Canadian-based Polykar is a manufacturer of garbage bags, polyethylene film
and manages food and industrial packaging. They’re also one of the country’s
largest recyclers of flexible packaging plastics.
When sales boomed, it quickly became clear that Polykar’s operational
processes would not be able to scale efficiently. The company turned to
Vention, a FANUC Authorized System Integrator, to help transform their
labor-intensive processes through automation.
What was once a repetitive and ergonomically challenging role, prone to human
error, became a job that not only maintained employee satisfaction but
supported retention. Using a collaborative robot (or cobot) palletizing
system, output increased by 30 percent.
The process from quoting to system installation was straightforward according
to Polykar, who worked with Vention to outfit both their Montreal and Edmonton
facilities with the new automation solutions.