All Logistics articles – Page 14

  • LR_DEF_20MY_Manufacturing_100919_03
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    New horizons

    2019-09-18T10:41:00Z

    With a healthy automotive supply chain and financial incentives on offer, Slovakia was an attractive prospect for JLR to expand its production facility network, as Nick Gibbs reports 

  • Skoda Superb 2019 Kvasiny
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    Bohemian prosperity

    2019-09-17T11:04:00Z

    After a record-breaking year, Skoda’s Kvasiny plant is aiming higher still, backed by industry 4.0. Gareth Price visits the operation in East Bohemia

  • Porsche Taycan Zuffenhausen
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    Porsche starts electric Taycan production

    2019-09-10T11:19:00Z

    Germany - The Taycan electric sports car is being made in a new facility at Porche’s Zuffenhausen site

  • BMW engine assembly training
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    Quick learners

    2019-08-22T16:00:00Z

    From training, quality and work station design, OEMs are seeing a host of applications that can benefit from virtual and augmented reality technology

  • Camera inspection at VW Emden
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    Digitalised energy saving

    2019-08-22T14:29:00Z

    Vehicle production has become increasingly digitalised, with a variety of different tools helping workers on production lines. These tools can also help reduce energy usage. Michael Nash provides an insight

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    Gathering clouds

    2019-08-20T10:44:00Z

    Cloud computing has been used for some time by carmakers, but its full potential has still to be realised in automation applications. 

  • Durr-EcoProFleet-OpenHouse2019_2
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    Special deliveries

    2019-08-16T12:24:00Z

    The deployment of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in automotive manufacturing applications is now well-established. Mike Farish reports on some of the latest developments

  • ZF eight-speed transmission assembly Saarbrucken
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    Easing into electrification

    2019-07-24T08:45:00Z

    ZF is offering both hybrid and pure electric powertrain solutions to its customers in order to encourage the auto industry’s transition to electrification. Michael Nash looks into its strategy…

  • Tucson HMMC
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    Team building at Hyundai, Czech Republic

    2019-07-22T13:20:00Z

    Gareth Price reports on a collaborative approach to production quality that prompted Hyundai to locate assembly of its N performance brand in the Czech Republic

  • International-Press-Trip-Electrification-Challenge-(5)
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    A flexible solution

    2019-07-16T15:27:00Z

    Metal-component supplier Gestamp outlines the challenges ahead and its strategy for meeting higher demand for lightweight parts

  • SEAT-starts-production-of-a-new-gearbox_03_HQ
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    Volkswagen Group starts producing new gearbox

    2019-07-15T11:39:00Z

    Spain - Around 450,000 units of the new gearbox will be made of the new MQ281 gearbox

  • thyssenkrupp crankshaft & connecting rod forging
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    thyssenkrupp invests in advanced forging line

    2019-07-12T10:51:00Z

    Germany - thyssenkrupp will make front axles for trucks and crankshafts on the new forging line

  • Business intelligence
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    Ultima Media launches B2B automotive data, insight and intelligence unit with Automotive Analyst appointment

    2019-06-25T12:54:00Z

    Daniel Harrison has been appointed Automotive Analyst at Ultima Media, the B2B media business which owns a portfolio of brands and channels including Automotive Manufacturing Solutions, automotiveIT International, Automotive Logistics and Car Design News.

  • Durr EcoScreen
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    Paint technology and investments

    2019-05-23T10:58:00Z

    AMS looks at the latest innovations and investments in automotive paintshops around the world

  • Volvo Cars Torslanda
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    Volvo to install Torslanda paintshop

    2019-05-20T15:07:00Z

    Volvo Cars Torslanda Volvo Cars has announced that it has invested a multi-billion kroner sum to install a new paintshop at its Torslanda plant in Sweden. This will reportedly result in a reduction of energy consumption and emissions from the painting process by at least one third, ...

  • Automotive cyber security
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    Stay connected

    2019-05-14T14:51:00Z

    Automotive production networks have become far more connected but also more exposed to problems with IT and OT network security and compatibility. Nick Boughton digital lead at Boulting Technology spoke to AMS Editor Nick Holt about how manufacturers should be more aware and prepared

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    Illuminating the way

    2019-05-02T16:31:00Z

    With Bosch’s manufacturing operation at Wuxi identified as a “Lighthouse” of industry 4.0, Mike Farish takes a closer look the site’s data-driven developments and explores a similar beacon of progress based in the UK The term ‘world leader’ is easy-to-use and needs more than self-estimation to justify. But in ...

  • FCA-Saltillo-Mexico
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    Nafta aftermath

    2019-04-12T16:19:00Z

    A new trade deal era will reconfigure Mexico’s automotive industry relations with the US, Nick Gibbs reports

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    B2B Automotive Analyst

    2019-04-08T15:08:58Z

    .ad-mpu{display:none;} Do you have a curiosity for all things B2B and Automotive?Do you love cars? Are you curious about the changing automotive landscape? Do you want to be our analyst and expert, providing insight and intelligence for us and our B2B automotive audiences? Do you ...

  • Volvo Cars Torslanda Plant, 2004