Packaging Automation Equipment

Case Forming, Cartoning & Case Packing

Erect cases and trays, form cartons, load products, close packages, and create right-sized corrugated packaging using equipment configured around the product and production workflow.

Available systems range from standalone case erectors and cartoners to robotic case-packing cells and box-on-demand production lines.

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Explore Case Forming, Cartoning & Case Packing Equipment

Equipment is organized by the step it performs so forming, loading, and right-sized packaging can be evaluated separately.

Case & Tray Forming

Systems that erect corrugated cases and form trays for downstream loading and sealing.

Cartoning & Case Packing

Cartoners, sleevers, and case-packing systems for paperboard cartons, multipacks, trays, and corrugated cases.

Box-on-Demand & Right-Sized Packaging

Corrugated-processing systems that create packaging around the order, plus the automatic closing platform that connects with them.

Right Choice box-on-demand machine manufactured by Edda

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Right Choice Box Machine

ATP's private-label box-on-demand system for producing made-to-measure corrugated box blanks from fanfold or sheet material.

  • More than 50 preloaded box styles
  • Fanfold or sheet-fed operation
  • Precision cutting and creasing

Manufactured by Edda.

What Determines the Right Case or Cartoning System?

Five areas usually decide the configuration before rated output is compared.

Corrugated Case, Tray, or Paperboard Carton

Confirm the package style, board grade, and blank construction the operation uses today or intends to move toward.

Product Loading Method

Determine whether products are top-loaded, side-loaded, collated, or placed robotically, and how consistently they present themselves.

Case or Carton Dimensions

Document the range of package sizes, how often they change, and whether order-driven sizing is required.

Production Rate and Changeovers

Review the required rate, the number of formats, and how quickly the line must change between them.

Sealing and Downstream Handling

Confirm whether cases are taped or glued, and how packages move toward strapping, wrapping, palletizing, and shipping.

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Case Sealing, Taping & Strapping

Close and secure formed and loaded cases with tape, glue, or strapping.

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Packaging Automation Solutions

See how forming, packing, sealing, and palletizing fit together across the packaging process.

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Material Handling & End-of-Line Automation

Move, accumulate, and route cases from the packing station toward the shipping dock.

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Integrated Systems

Connect forming, loading, sealing, coding, labeling, and palletizing into one coordinated line.

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Packaging Automation Solutions

Explore how forming, filling, packing, protecting, sealing, wrapping, strapping, and palletizing can work together across a complete packaging process.

Integrated Systems

Connect packaging equipment with conveyors, coding, labeling, inspection, robotics, production data, and line controls.

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Service & Support

Request installation, training, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair support for eligible packaging equipment.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between a case erector and a case packer?

A case erector forms a flat corrugated blank into an open case and prepares it for loading. A case packer places product into that case. Some systems combine forming, loading, and closing, while others operate as separate machines connected by conveyor.

What is a cartoner?

A cartoner forms a paperboard carton, loads the product, and closes the completed package. Vertical and horizontal formats exist, and the correct approach depends on the product, carton style, and how the product can be presented to the machine.

What is box-on-demand packaging?

Box-on-demand equipment produces corrugated packaging sized to the order rather than selecting from a limited set of standard boxes. The approach can reduce void fill and dimensional shipping volume, but it requires accurate product dimensions and connected order data.

What information does ATP need to recommend case-packing equipment?

Useful details include the case, tray, or carton style, product dimensions and pack pattern, loading method, required rate, changeover frequency, sealing method, and the conveying or palletizing steps that follow.

Build the Right Case-Packing Process

Share the case or carton, the product pattern, and the required rate, and ATP can help identify appropriate forming, loading, and closing equipment.

  • Case, tray, or carton style
  • Product dimensions and pack pattern
  • Loading method
  • Package size range
  • Required production rate
  • Changeover frequency
  • Sealing method
  • Downstream handling
  • Photographs, video, or samples