The growing importance of robotics and automation systems to the global packaging supply chain has led to the amalgamation of the British Automation & Robotics Association with the Processing and Packaging Machinery Association.
“Combining the strengths of both parties gives us a real opportunity to address the technical, commercial and environmental challenges faced by industry,” says Chris Buxton, the PPMA’s CEO. President of BARA Mike Wilson, who becomes the director of automation and robotics, adds: “The combination is much more than the sum of the parts. It is particularly important in this current difficult environment that the automation message is spread to as many people in industry as possible.”
BARA will become an integrated sub-group of the PPMA, with its own council of representatives and director of automation and robotics.
