GLOBAL Automation Technologies designs robotic packaging automation systems that help manufacturers move, inspect, pack, palletize, and trace products with greater speed and consistency. From concept and simulation through installation and production launch, our engineers create integrated cells around your product, throughput, floor space, and quality goals—reducing manual handling while supporting reliable, scalable operations.
Our Robotic Packaging Automation Systems Services
Integrated robotic solutions for packaging, inspection, handling, line modernization, and the engineering support behind dependable production.
Robotic Material Handling
Automate pick-and-place, conveyor transfer, end-of-line palletizing, depalletizing, racking, and part presentation with FANUC robots engineered around product geometry, cycle time, floor space, tooling, controls, and safeguarding requirements.
Add machine vision to identify products, verify orientation and presence, inspect quality, and guide robots through variable packaging tasks. Tracking as parts move down the line supports flexible handling while reducing fixturing, scrap, and rework.
Receive a complete packaging automation cell—from process study, layout, simulation, and controls design to build, installation, commissioning, training, documentation, and ongoing support—from one experienced integration partner.
Modernize existing packaging operations with new robots, equipment integration, controls upgrades, or automated replacements for manual tasks. GLOBAL helps increase capacity and support product changeovers while minimizing production disruption.
Evaluate packaging workflows, cycle times, facility constraints, capital requirements, and projected returns before committing to a system. GLOBAL develops practical concepts that prioritize high-value, achievable automation opportunities.
Supplement your packaging automation project or plant team with controls engineers, PLC programmers, robot programmers, commissioning engineers, designers, and project managers through contract, contract-to-hire, or direct placement options.
Packaging automation works when robots, controls, tooling, conveyors, and operators run as one system, and GLOBAL Automation Technologies engineers each cell around the product, pack format, rate, and facility. The work starts with a process study that guides robot and end-of-arm tooling selection for case packing, tray loading, bundling, or cartoning. Product is fed and singulated for consistent presentation, and machine vision can locate items as they move down the line where positioning varies. Controls integrate the cell with upstream and downstream equipment and palletizing, inside safety guarding with guarded access, and AI-assisted simulation helps resolve issues before deployment. GLOBAL proves the cell out at production conditions and supports installation, commissioning, training, and ongoing performance.
The GLOBAL Difference
Why Choose GLOBAL Automation Technologies?
A single automation partner for the system, the engineering expertise, and long-term production support.
Turnkey Delivery
One team manages design, simulation, build, installation, commissioning, training, and ongoing system support.
FANUC Level 5 Integrator
Level 5 is the top tier of FANUC's Authorized System Integrator program, reserved for partners with demonstrated engineering capability across a broad range of applications.
AI-Assisted Engineering
Simulation and predictive maintenance tools help accelerate programming and identify issues before costly downtime.
Systems and Talent
GLOBAL supplies robotic systems and experienced automation professionals under one roof.
Meet the GLOBAL Team
Engineering, integration, and staffing expertise under one roof.
GLOBAL Automation Technologies was founded in 2008 to solve manufacturing problems through automation, recognizing that manufacturers often need more than a robotic system, they also need skilled people to implement, operate, and sustain it. GLOBAL combined robotic systems integration with technical staffing to provide both through a single partner. Over 18+ years, the company has grown to 110+ team members, expanded to offices in four countries, and completed projects in 22 countries across five continents. Its engineers work in demanding automotive, EV, heavy equipment, aerospace, and industrial environments, applying lessons learned across industries to each new project.
18+ YearsAutomation experience since 2008
630+ RobotsSold worldwide across integrated applications
110+ Team MembersEngineering and technical staffing professionals
Frequently Asked Questions
What pack formats can a robotic packaging system run?
Robotic packaging systems can be built for case packing, tray loading, shrink or film bundling, and cartoning, with tooling selected for how each product is gripped and placed. The suitable formats depend on product size, packaging material, and how the finished pack must hold together for shipping. GLOBAL configures the robot, tooling, and pack recipes around the specific products a line runs. A single system can be designed to store and switch between multiple pack formats where the product mix calls for it.
How does the system feed and singulate products before picking?
Reliable robotic picking depends on presenting products consistently, so incoming items are fed and singulated ahead of the pick point. This can use infeed conveyors, metering belts, and separation devices that space and orient product, and machine vision can locate items as they move down the line when positioning varies. GLOBAL matches the feeding and singulation method to the product's characteristics and the required rate so the robot picks dependably.
How are SKU and format changeovers handled?
Products and pack patterns are stored as recipes, so an operator selects the matching recipe to switch SKUs. Similar products may need only a recipe change, while different formats can require a gripper or fixture swap, and the amount of changeover is planned around how much the products differ. GLOBAL designs the changeover approach around production frequency so operators can move between formats without extended downtime.
Can a robotic packaging system connect to upstream and downstream equipment and palletizing?
Yes. Systems are engineered to interface with existing upstream forming or filling equipment and downstream labeling, palletizing, or stretch wrapping so product moves through the line as one flow. The engineering team reviews control signals, conveyor handoffs, and line layout, then plans the integration around them. Palletizing can be scoped into the same project so packed product is stacked and staged for shipment.
How is operator safety handled in a robotic packaging cell?
Each cell is enclosed with guarding and interlocks that keep operators separated from the robot during operation, while product enters and leaves through guarded access such as light curtains or gated conveyor zones. GLOBAL designs the guarding, access sequence, and safety controls around the available floor space and how operators tend materials and clear faults. The layout is reviewed against applicable safety standards before commissioning.
What throughput can a robotic packaging system reach?
Throughput is set by the product, pack format, units handled per cycle, and robot reach, so the system is engineered to the line's required rate rather than a fixed figure. GLOBAL validates reach and cycle performance with simulation before build. When one robot cannot cover a combined rate, the production targets and layout are reviewed to determine whether additional cells are warranted.
What support does GLOBAL provide after launch?
GLOBAL's turnkey scope includes installation, commissioning, operator and maintenance training, technical documentation, and ongoing support. Recommended spares can be identified for tooling, robot, and controls, and support is available for troubleshooting, adjustments, and future format additions. Because GLOBAL also provides technical staffing, added engineering support is available when project demands change, with routine service planned between scheduled maintenance windows.
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Certifications & Recognition
Certifications & Recognition
FANUC Level 5 Authorized System Integrator
Level 5 is the top tier of FANUC's Authorized System Integrator program, reflecting proven engineering depth, factory training, and application experience.
FANUC America 2025 Sales Growth Award
Recognized by FANUC America with its 2025 Sales Growth Award.
#1 FANUC Robot Purchaser in North America (2025)
Purchased more FANUC robots than any other North American integrator in 2025.
WBENC Certified
Certified by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council, which supports OEM and Tier 1 supplier diversity requirements.
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