Register now - Automotive Logistics livestream: Making packaging automation work for complex automotive parts
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Automation can deliver significant efficiency gains in packaging, but the business case becomes more challenging as parts become more variable. Join Automotive Logistics' latest livestream to hear how industry experts are applying packaging automation, and what it will take to extend those benefits into more complex, mixed-part operations.
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Automotive plants are increasingly automating the movement of predictable, high-volume parts. Parts can be manufactured, packed at the production line, collected by automated vehicles and delivered either to storage or directly to assembly. This approach works best when the part, the container and the material flow are all standardised.
Most automotive supply chains, however, deal with parts that vary in geometry, weight and fragility, are held in part-specific dunnage and require programme-specific pack patterns. The further operations move away from a single, high-volume flow, the more challenging the case for automation becomes.
This livestream explores where packaging automation is already delivering value in automotive logistics, where today's technology still reaches its limits, and what would need to change – in container formats, packaging data and parts specification – to enable wider adoption.
Key topics:
Where automation already works: End-of-line packing, AGV-linked material handling and automated load building in controlled, high-volume environments.
Extending automation into variable operations: How advances in AI vision are enabling robotic packing of mixed geometries, part-specific dunnage and programme-specific pack patterns.
The data and standards that underpin automation: Container and load tracking, packaging data quality, container standardisation, and connecting pack decisions to production and transport planning.
Labour optimisation: Redeploying labour rather than replacing it, and the new skills required to support automated packaging operations.
PPWR compliance: Compliance with the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is requiring changes to packaging materials, which in turn requires automation to adapt to new materials.
Automotive Logistics livestreams are a key part of our 360-degree content ecosystem, offering timely discussions on the industry’s biggest challenges and opportunities. Complementing our digital hub, in-person events, reports, and publications, these sessions deliver actionable insights aligned with the trends shaping automotive logistics.
Speakers:
Philip Bittermann
Editor-in-Chief
new packaging / automation NEXT
Philip Bittermann is the Editor-in-Chief at neue verpackung, a leading European packaging trade journal.
After studying geoecology, Philip Bittermann began his traineeship at Hüthig Verlag in 2011. In 2013, he became editor of the plant engineering magazine CHEMIE TECHNIK, followed by a move to the position of editor-in-chief of neue verpackung in 2018.
Since 2025, Bittermann also became editor-in-chief of the automation magazine Automation NEXT.
Moderator:
Emily Uwemedimo
Managing editor
Automotive Logistics
Emily Uwemedimo is the managing editor of Automotive Logistics, where she leads content strategy and production for the publication and broader automotive cluster.
With extensive experience in B2B publishing across various sectors, she plays a pivotal role in shaping and delivering editorial across digital, print, and multimedia platforms, covering key issues and trends in the global automotive supply chain and logistics sector.
