Delkor Systems

Delkor Systems designs and manufactures robotic packaging machinery for the food and beverage industries, with a focus on secondary packaging and end-of-line automation. Founded in 1973 and based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota, the company has more than 50 years of experience in the sector and serves customers across North America. It describes itself as the largest and fastest growing robotic case packer manufacturer in North America.

The company's engineering work spans robotics, vision-guided and pick-and-place robotic systems, packaging automation machinery design, and mechanical engineering. Its product range covers the full secondary packaging line: case and tray formers, robotic case packers, sealers, palletizers, and complete integrated carton packaging lines for food and beverage producers. Equipment performance figures cited by the company include overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) availability of up to 99.5%.

Delkor holds patented technology, notably the warp correction system in its Trayfecta X Series Former case former. Its Cabrio Case design has been produced in volumes exceeding one billion units over eight years. The company's origins trace to founder Jim Duddleston, who began manufacturing fillers for plastic-coated milk cartons after leaving Land O'Lakes in the late 1950s; its work in automation and robotics has drawn media attention, including a feature on NBC Nightly News.