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Breaking News: Multivac Revolutionizes Medical and Pharmaceutical Packaging with Yaskawa Robots

Innovative Packaging Solution Meets Stricter Industry Requirements

June 14, 2025 — Multivac, the leading packaging solutions provider, has introduced the groundbreaking GMP-compliant deep-drawing packaging machine RX 4.0, designed specifically to meet the increasing demands for process accuracy and reproducibility in the medical and pharmaceutical sectors. This state-of-the-art machine is configured with Yaskawa’s cutting-edge six-axle robots, ensuring maximum flexibility and efficiency.

First Integration of Yaskawa Robots in Medical and Pharmaceutical Applications

For the first time, Multivac has integrated a Yaskawa S differential robot into a packaging machine that meets GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) standards. This novel approach represents a significant step forward in optimizing packaging processes, especially for sensitive products such as implants, catheters, pharmaceutical syringes, and more.

Enhanced Flexibility and Process Reproducibility

The RX 4.0 machine shortens throughput times while maximizing production flexibility. Wolfgang Buchenberg, Senior Director of Technics Solutions at Multivac, explains the rationale behind choosing Yaskawa robots: “Developing our own six-axis kinematics would have been resource-intensive with the existing offer. Hence, we chose a robot from Yaskawa.”

Comprehensive Packaging Solutions for the Industry

Multivac, based in Wolferschwenden, Allgäu, has long been synonymous with application-specific packaging solutions in the pharmaceutical and medical sectors. The company, founded in 1961, employs approximately 7,400 people and offers a broad portfolio of packaging technologies, automation solutions, labeling systems, and inspection services.

Clean Room Suitable and High-Performance Robot Integration

The decision to use Yaskawa robots was the result of a comprehensive market study comparing the clean room robots of five major manufacturers. According to Buchenberg, the integration capabilities and GMP standards were paramount: “The ‘Motologix’ software interface from Yaskawa ensures seamless integration into our control platform, providing central line control from a single source.”

Future-Proof Automation in Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology

The RX 4.0 deep-drawing packaging machine is designed to accommodate a wide range of sterile medical devices and pharmaceutical products, from implants to injectors. With its sensor-controlled packaging process and automated parameter adjustments, Multivac aims to reach a new level of process accuracy and reproducibility. “This line ensures that we can optimally fulfill the wishes of the medical and pharmaceutical industry,” Buchenberg concludes.

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