End-of-line packaging machinery and automation for pharma and consumer goods
Pester Pac Automation manufactures and integrates end-of-line packaging systems (case packers, stretch wrappers, palletizers) for pharmaceutical and consumer goods producers. The company is modernizing its industrial control stack: adopting SolidWorks, Codesys, and EPLAN Electric P8 for machine design and firmware, while running SAP R/3 for operations. Active projects around firmware security, incident management for industrial control systems, and cloud connectivity signal a shift toward connected, remotely serviceable machines — a departure from traditional disconnected hardware.
Notable leadership hires: Operations Director
Pester Pac Automation is a privately held manufacturer headquartered in Wolfertschwenden, Bavaria, with 501–1,000 employees across eight subsidiaries and 35 representatives in 80 countries. Founded in 1888, the company has spent over 50 years designing packaging automation, with more than 8,000 installed machines globally. The product portfolio spans film wrapping, case packing, shrink wrapping, and palletizing systems, often integrated with track-and-trace solutions for pharmaceutical and parenteral applications. The organization sells engineered, made-to-order solutions to multinational pharmaceutical and consumer brands, supported by global service and field-engineering networks.
SolidWorks and EPLAN Electric P8 for machine design; Codesys for industrial control software; SAP R/3 for enterprise operations; Jira, Confluence, Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe for product and software delivery.
New mechatronic functional assemblies for packaging machines; packaging machine control software development; security governance and firmware hardening for industrial control systems; cloud connectivity and remote serviceability for installed machines; incident and patch management tools.
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