Automatic palletizer in Mexico: types, capacity and price

To stack cases, bags or pails with no manual handling. With a robot, it reaches up to 60 cases per minute (Target presentation, 2026) and the cell runs US$120,000 to US$550,000 on public prices (CSi and Kaufman, November 3, 2026).

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An automatic palletizer stacks cases, bags or containers on a pallet with no manual handling. There are three families: robotic, industrial or collaborative; conventional layer; and Cartesian. Target Robotics builds palletizers with FANUC robots in San Luis Potosí, in 3 versions, for plants in Mexico, and delivers them in 12 weeks.

What types of industrial palletizer are there?

The decision comes from your volume, how many products you change over and the space you have.

Type	How it works	Published capacity reference	Public price	When it makes sense
Robotic	An arm picks rows and places them. Changes pattern by program	Target: up to 60 cases per minute and up to 2 layers per minute. CAV: up to 1,270 cases per hour	US$120,000 to US$550,000 (CSi and Kaufman)	2 or 3 shifts, several products, tight space
Conventional layer	Forms the complete layer and lowers it onto the pallet	From 15 to 20 cases per minute (Automation Distribution) up to 200 (Seraphim Vietnam, January 2026)	US$200,000 to US$600,000 (Seraphim Vietnam)	Few products and very high volume
Cartesian	Linear axes on a gantry	Depends on the manufacturer; widely used for heavy bags	No public price located	Heavy loads, simple moves
Cobot	Collaborative robot, sometimes with no fence	Up to 13 cycles per minute and 35 kg (Robotiq)	US$50,000 to US$120,000 (Seraphim Vietnam)	First automation, 1 or 2 shifts

Figures published by each company, checked November 3, 2026. Full comparison of robot and Cartesian. Price of each type.

Three machines that get mixed up in search results

In Mexican online stores, «paletizadora» is also used for stretch wrappers: on Mercado Libre, that search shows mostly pallet wrappers (checked November 11, 2026).

	Palletizer	Pellet mill	Stretch wrapper
What it does	Stacks product on a pallet	Compresses material into pellets	Wraps the pallet in stretch film
Who buys it	Plant with a packaging line	Animal feed mill, biomass producer	Warehouse and end of line
What goes in	Cases, bags, tubs, water jugs	Powder or meal	A pallet already stacked
Does Target build it?	Yes, it is the only machine Target builds	No	Integrated if your line needs it. See end of line packaging

We build one: the robotic palletizer

Target Robotics builds a single machine: a replica palletizer, in 3 versions.

It comes with a FANUC robot, in-house end-of-arm tool and conveyors, control panel and program. It is delivered in 12 weeks, with a one-week course and a 24/7 maintenance contract available when the one-year warranty ends.

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Questions about palletizers

What is an automatic palletizer?

An automatic palletizer is a machine that stacks cases, bags or containers on a pallet without anyone lifting them. It can be a robot, a conventional machine that forms layers, or a Cartesian unit. A pellet mill makes feed pellets, and a stretch wrapper wraps the pallet in film.

How does a palletizing machine work?

It takes product from a conveyor, orients it, forms rows or layers and places them on the pallet. When the pallet is full, it moves out and an empty one comes in. On a robot, the program sets the pattern; on a conventional machine, the pattern depends more on mechanical adjustments.

Palletizing or pelletizing?

Palletizing is stacking product on a pallet. Pelletizing is compressing material into pellets, such as animal feed. They are different machines with different buyers, even though search engines mix them up.

What is a palletizer used for?

To take manual handling out of the shift at the end of the line, keep an even pattern on every pallet and hold speed across all 3 shifts.

What does an industrial palletizer cost?

Based on published figures, a robotic cell runs from US$120,000 to US$550,000 and a conventional layer palletizer from US$200,000 to US$600,000. These are public figures from CSi, Kaufman and Seraphim Vietnam, checked November 3, 2026.

Send your load, speed and shifts. We reply with a version and a price range.

Delivered in 12 weeks. Public price reference: US$120,000 (CSi) to US$550,000 (Kaufman), as of November 3, 2026.

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2At what speed
3How many lines
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5How many shifts
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