Equipment News

The latest technologies and products in the companies' own words

Equipment News

BMW Figure 02 cobot

How cobots can support automotive production

2024-09-24T08:57:00+01:00By and

Cobots enrich the industry with their ability to complete tasks in close cooperation with humans and are becoming increasingly intelligent thanks to modern technologies.

Henkel banners_600 x 400

Register Now: Next-Gen Gapfillers: Henkel’s Blueprint for Automotive Electronics

2024-09-12T09:05:00+01:00

This webinar will explore Henkel’s latest innovations in thermal gap fillers, designed specifically for automotive electronics.

Leipzig battery production

European battery production needs greater speed and agility

2024-07-19T14:14:00+01:00By

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.

Mirko Bührmann explains how the paperless supermarket works. (Image- Volkswagen:Marc Sluiter)

In Emden, VW wants to leave the Passat behind

2024-07-10T13:00:00+01:00By

Volkswagen is using the latest production technology and some novel in-plant logistics to ramp up EV production in Emden

3D_greifer_werk_M_25

Exclusive: BMW Group improves efficiency with additive manufacturing gripper

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

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.

D4P Main Image

Join DESIGN4PRODUCTION: innovating across car design and manufacturing engineering

2024-02-29T09:34:00+00:00By

Automotive design and manufacturing experts will share insights at Design4Production in Munich on 15 May on how to accelerate innovation, efficiency and sustainability.

Magna's specialised eDrive system will deliver 726 kW of power, 8,000 Nm of torque to a high-end niche vehicle platform

Magna secures major eDrive system contract for high-end OEM

2024-02-20T15:25:00+00:00By

Magna clinches a pivotal eDrive system contract, supporting a high-end North-American vehicle OEM in its electrification journey

UAW big three

Rising labour costs become biggest concern for automotive manufacturing

2024-01-30T11:22:00+00:00By

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.

MicrosoftTeams-image (4)

AMS Winter 2023/24 – BMW’s battery boost

2023-12-20T10:10:00+00:00By

BMW is aiming to achieve ‘expertise in every cell’ of its generation six batteries

ams evolution

How digitalisation is ramping up battery cell production for EVs

2023-10-24T12:30:00+01:00By

Digitalisation is helping to scale up battery cell production in North America through improving standardisation and traceability and ensuring quality of materials.

Ford Dearborn Truck

The future of Ford in a flash of lightning

2023-10-20T02:57:00+01:00By

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.

To overcome challenges, automakers are turning to advanced automation and robotics, which play a central role in streamlining these evolving production processes to ensure an efficient and sustainable future

Battery production and design need to be optimised together, says Volvo Trucks and ABB

2023-10-09T17:57:00+01:00By

Experts from the truckmaker and automation specialist pointed to the benefits of aligning battery engineering and production processes in an AMS livestream.

Weldloop software visualisation

How Vitronic’s Weldloop software reimagines the welding process

2023-09-13T09:49:00+01:00By

Find out how Weldloop’s technology achieves quality enhancements in automotive welding through machine vision technology.

ABB PL_Statics_Outlined_Post-thumbnail

Watch: The advance of automation: what next-gen vehicles and batteries mean for robotics

2023-08-22T10:50:00+01:00

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.

_MG_4881-Edit-small

Technical partnerships – AMS Expert Interview with Magswitch

2023-08-17T16:02:00+01:00By

As the automotive industry seeks to reduce costs and improve efficiencies and productivity, we are seeing an increasing number of partnerships being formed

_MG_4881-Edit-small

Joining forces – technical partnerships supporting vehicle manufacturers

2023-07-10T18:31:00+01:00By

Experts from automation specialist Magswitch discuss how these new manufacturing relationships are proving more necessary and beneficial than previously.

Premier-Livestream-–-ArcelorMittalPost-thumbnail-600x400

Watch: Structural change – Developing vehicle architectures optimised for EV manufacturing

2023-04-25T17:00:00+01:00

Hear expert insights into the development and production of high volume electric vehicle architectures, and how these are driving innovation in manufacturing processes and efficiencies, featuring Gestamp’s North America R&D director Paul Belanger and ArcelorMittal head of automotive steel solutions Jérôme Favero.

OakvilleRendering

Ford to upgrade its Oakville, Ontario, plant to build electric vehicles

2023-04-25T16:20:00+01:00By

Ford invests C$1.8 billion to transform Oakville (Ont.) Assembly Complex into a Canadian hub of electric vehicle manufacturing that will include vehicle and battery pack assembly

P90493607_lowRes_battery-cell-coating

BMW Leipzig starts first cell coating line for battery modules

2023-02-07T10:34:00+00:00By

BMW launches the first of five cell coating lines at Leipzig to run complete high-voltage battery production process by 2024

2023Pilot3

Honda Alabama starts production of all-new Pilot

2023-01-04T13:01:00+00:00By

Honda’s Alabama plant requires substantial production changes to build all-new Pilot SUV

AMS Site sign up