At this year’s FachPack in Nuremberg, Germany, packaging machinery companies showcased their latest innovations for robotics and automation. Industry leaders highlighted recyclable and fiber-based solutions as the most popular packaging choices, underscoring a sustained effort toward circularity. Multivac presented its fully automated, high-performance packaging machine for pharmaceutical products. On the show floor, Matthias Riedel, head of sales for medical pharma tells Packaging Insights that machine design remains crucial in the medical and pharma business to reduce risk and ensure patient safety.