More and more stores request that their coffee orders be shipped with four different roasts on one pallet. In order to meet this demand Löfbergs Lila (the second largest roasting house in Sweden, with an annual production of more than 15,000 metric tons) have installed a robot in its packaging department. The robot has made it possible to rapidly palletize different types of coffee according to customer orders. Additional benefits have been an improved working environment and a reduction in the amount of investment tied up in storage.

Today, manufacturers of consumer goods are concentrating their production into large-scale units. The market is expanding, more and more new products are being introduced, and demands for a market adaptation for everyday goods are escalating. All this creates great demand for availability and flexibility with regard to the equipment that processes the products. Therefore, the executive management of ABB has announced in its recent annual report a concentrated focus on utilizing robots in the production of consumer goods.

Robotics systems can offer a flexible and cost-effective solution to the complex palletising demands within the consumer goods industry.  ABB Flexible Automation has launched a palletising package that allows tailored solutions which keep pace with the ever changing demands of this sector.

ABB Flexible Automation has launched FlexPalletizer, a standardized automatic pallet handling, loading and unloading system. The system enables consumer goods manufacturers to rapidly adapt their palletizing function to meet changing packaging and product requirements.