Equipment News
Lucid expands Arizona footprint with Nikola asset deal
Lucid acquires Nikola’s Arizona plants and offers 300+ jobs to scale EV output and testing as part of its Gravity SUV and midsize vehicle production ramp-up
Henkel’s advanced thermal management for ADAS reliability
ADAS domain controllers generate extreme heat, threatening performance and longevity. Henkel’s latest thermal interface material ensures efficiency and reliability.
Honda upgrades production with advanced processes for 2026 Passport models
Innovative manufacturing enhances efficiency, quality, and ergonomics at Alabama Auto Plant.
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.
Watch now: How to maximise efficiency in battery tray manufacturing and integration
This webinar showcased innovative, cost-efficient quality processes to assure 100% quality in battery manufacturing. New quality solutions from Hexagon enable automakers to detect defects efficiently and ensure a perfect fit into the underbody of the car.
How cobots can support automotive production
Cobots enrich the industry with their ability to complete tasks in close cooperation with humans and are becoming increasingly intelligent thanks to modern technologies.
Watch Now: Next-Gen Gapfillers: Henkel’s Blueprint for Automotive Electronics
This webinar explored Henkel’s latest innovations in thermal gap fillers, designed specifically for automotive electronics.
European battery production needs greater speed and agility
Exhibitors at this year’s Battery Show in Stuttgart shared insights into EV and battery production challenges and how the industry needs to adapt with greater speed.
In Emden, VW wants to leave the Passat behind
Volkswagen is using the latest production technology and some novel in-plant logistics to ramp up EV production in Emden
Exclusive: BMW Group improves efficiency with additive manufacturing gripper
AMS visited BMW Group’s Additive Manufacturing Campus and plant in Munich to see it 3D-printed bionic robot grippers, which are saving costs and emissions and improving efficiency across its plants.
Join DESIGN4PRODUCTION: innovating across car design and manufacturing engineering
Automotive design and manufacturing experts will share insights at Design4Production in Munich on 15 May on how to accelerate innovation, efficiency and sustainability.
Magna secures major eDrive system contract for high-end OEM
Magna clinches a pivotal eDrive system contract, supporting a high-end North-American vehicle OEM in its electrification journey
Rising labour costs become biggest concern for automotive manufacturing
The latest AMS & ABB survey reveals the industry’s biggest challenges and the innovative solutions it is creating to mitigate these and evolve for the future, through the responses of global industry experts.
Watch Now: Shaping the future: How electric vehicles are driving manufacturing decisions
Explore electric vehicle (EV) architecture design and manufacturing complexities, from flexible platforms to battery integration challenges.
AMS Winter 2023/24 – BMW’s battery boost
BMW is aiming to achieve ‘expertise in every cell’ of its generation six batteries
How digitalisation is ramping up battery cell production for EVs
Digitalisation is helping to scale up battery cell production in North America through improving standardisation and traceability and ensuring quality of materials.
The future of Ford in a flash of lightning
The Ford Dearborn Truck Plant is a benchmark for managing complexity, quality and software. Plant manager Corey Williams shares learnings and lean principles across ICE and fast-growing EV output.
Battery production and design need to be optimised together, says Volvo Trucks and ABB
Experts from the truckmaker and automation specialist pointed to the benefits of aligning battery engineering and production processes in an AMS livestream.
How Vitronic’s Weldloop software reimagines the welding process
Find out how Weldloop’s technology achieves quality enhancements in automotive welding through machine vision technology.
Watch: The advance of automation: what next-gen vehicles and batteries mean for robotics
OEMs are transforming, transitioning to electric and connected models, but also the manufacturing operations to build these new vehicles. This creates challenges in integrating new vehicle architectures and boosts demand for more advanced automation.
