American Packaging Automates with Unmanned Seegrid Robotic Industrial Trucks

Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are costly, rigid, and lack the flexibility needed by companies like American Packaging Company (APC).

Part of the growth experienced by APC is the capability to combine several substrates in-line, enabling American Packaging to develop laminations with customized physical, optical and sealing properties that meet specific product and packaging format requirements.

The wide variety of structures currently manufactured, along with the goal of continuous improvement, led APC to choose robots over AGVs.

The flexibility robots provide meets the wide variety and responsiveness required throughout the operation. APC trains a new route with Seegrid robots and it’s operational within minutes; that is impossible with AGVs.

The labor costs associated with traditional forklift usage was not an effective option for APC versus the Seegrid robotic industrial truck. The facility layout requires transportation of material over a long distance; there is no need for an operator to navigate this activity. The traditional labor necessary to move material from points A to B is better utilized elsewhere in the plant.