Amazon is deploying advanced automated packing technology in Europe through custom-box making to improve regional operations and reduce waste. Made-to-fit packaging can reduce delivery emissions by minimizing materias, eliminating waste, and maximizing vehicle space. The e-commerce giant plans to install hundreds of automated packaging machines across its European fulfillment centers to limit packaging volumes for millions of customer deliveries. Amazon says that most of these machines will be installed in Germany, the UK, France, Italy, and Spain by the end of this year. “To reduce waste, we need to reduce packaging. We use machine learning and automation to create packaging that’s made to fit, reducing excess materials while making sure the product remains protected,” says Pat Lindner, vice president for Mechatronics and Sustainable Packaging at Amazon.
