The work aims to propose the control method for tinplate-bottle boxing machine based on PLC and touch screen in order to solve the problem of real-time monitoring and visual operation in the process of packaging tinplate-bottle tomato juice. On the basis of detailed analysis on the workflow for packaging machines of the tinplate-bottle tomato juice and with S7-200PLC as the controller, the electric control over three stations (picking-up boxboard, boxing and adhesive binding) was achieved, then the pneumatic principle and PLC program were designed and the parameters of the inverter were set. With TPC7062K touch screen as the human-machine interface, the real-time monitoring of operation process was achieved, the monitoring system was designed and the system was debugged. Results showed that the system ran stably and reliably and it could monitor the parameter variation of each station in real time and count up the quantity of boxing automatically. The system could package five cases per minute with a percent of pass of 100% under the condition that the carton was of standard size, no fold and deformation. The system applied meets the control requirements and it has improved the automaticity and production efficiency. Moreover, it also has saved manpower cost with good economic benefits.