Piab Timeline

Events

• 2026-04-13 - Product Launch - Piab launches all-electric piCOBOT gripping system for multiple cobot brands - The gripper generates vacuum without compressed air. Piab positions the system for assembly, machine tending, packaging, logistics, warehousing and palletising. Standard I/O and multiple mechanical interfaces support cobots from different manufacturers. - source: piab.com
• 2024-09-20 - Deployment - MVQuadro completes automated street-lighting production line - Anthropomorphic robots move housings, LEDs, boards and glass through assembly and packaging. Kenos FlexiGrip KFG grippers handle variable electronics without tool changes or production stops. Piab suction cups move housings and glass while a cobot performs… - source: metalia.es
• 2023-04-06 - Capability - MAXPRO improves flour-bag palletizing with vacuum layer gripping - Two packaging lines each handled 70 one-kilogram flour bags per minute before layer pickup. An articulated robot transferred full layers into two carton boxes positioned on pallets. The KVGL gripper used four additional BX52P suction cups to handle… - source: piab.com
• 2023-03-28 - Acquisition - Piab Group acquires COVAL - COVAL joined Piab with EUR 23 million in turnover, 135 employees and commercial presence across 60 countries. Piab said COVAL added vacuum cups, pumps and grippers serving packaging, automotive, plastics and aerospace production. The transaction moved the… - source: piab.com
• 2023-03-09 - Capability - Eklego automates mixed-format box packing and palletizing - Four vacuum grippers comprise two KVG60 units, one KVG120 and one KVGL. The line closes and tapes two boxes per minute before transferring them to pallets. Boxes weigh up to 30 kg, and larger formats require a 180-degree rotation during handling. - source: piab.com
• 2022-04-20 - Acquisition - Piab agrees to acquire Joulin - The 20 April announcement described Joulin’s foam vacuum grippers and material-handling systems as complementary to Piab’s automation portfolio. Piab said Joulin generated approximately €15 million in sales and brought more than 60 years of vacuum-handling… - source: piab.com
• 2022-03-03 - Capability - Tecno Pack details four-robot biscuit-packaging line - A vision system determines the orientation of randomly arriving packs before robot pickup. Each of four flexpicker robots handles 125 packs per minute with interchangeable one- or two-cup grippers. Vacuum pumps sit on the upper structure to reduce wrist… - source: piab.com
• 2021-03-22 - Capability - Cama demonstrates high-speed handling of cheese-slice pouches - Two gripper designs handle combinations drawn from ten pouch formats and about fifteen box formats. Each gripping unit combines four suction cups with four vacuum generators. Cama selected food-contact-compliant piGRIP cups and COAX ejectors to grip the… - source: piab.com