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Smart Manufacturing at Audi

Digital transformation is well underway at Audi’s five assembly plants worldwide.

June 29, 2022

Automotive OEMs love to show off their automated body-in-white assembly lines. Commercials invariably feature dozens of six-axis robots producing showers of sparks in choreographed routines.

Future Mitsubishi Electric Factory Will Make Automation Control Products

April 1, 2022

TOKYO—Mitsubishi Electric Corp. says it has acquired 42,000 square meters of land in Owariasahi City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, where
it will build a new plant to manufacture factory automation control system products starting in April 2025.

Five Things: AGVs and Autonomous Mobile Robots

January 18, 2022

Automotive supplier Continental AG has developed its own line of autonomous automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for transporting parts in its assembly plants and warehouses. The autonomous AGVs can transport loads weighing more than a ton.

Automation Helps Lotus Zoom Ahead

Austin Weber

December 14, 2021

Lotus Cars Ltd. has been famous for cutting-edge technology for more than 60 years. For decades, the British company founded by legendary engineer Colin Chapman was synonymous with Formula 1 motor racing.

Dürr Updates Lotus Assembly Line

September 2, 2021

HETHEL, UK— British sports car manufacturer Lotus has refurbished and modernized its assembly plant here with the help of The Dürr Group.

Autonomous Mobile Robots Transport Parts at Spanish Assembly Plant

May 11, 2021

MARTORELL, Spain—SEAT S.A. is using autonomous mobile robots to deliver parts to workers at its automotive assembly plant here.

Dürr Builds Scalable Paint Shop for EV Manufacturer

March 18, 2021

SOUTHFIELD, MI—Dürr has built a state-of-the-art paint shop for Enovate Motors that features automated guided vehicles.

AGVs Keep Seats on the Move in Faurecia Assembly Plant

Jim Camillo

February 10, 2021

Faurecia has been the world's largest manufacturer of vehicle interiors for the past several years. Automotive OEMs all over the globe install the company’s seats, dashboards, center consoles, door panels, acoustic modules and decorative elements.