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Taunton, MA. May 14, 2020 — Harpak-ULMA, the North American arm of ULMA Packaging, today announced a new suite of packaging design & prototyping services to help producers more rapidly and cost-effectively develop and operationalize innovative packaging concepts. Harpak-ULMA’s new suite of services enables marketing and packaging engineering teams to now access a combination of…
From Kevin Roach, Harpak-ULMA CEO We recognize that the rapidly changing COVID-19 situation around the world presents a unique challenge to our collective safety, health and welfare. Under the circumstances, we believe it important to share Harpak-ULMA’s business continuity plans to protect employees, assure uninterrupted customer support operations, and maintain continuity of current engagements. The…
Harpak-ULMA partners with companies as a single-source supplier of complete product-to-pallet packaging solutions. For cheese packaging, these solutions range from product handling and row distribution to automation to cartoning, case packing and final placement on a pallet. Read full article.
Automating sustainable packaging practices for improved ROI Taunton, MA. March 02, 2020 — Harpak-ULMA, the North American arm of ULMA packaging, today announced the commercial availability of an automated tote management system for food producers. This approach to reusable secondary packaging represents an addition to the innovative sustainability efforts launched a year ago under the…
New, alternative technology for producing cost-effective, attractive, leak-proof trayed packaging for raw food products TAUNTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Harpak-ULMA today introduces the ULMA FS-400 Flow wrapper, conceived specifically for the fresh poultry and meat packaging market segment. The FS-400 produces cost-effective packaging for raw food products that often vary in both size and shape. It represents a…
Customer momentum and adoption underscore Harpak-ULMA commitment to standardize on Rockwell Automation’s Controls and Information platforms. TAUNTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kevin Roach, CEO of Harpak-ULMA, announced strong market momentum supporting its collaboration with Rockwell Automation to deliver a packaging platform for digital transformation across food, medical, and industrial markets. Roach was one of a select group of…
Mondini commits to standardizing on a single automation platform in North America Taunton, MA. October 22, 2019 — Harpak-ULMA, the industry leader in complete packaging line solutions for food, medical, bakery, and industrial products, has introduced its latest smart, connected packaging solution: the Trave® line, built by G. Mondini, which utilizes Rockwell Automation’s Integrated…
Innovations in digital technology and connectivity are rapidly meshing the digital world with machines. In fact, that’s one of the primary reasons Medela, a medical de-vice manufacturer with U.S. operations based in Illinois, decided to invest in cobot technology. While most industrial robots remain isolated behind protective cages and operate at higher speeds, cobots are…
Strategy expands automation to address even the most manual aspects of Bakery packaging July 17, 2019 08:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time TAUNTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Harpak-ULMA, the industry leader in complete packaging line solutions for food, medical, bakery, and industrial products, unveiled the newest integration to its smart, connected Bakery packaging solutions: Cobots (Collaborative robots) developed by…
Besides the cost savings when a customer converts from pre-made trays to roll-stock, there are additional areas of savings from warehousing, equipment wear and tear, production and waste/ recycling disposal costs. Customers will have more choice with regards to their suppliers as there fewer choices when it comes to the manufacturers of pre-made trays compared…
