Handle and place deformable refill pouches and sachets into cartons

Unilever produces large volumes of flexible packaging — stand-up refill pouches (home care, hair), single-serve food and condiment sachets, tea pouches — that are limp, variable in shape, and prone to slipping or folding. The task is to acquire a single deformable pouch from a stack or stream and place it into a carton or display tray in a defined orientation without grabbing two, tearing the film, or crushing contents. This sits at secondary packaging, between primary fill/seal and case packing. It is genuinely hard because a limp pouch's shape changes as it is gripped, requiring compliant grasping and slip sensing rather than rigid pick-place; vision alone cannot resolve double-picks or grip stability on flexible film. Note: where the equivalent step is robust case/carton transport, it is out of scope and excluded here. We identified this through our own research; we have not confirmed the specifics with the customer directly. This page is our researched read — a starting point for that conversation.