Digital carton packaging machinery can not only provide large output and strong equipment flexibility, but also add many new features, such as: remote maintenance, integration with the company's ERP system, and evaluation of production data. Only a few years ago, no one would have expected the rapid pace of digitalization of packaging machinery. As the speed of the electronic process is getting faster and faster, there is a need to increase the distribution box. However, when the number of cables required for the bus system can be greatly reduced, coupled with the emergence of distributed computers, it means that there is no need to increase the volume of the distribution box. Nowadays, independent distribution boxes are no longer in the packaging industry. Digital carton packaging machinery occupies less space than previous mechanical or electromechanical packaging machines.

The era of automation in the packaging industry began about 20 years ago. At that time, all-mechanical equipment was equipped with a programmable logic controller PLC to control the logic functions and the mechanical power shaft of the drive. However, the flexibility of this generation of automated equipment is not satisfactory. Consumer products, especially food, have shortened life cycles and diversified products, which has stimulated a great demand for equipment flexibility. In the generation of automation equipment developed later, more and more functions are transferred from mechanical power shafts to electronic drive systems, and the logic functions are still controlled by the PLC system. The logic function originally performed by the PLC is losing its importance, and now the electronic motion function is dominant. As the requirements for equipment flexibility increase, the number of servo motors is also increasing. This means that due to different programming languages ​​and systems, physical and logical interfaces are no longer needed. Since the mid-1990s, some companies have driven the trend of integrated motion control and logic control solutions in the field of carton packaging machinery.