Flexible Production | Automotive Manufacturing Solutions
AMS covers the expanding role of flexible production within automotive manufacturing-
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Auto components firm Benteler breaks ground on smart plant in Morocco
Benteler begins building a high-tech automotive plant in Morocco, promising jobs, smart manufacturing, and sustainable production in Kenitra.
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Digital tools reshape flexible automotive production
Bosch, BorgWarner and Renishaw explore how digital tools and cross-functional teams boost agility and reduce risk in automotive manufacturing
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BMW’s shop floor digital transformation
BMW layers lean manufacturing principles with the application of digital technologies to develop standardised, human-centric production processes.
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The shift to smarter, more flexible manufacturing
OEMs are rethinking automotive manufacturing with flexible systems, modular lines, digital twins, and agile supply chains.
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Watch: How JLR Is futureproofing production and skills
JLR’s Loretta Dittrich explains how the OEM is managing complexity with automation, modular design, and workforce upskilling at Automobil Produktion Kongress.
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Key steps to building flexibility into production operations
Trent Randles, Engineering Manager - Transfer Case Assembly & Operational Excellence at BorgWarner, discusses key steps towards developing agile production processes.
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Video: BMW’s Dr. Michael Nikolaides on AI, robotics, and resilience
BMW SVP Dr. Michael Nikolaides shares insights on AI, automation, robotics and global flexibility across BMW’s production and supply chain strategy.
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Webinar
Register now: Scan-First Digital Twins: A reality capture roadmap for agile, ROI-focused brownfield transformation
Discover how a leading US-based OEM is using Cintoo’s scan-first digital twins to streamline factory upgrades, reduce risk, and drive ROI. Learn how Cintoo’s reality capture platform enables faster decision-making, remote collaboration, and agile responses to supply chain disruptions. Perfect for OEMs, EV manufacturers, and suppliers navigating today’s volatile automotive landscape.
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Voice
Cybersecurity: Building defence-in-depth into smart factories
Smart factories are vulnerable to growing cyber threats as IT and OT systems converge. Siemens outlines a holistic cybersecurity approach rooted in IEC 62443, Zero Trust, and defence-in-depth principles to protect digital enterprises and ensure resilient, sustainable industrial operations.
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Making vehicle manufacturing more flexible at JLR and Daimler
JLR and Daimler Truck are boosting manufacturing with flexible systems, agile supply chains and automation to meet EV and ICE complexity on the same lines.
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Webinar
Watch now - Futureproofing factories: Agility and flexibility in production
This livestream explored how manufacturers like Bosch and Borgwarner are futureproofing production for flexibility through digitalisation and collaboration.
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Honda looks to master flexibility to futureproof production operations
Honda North America’s newly upgraded production operations in Ohio are going to be the OEM’s template for flexible production of ICE, hybrids and EVs on a single line.
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Voice
Building better digital twins: Optimising visibility across production operations
Learn how Cintoo’s digital twin platform is helping BMW, HORSE, and others modernise brownfield plants and improve automotive manufacturing operations.
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Future-ready: BMW’s digital transformation of its Munich plant and beyond
BMW isn’t just adapting its product portfolio it’s reengineering the entire production operation, prioritising flexibility, digitalisation, and long-term operational efficiency.
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Webinar
Watch now: Digital Transformation at Inflection Point within Automotive Manufacturing
In this livestream, Digital Transformation at Inflection Point within Automotive Manufacturing, an expert panel gave insights to and discussed the results of the North American Automotive Manufacturing Digital Transformation Survey 2025.
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The urgency for enhanced Design For Manufacture (DFM) in vehicle production
This is how Design For Manufacture is transforming automotive production with digital tools, collaboration, and agile strategies as Chinese OEMs outpace global rivals. With Western carmakers falling behind, expansion is critical.
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Revolutionising Automotive Manufacturing: Flexibility, Efficiency, and Sustainability with Siemens
Discover how Siemens’ innovative solutions empower automakers to meet the challenges of EVs, sustainability, and smart manufacturing. Download the whitepaper to explore actionable insights.
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Honda North America’s big investment in flexible manufacturing for EVs, hybrid and ICE vehicles
Honda invests $1 billion in retooling its Ohio manufacturing plants to build ICE, hybrid, and EV models on same production line.
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Rockwell expands with Clearpath Robotics acquisition
Rockwell Automation completes its acquisition of Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors, expanding its autonomous material handling capabilities in smart factories.
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Webinar
Register now - Electrified production: Scaling EV and battery output
This AMS livestream investigates how automotive manufacturers and suppliers are adapting existing and new factories to produce EVs and electrified vehicles.