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    Making vehicle manufacturing more flexible at JLR and Daimler

    2025-05-20T09:23:00+01:00By Ilkhan Ozsevim

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    Toyota overhauls North American manufacturing structure

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  • Flexibility replaces rigidity in JLR and Daimler production strategies, say Loretta Dittrich and Jürgen Distl at the Automobil Produktion Kongress

    Making vehicle manufacturing more flexible at JLR and Daimler

    2025-05-20T09:23:00+01:00By Ilkhan Ozsevim

  • Sara Gielen, Plant Manager Sindelfingen at Mercedes-Benz, aims to harmonize the tradition of 110 years of the Sindelfingen plant with the tools of digitalization. (Photo- Marko Priske)

    Mercedes-Benz, BMW & Dräxlmaier embrace agile, digital ecosystems

    2025-05-19T11:05:00+01:00By Götz Fuchslocher

Logistics

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    Toyota overhauls North American manufacturing structure

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  • Flexibility replaces rigidity in JLR and Daimler production strategies, say Loretta Dittrich and Jürgen Distl at the Automobil Produktion Kongress

    Making vehicle manufacturing more flexible at JLR and Daimler

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  • Flexibility replaces rigidity in JLR and Daimler production strategies, say Loretta Dittrich and Jürgen Distl at the Automobil Produktion Kongress

    Making vehicle manufacturing more flexible at JLR and Daimler

    2025-05-20T09:23:00+01:00By Ilkhan Ozsevim

  • Tesla's radical assembly shift targets affordability, a challenges Chinese EVs?

    GAME Theory: Is Tesla’s “Unboxed” process a new production paradigm?

    2025-05-02T11:30:00+01:00By Ilkhan Ozsevim

  • Humans and robots already work hand in hand today. However, increasing digitalisation and automation will change jobs in automotive factories. (Image- Mercedes-Benz)

    Smart factories reshape automotive job roles

    2025-05-01T16:05:00+01:00By Chris Löwer

Materials

  • Tesla's radical assembly shift targets affordability, a challenges Chinese EVs?

    GAME Theory: Is Tesla’s “Unboxed” process a new production paradigm?

    2025-05-02T11:30:00+01:00By Ilkhan Ozsevim

  • Humans and robots already work hand in hand today. However, increasing digitalisation and automation will change jobs in automotive factories. (Image- Mercedes-Benz)

    Smart factories reshape automotive job roles

    2025-05-01T16:05:00+01:00By Chris Löwer

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    China’s rare earth curb shakes global auto production

    2025-04-30T10:44:00+01:00By Ilkhan Ozsevim

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  • Sara Gielen, Plant Manager Sindelfingen at Mercedes-Benz, aims to harmonize the tradition of 110 years of the Sindelfingen plant with the tools of digitalization. (Photo- Marko Priske)

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    2025-05-19T11:05:00+01:00By Götz Fuchslocher

  • On a 60,000-square-meter site in the heart of the Sindelfingen plant, an old assembly hall was demolished to build the new paint shop, literally %22on the rubble.%22 (Image- Mercedes-Benz AG)

    Mercedes-Benz gives the green light for new paint shop

    2025-04-21T22:40:00+01:00By Yannick Tiedemann

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    Skoda expands manufacturing operations with new Vietnam assembly plant

    2025-03-28T18:24:00+00:00By Nick Holt

Powertrain

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  • Solid-state validation fast-tracks Stellantis plans for 2026 EV rollout

    Stellantis and Factorial boost solid-state battery progress

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    Hyundai pushes hybrid innovation with dual-motor system

    2025-04-21T23:47:00+01:00By Ilkhan Ozsevim

Press Shop

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Quality

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Partner Content

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Automation

  • GM appoints autonomy expert Sterling Anderson to lead product innovation

    GM hires Aurora’s Sterling Anderson as product chief

    2025-05-12T15:55:00+01:00By Ilkhan Ozsevim

  • Mckinsey & Company confirms China leads EV surge, reshaping global auto manufacturing strategies

    China’s EV boom forces shift in global manufacturing

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Additive/3D Printing

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    New additive manufacturing applications for the auto industry

    2024-09-23T17:30:00+01:00By ArcelorMittal

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    Lowering costs through sustainable manufacturing

    2024-09-11T16:12:00+01:00By Michael Nash

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    Additive manufacturing: Supporting sustainable production

    2024-03-05T12:51:00+00:00By Michael Nash

Casting/Forging

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  • Hyundai invests $21bn to expand US manufacturing and mobility tech

    $21bn Hyundai plan to scale US automotive vehicle production

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    Gestamp joins Catena-X digital supply chain exchange

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Equipment

  • Lucid Motors expanded its EV plant in Casa Grande, Arizona, in 2024

    Lucid expands Arizona footprint with Nikola asset deal

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  • Advanced thermal management solutions for high-performance ADAS electronics

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  • Honda Alabama Passport SUV production

    Honda upgrades production with advanced processes for 2026 Passport models

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Joining

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    VW’s Bratislava and Pamplona gain strategic production value

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Machining

  • Humans and robots already work hand in hand today. However, increasing digitalisation and automation will change jobs in automotive factories. (Image- Mercedes-Benz)

    Smart factories reshape automotive job roles

    2025-05-01T16:05:00+01:00By Chris Löwer

  • Lucid Motors expanded its EV plant in Casa Grande, Arizona, in 2024

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    Exclusive: BMW Group improves efficiency with additive manufacturing gripper

    2024-05-22T15:10:00+01:00By Megan Kelly

Measurement

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  • Skoda production in Vietnam

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    2025-03-28T18:24:00+00:00By Nick Holt

  • Audi Compter Vision Systems and AI

    Audi wants to define new standards for AI image processing

    2025-02-04T10:16:00+00:00By Ronja Schmiedchen

Robotics

  • Humans and robots already work hand in hand today. However, increasing digitalisation and automation will change jobs in automotive factories. (Image- Mercedes-Benz)

    Smart factories reshape automotive job roles

    2025-05-01T16:05:00+01:00By Chris Löwer

  • Automation grows as auto production trusts robots with more roles

    Survey: Robotics rising rapidly in automotive manufacturing

    2025-05-01T10:10:00+01:00By Ilkhan Ozsevim

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Systems

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    2025-04-08T09:00:00+01:00

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    PTC integrates ALM and PLM to drive automotive innovation​

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