ISSUE February 2022  Contents 06


 News 06 UK tech team ‘teleports’ humans into robots


06 Robotic exoskeleton to assist stroke patients 06 A new microscope gains insights into ‘superbugs’


07 ABB Column: Will 2022 be the year the UK switched to robots?


07 Somerset AI firm promises to transform manufacturing processes


 Cover Story 11


08 Driving flexibility, productivity and sustainability in smart manufacturing


 Coding, Marking & Labelling


12 Reliable drug production requires accurate and fast labelling


14 Clearmark earns its Zebra stripes


 Food & Beverage 16 Automating carrot production


18 Is wastage driving inflation? 14


 Packaging and Logistics 20 Agile sortation solutions for the logistics industry


22 The solution to excessive packaging has arrived 23 eCommerce boom requires food packaging rethink


24 eCommerce packaging must change to meet COP26 objectives


 Automotive Supply Chain 26 Planning for obsolesence in the automotive sector


4 February 2022 | Automation automationmagazine.co.uk


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