Assembly Breaking News

RSS

SUSSEX, WI—Generac Holdings Inc. is opening a new assembly plant here to make commercial and industrial backup power systems for data centers and other industrial applications. The facility will employ more than 100 people.

RINCON, GA—Virginia Transformer Corp. is investing $40 million to expand its assembly plant here, creating more than 400 new jobs.

APPLETON, WI—Pierce Manufacturing Inc. plans to enlarge its assembly plant here.

Overall, these plant shutdowns are not due to falling demand but rather a combination of maintenance, preparation for new product updates, and inventory management to better align production with market conditions.

SAN FRANCISCO—A variety of start-ups are developing and manufacturing humanoid robots for factories, warehouses, healthcare providers and even households. Now, a new start-up, Foundation Future Industries Inc., is developing humanoid robots for a different customer—the U.S. military.

STADE, Germany—Robots are great tools for manufacturing and assembly processes that require motion, such as cutting, welding, dispensing, sanding and painting. They are less good at machining solid steel or following complex milling paths. That’s because what robots offer in flexibility, they lack in stiffness. 

WICHITA, KS—Researchers at the National Institute of Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University have developed a dual-robot automated fiber placement (AFP) system to fabricate thermoplastic composite structures directly in space without tooling.

DRESDEN, Germany—The site will now be repurposed into a research campus focused on AI, robotics, and semiconductor development in partnership with the Technical University of Dresden, with VW committing €50 million over seven years while retaining limited use of the facility for customer deliveries and tourism.

TOULOUSE, France— At maturity, the site would produce 60 aircraft per year and create 225 production jobs ranging from technicians and engineers to logistics specialists, quality experts, and hydrogen-electric integration roles. 

SÄFFLE, SWEDEN —The Säffle facility, long recognized for its manufacturing expertise, has successfully integrated V.A.S.’s advanced autonomous technologies, including onboard computing, LiDAR, radar, cameras, and IMUs into the Volvo FH platform.