Sustainability Insights VI: Rethinking packaging

KUKA ships its robots to customers all over the world. They have to be packed so that they arrive safely at the production halls. How can this be made more environmentally friendly?

Ilaria Wollek

den 12 mars 2025

Society

Lästid: 4 minuter

We all encounter the topic of packaging almost every day, especially when it comes to greater sustainability and environmental protection. In our private and professional lives, we deal with packaging reduction, recycling or reusable packaging.

Sustainable packaging management is also a priority at KUKA. Jochen Wittmann is a process engineer at KUKA. His goal: to minimize packaging consumption and introduce more sustainable solutions. In our new episode of Sustainability Insights, he shows us how KUKA is rethinking packaging:

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