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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.

AGVs Help Continental Improve Assembly Line Efficiency

February 3, 2021

FRANKFURT, Germany—Continental AG has developed a fleet of mobile robots in-house to optimize material handling on its assembly lines.

Mercedes’ Factory of the Future

Mercedes’ new assembly plant sets standards for flexibility, efficiency, sustainability and digital production.

John Sprovieri

November 4, 2020

The Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Sindelfingen, Germany, has seen a lot of change during more than a century of operation.

RoboBusiness Direct presents:

The Automation of Manually Steered Vehicles: Insights, Analysis and Opportunities

May 28, 2020

In this RoboBusiness Direct session, you will learn about one of the biggest opportunities for providers of robotics technologies—retrofitting manually steered vehicles used in various industries to support autonomous navigation. The session will include data on shipments and revenues, as well as overviews of well-known providers of autonomous navigation systems, including Brain Corp., BlueBotics, Built Robotics and Outrider.

Electric Vehicle Makers Rethink Assembly Processes

Austin Weber

November 6, 2019

One of the main issues in the recent strike against General Motors revolved around the increasing electrification of automobiles. The shift to electric- and hybrid-powered vehicles is expected to radically alter the shape of the auto industry in the decade ahead. It will also change the look of assembly lines.

2019 Assembly Plant of the Year: Refrigerator Production Heats Up at GE Appliances

Lean manufacturing and vertical integration thrive in Decatur, AL.

Austin Weber

October 1, 2019

Refrigerators are one of the only appliances found in nearly every type of home, whether it's an apartment in suburban Atlanta, a high-rise condominium in downtown Chicago, a beach house in Hawaii or a trailer in Texas. The humble refrigerator is also the hardest working household appliance. Day and night, it's constantly running to keep all types of food and beverages cool, fresh or frozen.

Self-Driving Robot Makes Life Easier for Ford Employees

May 14, 2019

VALENCIA, Spain—Autonomous vehicles from Ford are still a few years away, but one little robot is already showing what’s possible.

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From understanding adhesive product label warnings & hazards, to creating environments with proper storage & disposal considerations, this webinar will focus on critical workplace safety topics relative to adhesive use and application.

In this webinar, Promess Engineers John Lytle and Stephanie Price will walk you through several press fit strategies and why one may work better for an application over another, as well as the ways Promess was able to solve a few real-life application examples.