Packaging industry mourns loss of trailblazer

Gerhard Schubert, the founder and shareholder of packaging machine manufacturer Schubert, has died at the age of 84. Founding Gerhard Schubert GmbH in 1966, his visionary ideas of a modular robot-assisted top-loading packaging machine continue to influence modern packaging technology around the world. He laid the foundation for the company in 1953 with an apprenticeship as…