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Last fall, Hitachi Rail opened a state-of-the-art assembly plant in Hagerstown, Maryland. The $100 million smart factory will employ 460 people and produce up to 20 railcars per month. 

The factory was conceived from the outset as a digital-first factory. Hitachi invested more than $30 million in digital technologies for the factory, including additive manufacturing, robot dogs, AGVs, and real-time monitoring of supply chain and manufacturing processes. 

We take you behind the scenes.

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• A robotic system cleans and inspects engine blocks.
• Toyota invests big in U.S. manufacturing.
• Humanoid robots complete their trial run at BMW.

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