PackML and Machine-to-Machine Communication

The PackML automation standard is used in the packaging machine industry to transfer and receive consistent data between machines on a packaging line. While it’s well known to machine builders, it offers important lessons for end users in food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and other consumer packaged goods industries. At PACK EXPO East 2022, Ron MacDonald, R&D expert engineer at Nestlé and chairman of OMAC (the Organization for Machine and Automation Control), which manages the PackML group overseeing the standard, gave a presentation to help end users understand how PackML helps manage packaging line flow to make their operations more efficient.