Food & Beverage, Industry News
Industrial Robot Sales Growing in Food and Beverage Processing
Mar
Industrial robot sales in the food and beverage processing market continue to grow and now represent the second largest growth sector behind automotive, according to a new infographic released by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
Industrial robot sales in the Americas are estimated at $3.5 billion, with the market for industrial robots sold into the food, beverage and personal care industry projected at $456.1 million, or 13 percent of all industrial robot sales in the Americas.
Applications for industrial robots are moving into meat processing, fruit and vegetable handling and pick-and-place for processed foods. This expansion is due to technology advances such as end-of-arm tooling or gripping technology, robots being able to withstand hygienic and harsh conditions, the introduction of collaborative robots, easy programming and setup, flexibility and advances in artificial intelligence.