Save money by lowering your operational costs


Automated packing systems are designed to optimise your packing process, so you can reduce costs associated with materials, productivity, transport and labour.
Drastically improve your pack line productivity


Packaging automation can drastically improve your pack line productivity and throughput. Dispatch more packs per hour to cope with demand, and reassign labour to key tasks.
Use less packaging and produce less carbon


Automating packing ensures the right size pack and the right amount of material every time, eliminating waste. You can deliver more products with fewer vehicles too – lowering your carbon emissions.
Optimise your storage space and transport
Using packaging machinery can free up valuable space in your warehouse by eliminating the need to store excess packaging SKUs. Plus, automation helps optimise the size of your parcels, so you can get more packages onto a delivery vehicle, controlling costs and fuel use.
Enhance packing quality control and minimise errors


How your team pack a product may differ from person to person. Packaging automation ensures quality control – minimizing damages and packaging material wastage.
Future proof for growth and future demand


Automation can seem like a big investment, but it can help you future proof for growth and seasonal demand by increasing your capacity significantly. Long-term this will help control costs as you grow.
Packaging automation has a huge range of benefits and can transform your operation
We can help with a wide range of packaging automation equipment from boxing machines and case erectors through to gummed paper tape dispensers and pallet wrappers - and everything in between.
Free packaging automation guide download


Our FREE guide to packaging automation will:
- Find information about automating packaging to help save both time and money.
- Learn about packaging automation and the benefits of automating packaging.
- Find answers to some of the frequently asked questions related to packaging automation.
- Help find the right packaging automation system for your business
- Determine the best automation system for your business.
- Help identify ways in which warehouse space can be used efficiently.
Automated packaging systems available from Macfarlane
We can help with a wide range of packaging automation equipment from boxing machines and case erectors through to gummed paper tape dispensers and pallet wrappers – and everything in between!
Automated Bagging


Automatic bagging machines
Horizontal and vertical auto
baggers
Bulk bagging equipment
Strapping Automation


Semi and fully automated strapping machines
Friction welders
Strapping & banding tables
Protective Automation


Semi and fully automated void fill systems
Air cushioning and air pillow machines
Integrated void fill systems
Paper Automation


Paper void fill machines & systems
Paper wrapping equipment
Paper cushioning systems
Automatic Taping


Semi & fully case sealers
In-line tape machines
Gummed paper tape dispensers
Polythene Automation


Shrink wrapping machines & shrink wrappers
Heat shrink tunnels
Heat sealers
Stretch Automation


Fully & semi automatic pallet wrappers
Horizontal stretch wrapping machines
Vertical stretch wrapping machines
Rotating arm stretch wrap machines
Signs your business is ready for packaging automation
Are you wondering if now’s the time to introduce automated packing systems to your operation?
Watch this video for six signs that could indicate you’d benefit from packaging automation.


Need further advice? Download our free extended packaging automation checklist
It details further signs that you could benefit from implementing automated packaging systems.
See automation in action
Want to see some of the packaging machinery and automation solutions we can provide or learn why upgrading to automation can benefit you? Watch a selection of our packaging automation videos today.
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We can help you with packaging automation throughout the UK. to you from one of our regional distribution centres. Our teams can provide packaging automation recommendations and services to and around the following locations:
Aberdeen, Aylesbury, Banbury, Barnsley, Bath, Bedford, Bicester, Birmingham , Bolton, Bradford, Bridgewater, Bridport, Bristol, Burton-upon-Trent , Cambridge, Chelmsford , Cheltenham, Chester , Chichester, Colchester Cornwall, Coventry, Crewe, Derby, Devon, Dewsbury, Dudley, Dundee, Durham, Edinburgh, Essex, Exeter, Fareham, Gateshead, Glasgow Glossop Gloucester, Grantham, Harlow, Heathrow, Hemel Hempstead, Hereford, High Wycombe, Horsham, Hull, Inverness, Isle of Wight, Kent, Kidderminster, Lancaster Leamington Spa, Leeds, Lincoln, Liverpool , London , Luton , Manchester, Middlesborough, Milton Keynes, Newbury, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norfolk, North Wales , Northampton, Nottingham , Oldham, Oxford , Plymouth, Reading, Salisbury, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury, Slough, Somerset , Somerton, South Shields, South Wales, Stafford, Stockport , Stoke-on-Trent , Stratford-Upon-Avon, Sudbury, Sunderland, Surrey, Sussex , Teesside, Telford, Uxbridge, Wakefield, Walsall, Warrington, Warwick , Watford, Wigan, Windsor, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Wrexham, Yeovil, York.
Macfarlane Packaging can also help with automated packing systems across Ireland and Continental Europe. Click to find your closest UK location or nearest Continental European site.