Company Category: Collaborative Robots

Piab: Smarter, Safer, and More Efficient Automation Piab helps manufacturers and machine builders improve productivity by making material handling and automation smarter, safer, and more energy efficient. At this show, we are here to demonstrate how our vacuum-based technologies and end-of-arm tooling can help you move, grip, and position almost anything – faster and more reliably. Vacuum Automation & Gripping Piab offers a comprehensive range of vacuum components and systems designed for modern robotic and automated applications. Our portfolio includes vacuum pumps, suction cups, grippers, and accessories that integrate easily with collaborative robots, industrial robots, and linear systems. From delicate food products and flexible packaging to metal sheets, glass, and heavy boxes, our solutions are built to handle a wide variety of shapes, weights, and surfaces. This flexibility helps you reduce custom engineering, shorten project lead times, and respond quickly to changing production needs. End-of-Arm Tooling for Robots & Cobots Piab’s modular end-of-arm tooling solutions are designed to simplify tool design and deployment. You can easily configure standardized components into custom tools for case packing, palletizing, depalletizing, pick-and-place, and more. Lightweight designs help maximize robot payload and speed, while robust construction ensures long life in demanding environments. For cobots, we offer easy-to-use, plug-and-play gripping solutions that can be set up quickly and reconfigured as tasks change. Intuitive software and integrated sensors support safer, more collaborative workspaces. Energy-Efficient Vacuum Technology Our vacuum pumps are engineered to minimize air consumption while providing high, reliable performance. Intelligent control options enable you to monitor and optimize vacuum levels, reduce energy use, and support sustainability goals. Less compressed air usage means lower operating costs and a smaller environmental footprint. Industry-Focused Solutions Piab serves a wide range of industries, including packaging, food and beverage, logistics, electronics, automotive, and pharmaceuticals. Whether you are automating a single machine or an entire line, we can help you: Increase throughput and overall equipment effectiveness Reduce scrap and product damage Improve ergonomics and operator safety by removing manual handling Enhance line flexibility for shorter runs and more product variants Global Support and Engineering Expertise With a global footprint and experienced application engineers, Piab supports you from concept through commissioning and beyond. We help you select the right components, validate them through testing, and optimize your solution for long-term reliability and performance. What This Means for You For automation professionals and trade show attendees, Piab offers proven technology and a collaborative approach that can accelerate your automation projects, reduce risk, and unlock new productivity gains. Visit us to see live demos, discuss your specific applications, and explore how Piab can help you design the next generation of smart, efficient automated systems. | Piab desarrolla y fabrica una línea completa de productos de automatización por vacío. Nuestras ventosas, grippers y bombas de vacío dan soporte a aplicaciones que van desde la manipulación de materias primas hasta el ensamblaje, clasificación y envasado de objetos individuales independientemente de su tamaño, peso o forma. | Piab es una empresa tecnológica global líder en automatización industrial que desarrolla soluciones de vacío para hacer que los procesos de producción, empacada y envado sean más seguros, eficientes y sostenibles.Somos especialistas en componentes y soluciones para automatizar procesos, ayudamos a nuestros clientes a mejorar productividad, sostenibilidad y seguridad en industrias como empaque, alimentos y bebidas, farmacéutica, química, logística, plásticos y automotriz.Nuestro portafolio incluye bombas de vacío con tecnología multietapa COAX®, ventosas, grippers, transportadores por vacío y soluciones de manipulación ergonómica y agarre robótico, que permiten un manejo preciso y confiable de productos en líneas de envasado y automatización.En Expo Pack México 2026, Piab presentará cómo sus soluciones de automatización por vacío ayudan a los fabricantes y empacadores a incrementar velocidad de línea, reducir paros, ahorrar energía y adaptarse a diferentes formatos y materiales de empaque, impulsando operaciones más flexibles y competitivas. | Piab is a global leader in vacuum automation and advanced gripping solutions, serving a wide range of industries with a particular focus on logistics and warehousing. The company’s mission is to help businesses improve productivity, efficiency, and safety through innovative automation technologies. Piab’s approach to the logistics and warehousing market is built on a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by distribution centers, fulfillment operations, and automated warehouses. Sales Approach and Market Strategy: Piab sells to the logistics and warehousing sector through a combination of direct sales, a global network of distributors, and close collaboration with system integrators and OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). The company’s sales teams work consultatively with customers, analyzing their specific material handling needs and recommending tailored vacuum solutions that optimize throughput and reduce operational costs. Piab’s experts often conduct on-site assessments to identify bottlenecks and propose automation upgrades, ensuring that each solution is customized for the customer’s workflow and environment. Product Portfolio for Logistics and Warehousing: Piab offers a comprehensive range of products designed to address the core requirements of logistics and warehousing operations: • Vacuum Grippers and End-of-Arm Tooling: Piab’s modular grippers, such as the piCOBOT® and Kenos® series, enable flexible and reliable handling of packages, cartons, bags, and irregularly shaped items. These tools are compatible with both industrial robots and collaborative robots (cobots), supporting automated picking, packing, and palletizing tasks. • Suction Cups and Accessories: Piab’s wide selection of suction cups, including the piGRIP® line, ensures secure gripping on a variety of surfaces, from smooth boxes to porous packaging, reducing the risk of dropped items and increasing process reliability. • Vacuum Generators and Pumps: Compact, energy-efficient vacuum generators like the piCOMPACT® series deliver consistent performance and can be integrated into smart warehouse systems, supporting Industry 4.0 initiatives with real-time monitoring and diagnostics. Value Proposition: Piab’s solutions are engineered for high reliability, low maintenance, and energy efficiency, which are critical factors in high-volume logistics environments. The company’s modular product designs allow for rapid adaptation to changing product mixes and seasonal demand fluctuations. By leveraging advanced technologies such as IO-Link connectivity and intelligent controls, Piab enables predictive maintenance, remote monitoring, and seamless integration with warehouse management systems. Through its innovative vacuum automation solutions, consultative sales approach, and commitment to customer success, Piab empowers logistics and warehousing operators to achieve higher throughput, greater flexibility, and improved safety. By partnering with Piab, companies can future-proof their operations and stay competitive in an increasingly automated and fast-paced market. | Piab offers quality End of Arm tools, which cycle after cycle securely de-mold your plastic parts. Our enhanced production includes innovative component systems, which allow for handling both simple and complex cuts. Reliability is seen in the robust design of component and End of Arm tool systems. Piab’s de-gating solutions are available as completely customizable and built for your needs, and also as standard components, depending on what your application requires or if you want to design and build your own solution. Our design principles are based on several systems that are also available as components: square system, tubular system, plate-based system or a welded frame system. Our systems are also designed to be used as holding fixtures after treatment such as flaming or designed to incorporate de-gating operations. | Established in 1951, Piab designs innovative vacuum solutions that improve the energy-efficiency, productivity, and working environments of vacuum users around the world. As a reliable partner to many of the world’s largest manufacturers, Piab develops and manufactures a complete line of vacuum pumps, vacuum accessories, vacuum filters, vacuum switches, vacuum conveyors, suction cups, vacuum cups and vacuum gripper tools for a variety of automated material handling and factory automation processes. Piab utilizes COAX, a completely new dimension in vacuum technology, in many of its original products and solutions. COAX cartridges are smaller, more energy efficient and more reliable than conventional ejectors, and can be integrated directly into machinery. This allows for the design of a flexible, modular vacuum system. Piab is a worldwide organization with subsidiaries and distributors in more than 140 countries. Its headquarters are in Sweden with a North American presence in Canton, MA. Within the packaging industry, Piab vacuum products are found in applications involving carton and case erecting, modified atmospheric packaging (MAP), labeling, pick and place, robotic arms, slip sheet feeding, bag opening and handling, vacuum packaging, palletizing and depalletizing, filling, tablet handing, form-fill-seal, powder handling and pharmaceuticals. | Established in 1951, Piab designs innovative vacuum solutions that improve the energy-efficiency, productivity, and working environments of vacuum users around the world. As a reliable partner to many of the world’s largest manufacturers, Piab develops and manufactures a complete line of vacuum pumps, vacuum accessories, vacuum filters, vacuum switches, vacuum conveyors, suction cups, vacuum cups and vacuum gripper tools for a variety of automated material handling and factory automation processes. Piab utilizes COAX, a completely new dimension in vacuum technology, in many of its original products and solutions. COAX cartridges are smaller, more energy efficient and more reliable than conventional ejectors, and can be integrated directly into machinery. This allows for the design of a flexible, modular vacuum system. Piab is a worldwide organization with subsidiaries and distributors in more than 140 countries. Its headquarters are in Sweden with a North American presence in Canton, MA. Within the packaging industry, Piab vacuum products are found in applications involving carton and case erecting, modified atmospheric packaging (MAP), labeling, pick and place, robotic arms, slip sheet feeding, bag opening and handling, vacuum packaging, palletizing and depalletizing, filling, tablet handing, form-fill-seal, powder handling and pharmaceuticals. | Piab at the forefront of packaging automationPiab is a global leader in smart vacuum technology, helping packaging companies improve productivity, safety, and sustainability from raw material handling through to end‑of‑line packaging. At this trade show, Piab highlights two complementary areas of expertise: Vacuum Automation and Vacuum Conveying.Vacuum Automation – smarter gripping, faster flowPiab’s Vacuum Automation division delivers complete end‑of‑arm tooling and vacuum systems for high‑speed, high‑mix packaging lines. Our portfolio includes energy‑efficient vacuum pumps, a wide range of suction cups for everything from primary packs to secondary and tertiary packaging, and modular gripping solutions for robots and cobots.From flow‑pack bags, pouches, trays, bottles, and cartons to shrink‑wrapped bundles and pallet loads, Piab enables secure, damage‑free handling at high speeds. Lightweight, configurable grippers reduce robot payload, shorten cycle times, and simplify changeovers when packaging formats or materials change. Integrated sensors and smart functions support predictive maintenance and process monitoring, helping users maximize uptime and OEE in demanding 24/7 environments.Vacuum Conveying – clean, contained material handlingPiab’s Vacuum Conveying division focuses on the safe and efficient transfer of powders, granules, and small components used in packaging and processing. Our compact, fully enclosed conveyors move material gently and hygienically from sacks, big bags, silos, or process equipment to filling and packaging machines.Designed for applications in food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and other hygiene‑critical industries, Piab vacuum conveyors help reduce dust emissions, manual handling, and product losses. Tool‑free disassembly and optimized CIP/SIP‑ready designs support quick cleaning and fast product changeovers, enabling packaging operations to run more flexibly and in compliance with stringent quality standards.One partner for end‑to‑end packaging performanceBy combining Vacuum Automation and Vacuum Conveying, Piab offers an integrated approach to packaging: conveying raw materials to processing and filling, then gripping, lifting, and placing finished packs through case packing, palletizing, and depalletizing. With global engineering support and a strong partner network, Piab works closely with OEMs, system integrators, and end users to tailor solutions that boost throughput, improve ergonomics, and support more sustainable packaging operations.