Order picking with AI picking robotics from Sereact
MS Direct automates AutoStore picking with AI picking robotics from Sereact and also processes orders at night.
Read more " 
From 27 to 30 June, Automatica will make Munich the capital of automation and robotics. Both topics also play a major role in the packaging industry. Even three months before the start, it is already clear that a wide range of topics will be covered at the trade fair.
Intelligent automation can make a decisive contribution to achieving the desired climate targets by improving the energy efficiency of production or ensuring resource-saving production processes by reducing waste. In addition, assembly and handling technology provides new approaches for recycling and the circular economy. And it helps to manufacture sustainable products more economically. In short, it optimises at both production and product level.
The solutions favoured by suppliers from the fields of intelligent automation and robotics for the most diverse applications in the most diverse industries will be revealed at the Automatica show. The focus on green technologies in the areas of energy generation and mobility promises to be particularly exciting.
Fuel cells and EU directives
„Green technologies“ such as photovoltaics, wind energy, fuel cells and e-mobility are seen as economic drivers of automation technology. The social transformation towards sustainability and climate neutrality is generating new business, precisely because robotics and automation are key technologies here.
This is already reflected in increased demand from automation and robotics providers, as Volker Spanier, Head of Industrial Robotics at Epson, notes: „Recently, there has been an increase in enquiries from the battery and fuel cell manufacturing sectors. Here, we will soon be dealing with similarly high quantities as in the photovoltaic industry. The decisive factor for Europe will be where this business takes place in the future. Almost all suppliers to the gigafactories still come from Asia. Perhaps Automatica will provide promising approaches here, especially for fuel cell production, which is only now emerging.“
The trends of climate-neutral production and new fields of activity for robotics and automation are also likely to be the subject of intense discussion at Automatica. The topic of „sustainable automation“ is also fuelled by the new EU directive CSRD, which will apply throughout the EU from 2024. CSRD stands for Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and obliges companies above a certain size to submit a sustainability report and therefore also to assess the sustainability of their production.
Source: Munich Trade Fair Centre
More news on the topic of automation and robotics
Solutions for intelligent order processing
AutoStore announces a shift towards intelligent fulfilment with its product presentations at LogiMAT 2026.
Read more " 
Dortmund becomes the meeting place for packaging and intralogistics
Easyfairs Germany opens the trade fair year for intralogistics and packaging at the end of February with Logistics & Automation plus Empack.
Read more " 
White paper | How to make packaging machines more dynamic through lightweight construction
Maximum cycle rates with minimum maintenance: the choice of linear guideway determines the OEE of your systems. Find out in this white paper how you can significantly save weight, increase dynamics and reduce operating costs with the innovative wire race bearing principle.
Read more " 
Powerful automation for mills
How four mills master the sack with Koch robot systems - from manual labour to high performance and into the automated future.
Read more " 
LogiMAT 2026 showcases current trends and future-proof solutions
With over 1,600 exhibitors, LogiMAT 2026 will showcase the latest intralogistics solutions for automation, AI, robotics, software and packaging.
Read more "