by reducing transportation needs
Delta Engineering uses OMRON technology to control its new pallet assembly robot
Unique high-speed seed counting and packing solution by Micron Milling
Overcoming the challenge of accuracy for a large retail group
Global flexible packaging manufacturer uses automation to power their best-in-class bag making machines
With a strong focus on sustainability, US-based flexible packaging pioneer Liquibox was seeking a way to reduce the amount of waste generated during production of all its pouch and bag-in-box products.
Automated fish filleting solution ensures quality and cost efficiency at Seafood Parlevliet
The Dutch fish manufacturer achieves 75% reduction in manual labour and up to five times the speed with the automated production line. The solution created by Innovotech BV, a local automation partner, includes control and vision systems from OMRON, and enables the company to preserve competitive production in the Netherlands.
Collaborative robots enhance productivity at CLECA
Palletizing process automated with OMRON TM12 cobots
Automation with robotics increases production by 40% at BOLÇİ
Turkish chocolate manufacturer BOLÇİ needed to meet its promise of delivering chocolate products that are ‘untouched by human hand’. Omron and Innovas joined forces to commission a line of three Omron robots in the packaging section of the factory’s production line, with the aim of enhancing production quality and reducing labour costs.
High-speed manufacturing line with mobile robots ensures customisation in seconds
The oral hygiene manufacturer TePe has installed a new manufacturing line to replace its manual handling and quality inspection at their factory in Malmö, Sweden.
Quiet and efficient robotics solution enables flexible bottle production at Ganahl AG
Ganahl, Swiss manufacturer of bottles for the cosmetics, food and pharmaceutical industries opts for eCobra robots, feeding solution, vision technology as well as NX1 controller for holistic robotics support from Omron.
Complete part feeder solution provides production line flexibility
An integrated approach combining vision, robotics and a versatile feeder.
10% faster packaging and perfect sealing quality achieved by Martini
With Omron’s Sysmac machine and NX-TC temperature controllers
Productive and cost-efficient punnet packing
Single-pick packing line cuts downtime and staffing costs
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Robot-assisted packaging: 30% more productivity
Combilo - a leading fruit and vegetables wholesaler in the Netherlands, recently installed a new robot-assisted packaging line and, overnight, increased productivity by 30%. The new packaging line includes delta robots and vision system from Omron and was built by the systems integrator EasyPack Technologies. Discover how our integrated solutions can boost your productivity by 30%
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30% more productivity and fewer failures
Parallel robots and vision system speed bell pepper packaging line
Meat packaging made 400% faster
With single integrated Vision-Controller-Robot solution
Technological advances mark the difference between the present and the future
Read how Aranow Packaging Machinery is increasing production and improving the quality of its products thanks to integrated control with our Sysmac Automation Platform.
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From compound to tube, in any format
See how Omron PLCs and touch screens are at the heart of solutions developed by Axomatic producing and packaging all types of creams, gels and emulsios.
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From compound to tube, in any format!
Read how Omron PLCs and touchscreens are at the heart of solutions developed by Axomatic to produce and package, all types of creams, gels and emulsions.
Keep an eye on the expiry date!
A state-of-the-art packaging machine that is compact, reliable, full of innovative features and whose parts are all easily accessible. Read about the features of the new line of stick packaging machines, designed by Omag in collaboration with Omron for the manufacture of Dompé's drug, "Okitask".
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Serialization realized for pharma producers, re-packers and CMO's
A serialization solution compliant to 2011/62/EU optimized for medium sized pharmaceutical companies, re-packers and CMOs, developed in cooperation between Prestige Packaging, Rea Printing and Omron.
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Pharmaceutical contract manufacturer
How did a contract manufacturer supply 1,000,000 serialized packages for multiple pharmaceutical customers with varying standards and procedures… and within a network of multiple production sites, contract manufacturers, re-packers and other service providers – and all according to the expected EU regulations to centrally register all the unique codes?
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Omron helps Line Equipment develop more advanced packaging machines
Line Equipment Ltd design and manufacture Vertical Form Fill & Seal packaging machines and with our support, the implementation of our software and hardware solutions into their machines has enabled them to bring more advanced products to market.
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Helping Line Equipment to develop more advanced machines
Watch the interview to see how, with our support, the implementation of our software and hardware solutions into their machines has enabled Line Equipment to bring more advanced products to market.
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New-Motion, developing a gantry robot palletiser
Driving innovation supporting the development of a gantry robot palletiser by our customer New-Motion with Omron Insight.
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New-Motion develops gantry robot-palletiser
Providing advice and technical support, Omron helped facilitate the development and build of the new palletiser. It has defined a number of new target-markets for the new type of PLC, food and beverages being one of them.
Sysmac - at the heart of Effytec's continuous process concept
Effytec is happy with the effectiveness of the SYSMAC platform, which has shortened development and implementation time. In particular, they noted that the single motion and logic control software made programming much easier, while ensuring that all motion on the production line is fully synchronised.
Optical inspection for Quality Assurance in Pharma, Cosmetics and Food industries
Today producers need to fulfill extensive quality assurance requirements for their manufactured parts.
Omron robots automate swab manufacture
To eliminate tedious manual handling in the manufacturing process for water-testing swabs, manufacturing automation expert Secure Technologies Ltd has developed an efficient and cost-effective solution based on an Omron SCARA robot.
Sysmac Platform enabled development of integrated dispenser applicator
Creating complex packaging in the food sector can be problematic, especially when the application requires great accuracy and performance in systems operating inside cold stores with very high temperature ranges.
A flexible and compact way to create void-fill paper
Filling the voids between a product and its container – for example a cardboard box – is an issue that confronts many product suppliers. One method that has traditionally been used is tightly folded paper, which has the advantages of being lightweight, easily available and reusable or recyclable.
Sysmac automation: simplifying the complex process of metal tube production, and reducing time to market
The production of cans for beverages, foodstuffs and other products is a complex process, in which a metal sheet is deep-drawn into a tube, painted internally and externally, printed, filled and packed.
Kraus code verification system meets the need for individualised packing
Kraus Machinenbau, who produce specialised equipment for printing and packaging industries, have developed the FK Codingline system, which verifies the track/trace codes that must be printed on packaging for food and pharmaceuticals, in line with increasingly stringent international regulations.
Unrivalled speed, impressive reliability and superior cutting accuracy
Kraus Maschinenbau’s new BS320 high-speed pouch cutter uses a rotating blade operating at more than 400 cycles per minute – twice as fast as systems using a shearing process – for cutting desiccant-filled pouches and similar products delivered from a continuous reel or web.
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Jomet, cutting edge in a very competitive packaging marketplace
Finnish manufacturer Jomet builds comprehensive systems for the packaging industry, from product handling and quality control to labelling, palletizing and wrapping. Working with major online retailers, Jomet faces continuing demands for innovative solutions, and with Omron's help they are creating machines that are fast and reliable, and which deliver beyond the end-users' expectations.
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Machines that deliver beyond the users’ expectations
Finnish machine-maker Jomet builds a comprehensive range of packaging solutions, responding to customer demands for innovation.
Omron helps Beta-Pak build a business on quality, reliability and efficiency
Beta-Pak, Turkey’s leading packaging-machine maker, exports its high-quality thermoforming machines to 35 countries across the Middle East and North Africa. The company relies on Omron for its automation equipment and systems, and is now building its business in Western Europe.
Novel automation system doubles output capacity
The challenge was to reduce food-product (fresh vegetables: broccoli/cauliflower) packaging and minimize packaging-related throughput losses, while increasing output.
Bread slicer that includes remote fault-finding and remote software upgrades
When one of Britain’s leading manufacturers of automatic bread slicing and packaging equipment won an order from a bakery in Kazakhstan, it decided that remote access was essential. Software upgrades and fault-finding had to be made possible remotely from Norwich, England, without having to send an engineer 6,000 km to visit the customer site.
Omron’s open connectivity solves tricky potato packaging problem
Greenvale is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of fresh potatoes. Until recently, it had a packaging problem - the wrong labels were used too often. The solution seemed simple: use an Omron vision system to check.
New bread cutting machine reduces process time by 55%
Spanish bread-baking automation specialist, Auxpama, recently released a new automatic cutter tray, which makes the scars on the top of loaves just before baking. The machine is so advanced that it reduces the time taken for this process from 6+ minutes to just 2.45 minutes. And at the heart of it all is the Omron Sysmac unified control platform.
Automatic pallet delivery vehicle manufacturer chooses CJ2 PLCs
Marketed as “adaptable to any and every plant need and to any kind of product”, TecnoFerrari pallet delivery vehicles handle a variety of highly complex and demanding path definitions, speeds and accuracies. That’s why the company chose CJ2 PLCs.
New drinks packaging machine automates all stations using just one high-speed bus
When Italian packaging machine specialist, Ecocap’s, decided to develop a new machine for the energy drinks market it gave them the opportunity to adopt a new automation model based on the Omron Sysmac platform. The idea was to develop a system for bottling up to 20,000 cans per hour with automation of all stations using a single high-speed bus: EtherCAT.
Electronic cams avoid production slow-down even when product is changed
Italian packaging machine specialist, Clever, recently developed a heat-shrink sleeve applicator using a film cutter on electronic cams.
Performance plus flexibility wins global supplier award
After evaluating and ranking more than 260 suppliers, the precision dispensing equipment manufacturer Nordson recently awarded Omron its best “global Supplier” award at its group headquarters in Luneburg, Germany.
New palletizer uses an Omron linear motor clutch to move horizontal axis
One of the Ristora brand’s most recent packaging lines uses a palletizing system created by Italian packaging specialist Mectra. The new system uses an Omron Accurax Series linear motor – replacing the conventional belt pusher. The result? More speed, greater flexibility, higher reliability.
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Omron partner with Converging Solutions to make their Pack Stacker competitive and reliable
Converging solutions is a supplier of converging and end of line stacking solutions throughout the packaging industry. Learn how Converging Solutions and Omron partner to face the challenges in Converging Solutions' changing market. 0:24 Introduction Converging Solutions 0:39 Market changes for Converging Solutions 1:18 Why Omron 1:54 Technical challenges 2:26 Partnership between Omron and Converging Solutions 2:52 The Pack Stacker 4:14 Costs: more for less 5:06 Design, training, construction and installation
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Building a global customer base by doing more, faster
The Converging Solutions Pack Stacker is widely used in the UK food industry for automatic stacking of pre-formed packs. When the company wanted to compete in non-food markets and other countries, they needed to make the machine do more, and do it faster.
Single-controller in a turnkey packaging line
The French specialist manufacturer of primary and secondary packaging machines recently developed a turnkey packaging line based on a single line controller.
Mespic’s all-in-one solution...
The Italian-based Mespic specializes in the design and construction of integrated end-of-line packaging machinery. The company recently worked with Omron to develop an all-in-one secondary and final packaging solution for packs of tea.
A synchronized control system for a packaging line solution
Cerulean, part of the Coesia Group, has opted for a complete solution from Omron for the control system of its packaging solutions. This has also prepared the company for the development of Industry 4.0 capabilities in the future.