Converting Case Study


Where’s everyone gone? Don’t leave it too late to automate


Brillopak director David Jahn explains how 2021 is poised to become the year that robotic arms finally replace human hands at food manufacturing sites’ end-of-line packing operations


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nlike many of our European counterparts, the UK has been slow to automate. But a perfect storm of Brexit and Covid-19 is set to fast-track our robotics revolution.


LOSS OF LABOUR Since the early noughties, the UK has


relied on a steady stream of cheap European workers to support our food and agricultural sectors. However, following the EU referendum in 2016, these numbers have been dwindling; in 2019, the ONS reported that National Insurance numbers allocated to EU citizens dropped by 28% from 2015, and arrivals of EU citizens


planning to spend at least 12 months in the UK fell by 34%.


The offer of a seasonal job with low pay, long hours and accommodation that takes the applicant away from their homes and families for long periods of time doesn’t quite cut it for Brits and doesn’t have them signing up in droves.


June 2021


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