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PACK EXPO, IPPE, IBIE, CheeseExpo — JLS demos run at every major North American food packaging trade show. The shortest path to evaluating a JLS line: come to one. Or tour our York, PA facility.

Where to find us in 2026.

JUL 26–29
2026

FoodPro · Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne Exhibition Centre. See JLS in the Vemag Australia booth. Event details →

OCT 18–21
2026

PACK EXPO International · Chicago

48,000 attendees. JLS will demo TALON®, OSPREY®, and PEREGRINE® live. The largest packaging show globally — priority show for JLS in 2026. Booth S-2776. Event details →

JAN 27–29
2027

IPPE · Atlanta

Meat, poultry, seafood. KESTREL launched at IPPE 2026. JLS HARRIER bacon-loading demos run at every IPPE.

What’s new at JLS.

AUGUST 2026 · PACK EXPO INTERNATIONAL

Seven live demonstrations at booth S-2776.

JLS will run an integrated cartoning-to-case-packing line plus Osprey BP brick-pack loading, AI-assisted vision and product refeed, and Kestrel collate-and-load at PACK EXPO International 2026, Oct. 18–21 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Read the announcement →
JANUARY 2026 · IPPE

KESTREL launches at IPPE.

Brand-new ground-up engineering. Centrifugal singulation. Hygienic delta kinematics. Controlled feeding, singulation, and collation — a handling problem long left to manual labor.

JLS in the news.

Coverage of JLS Automation across the food, packaging, and manufacturing trade press.

The National Provisioner
Meat & poultry processors leverage technology and strategic design
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Commercial Baking
People-built, people served: 70 years of JLS
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Pet Food Processing
Embracing Automation
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Packaging World
Pat's Picks Podcast: Day Two at PACK EXPO Las Vegas
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Packaging World
Integrating Packaging Systems
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BizNewsPA
Supply (Chain) and Demand: Logistics in YoCo
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Food Engineering
AI / Machine Learning Reduces Mistakes and Waste
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Baking Business
AR/VR Technology Provides New Solutions for Old Problems
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Packaging World
iCam-Based Linear Pick-and-Place Maintains Control of Empty Cartons
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Commercial Baking
Craig Souser on Commercial Baking's Tech Talk
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NAM
Tax Reform Helps JLS Automation Grow and Give Back
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NAM / JLS
Craig Souser Joins National Association of Manufacturers Board of Directors
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Refrigerated & Frozen Foods
New Cold Packaging Equipment — Next-Generation Carton Loading
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Packaging Digest
6 Options for Remote Packaging Machine Servicing
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Meat+Poultry
JLS case packing at a Cargill beef facility
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Packaging World
Robots address an expanse of packaging needs
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Snack & Bakery
Improving food safety through sanitation and new technologies
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Control Design
The future direction of control
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Packaging World
Sausage chubs are a challenge to handle
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Packaging World
Freshpet automates with a robotic chub loader
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Packaging World
Robotic automation is the endgame for a new cheese-packaging line
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Food Engineering
Robots have just the right touch
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Packaging World
First foray into robotics yields big benefits for a deli meat producer
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Packaging World
Sweet robots handle pouched sweets
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