While longtime cannabis operators have grown particularly numb to ancillary business pitches, CEO Shahar Yamay has found considerable traction for his family-owned pre-roll automation company Hefestus USA. He credits the success to his company’s dedication to the market and its ability to fully automate any trend from mini joints to blunts and even infused pre-rolls.
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As the head of sales for Dove Robotics, Paul Parisi is responsible for bringing automation to Massachusetts cannabis operators. The company, which is an offshoot of parent company Calvary Robotics, set up its Fitchburg, Massachusetts, facility as a test case for outsourcing cannabis weighing and packaging.
Robotics became a passion for Elmar Mair at an early age, and the infatuation became a driving force that took him from his small farming community in the Italian Alps to working for leaders in robotics such as Google’s X, Lucid Motors and Bosch.
As a nascent industry, many cannabis product producers start small and scale up to higher volumes and an expanding portfolio of products. This poses challenges for designing packaging and packaging operations that serve immediate and future needs.
Sustainability remains a top concern for consumers especially for natural product sectors like cannabis with 44% using sustainable packaging.
Demand for conscientious business practices and pending producer responsibility regs attract attention. Producers of cannabis products reflect the natural product they market and consumer demands…
The cannabis industry has grown significantly in recent years and continues to expand. The global legal cannabis market is expected to grow at a compound…
Fifth-generation farmers combine decades of experience with new automation tech to compete with the largest multi-state operators in Illinois With five generations of farming experience…
Cannabis growers and manufacturers all across the country are looking for ways to increase efficiency, lower their cost of production and get their product in…
October 17, 2018 marked a major milestone in the global cannabis industry as Canada became the first western country to federally legalize cultivation and consumption…
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