"Every step that can't be mechanized is an extra worker"
"The labor factor weighs heavily on the production process," begins Peter Vonk, Technical Advisor at Looije Packing. This Dutch company specializes in packaging fruit and vegetable packaging. That burden, he says, explains the desire to automate packing apples into trays, a job previously done by hand. "Minimum wages are rising, and labor is becoming increasingly expensive while remaining
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