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FANUC Cobot Eases Pain for Takeda Pharmaceutical Co

i4.0 today

A cobot solution from FANUC and system integrator SKDK is alleviating health and safety issues at a German pharmaceutical manufacturing facility by working collaboratively with human employees to pack and stack packets of tablets onto pallets. Japanese bio-pharmaceutical pioneer Takeda Pharmaceutical Company has a presence in over 80 regions.

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Pure air, pure medicine: The power of 100 per cent oil-free air

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: Atlas Copco Rental In the process of manufacturing pharmaceuticals, every input into the final products must be scrupulously hygienic and sterile, from the start to the end of the manufacturing process. The pharmaceuticals facility currently has its own two centrifugal compressors, which supply oil-free air.

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DCAT Week 2025: Key Takeaways & Industry Advancements

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Held in New York during March 17-20, 2025, the event focused on pharmaceutical innovation, industry outlook, capacity expansion, and supply chain resilience, driven by the increasing digitization of drug development and manufacturing. Solutions from RapidResponse, MRPEasy, and ABCplan are helping streamline operations.

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Teradyne robotics group lays off 10% of global staff

Robotics Business Review

We’re launching a focus on food and beverage and pharmaceuticals.” ” As trade show season begins, Universal Robots will continue to exhibit with its UR+ ecosystem partners, as seen in its UR Collaborate event this week. “We’re not pulling back on our presence at these events,” asserted Kumar.

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PITTCON 2025: Still Fascinating, Still Inspiring – 20 Years On

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Attending the event was a brilliant way to begin March. For someone who has followed this event for over 20 yearson and offit’s remarkable how some things have transformed dramatically, while others remain comfortingly familiar. I still remember my first PITTCON in 2005, in Orlando, Florida. LabVantage unveiled Version 8.9

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Blockchain Rises Again

Gary Mintchell

A speaker at a Siemens event maybe five years ago extolled the future of pharmaceutical supply chain data through blockchain. Dixon provides a good overview of the current status of blockchain. I really haven’t heard much about that technology for years. That may have been the last I heard. Check out the podcast for an update.

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Why Use HMI/SCADA, Six Examples

Gary Mintchell

produces the most technologically sophisticated, creatively inspired and life-like animatronics for area spectaculars, theme parks, exhibitions, stage shows and events around the world. Grantek automates pharmaceutical and food & beverage manufacturing operations, including integration with business systems for seamless solutions.