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As a specialist in automation, Balluff is active in many segments. The company deliberately focusses on the packaging industry. Dr Martin Osterfeld, Senior Vice President Business Development & Customer Projects at Balluff, explains why in the latest podcast from packaging journal and interpack.
Episode 4: Packaging needs automation
Wherever there is packaging, there needs to be a machine. Where there is a machine, there needs to be automation. Or as Martin Osterfeld says: "Packaging is a highly automated segment.
Everything that is packed today is no longer packed by hand, but is highly automated. Not only because it is faster, more cost-effective and more economical, but also for reasons of hygiene.
This is one of the reasons why Balluff has set up a focussed team that goes into the packaging sector in particular, into applications and production processes. How automation has developed over the past decades, what is possible today and what is planned for the future is also the subject of this interview.Â
packaging people, the podcast from packaging journal and interpack will be published from August onwards once a month. It can be accessed via all known podcast portals, such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer or Google Podcasts and subscribed to. It is also available on the online pages of packaging journal and interpack.