Rockwell Automation supports Orphea in modernising its production process

(See Rockwell Automation at Machine Building North, 13 May 2026, on stand 75)

Orphea is a leading manufacturer of fabric protectors. Its products are made from sheets of porous paper impregnated with perfumed oils that contain active ingredients of vegetal origin. These premium products are delicate and packed in high-quality packaging that requires dexterity to manipulate and to fasten closed.

"With this new automated system, we can control production cost, speed and quality in a way that enables us to expand, scale and diversify," said Orphea CEO Gianpaolo Re. "Greater efficiency is key to our future product and expansion plans. We hear a lot of hype about robotics. But I was really impressed by this new system. It allows us to combine the quality of craftsmanship with the speed, precision and accuracy of automation."

Until now, this process of packaging fabric-protectors had been too complex and required too much precision to automate. The new system, based on AllenBradley drives and switches, overcomes this, providing the precision and dexterity needed to handle the delicate product, even switching rapidly from one size to another, allowing Orphea to merge product lines for greater efficiency and cost effectiveness.

"Because of the high quality of the product and the complexity of the packaging, this was a challenging job," said Chiara Mambretti, sales and market lead at Vimco. "Thanks to our fantastic working relationship with Rockwell Automation and Orphea, we're extremely excited by the end result, which we expect to greatly enhance the efficiency of the production process."

"Rockwell Automation was very pleased to work with Vimco in supporting Orphea," said Rodrigo Riera, regional vice-president, Southern Europe, Rockwell Automation. "Orphea's application demonstrates how modern precision robotics is now able to automate and radically optimise tasks once thought so complex that they could only be done manually."