ation. The system works by identifying the manufacturing area for the drone to cover, and then configuring the software and drone to perform overlapping photography to generate maps in 3D and 2D format, thus identifying the locations of different models and colors. The complex has 97 robots and 167 AGV's (automatically guided vehicles) that facilitate the process and transportation of vehicles on the production line. Information on the Resende pl...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/31

ation. The system works by identifying the manufacturing area for the drone to cover, and then configuring the software and drone to perform overlapping photography to generate maps in 3D and 2D format, thus identifying the locations of different models and colors. The complex has 97 robots and 167 AGV's (automatically guided vehicles) that facilitate the process and transportation of vehicles on the production line. Information on the Resende pl...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/31

ation. The system works by identifying the manufacturing area for the drone to cover, and then configuring the software and drone to perform overlapping photography to generate maps in 3D and 2D format, thus identifying the locations of different models and colors. The complex has 97 robots and 167 AGV's (automatically guided vehicles) that facilitate the process and transportation of vehicles on the production line. Information on the Resende pl...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/31

in the Q2 2025, where pricing of both the models will be announced. The first units are currently being produced at AVTOTOR’s pilot production line. The full-scale production is scheduled to start later in 2025 at a new compact EV plant. The new plant will feature a robotic production line using AGV platforms, along with automated welding and painting lines for frames and body panels. It will have a design capacity of up to 50,000 compact elec...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/23

uary 11, Nissan announced that production of the New Kicks has begun in Resende, Brazil, as prepares for the market launch of the new vehicle in Brazil, Chile and Peru in March and Argentina in April 2021. The Resende plant has more than 2,000 employees working with the support of 92 robots and 159 AGVs. On March 24, Nissan announced that it will temporarily suspend operations at its Resende plant as COVID-19 cases rise across Brazil, granting co...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/06

ises an EV battery production facility and MG’s auto parts development zone in cooperation with leading partners. Its “HASCO-CP BATTERY SHOP” battery facility has 2 major zones. The first zone is the battery assembly line which can run automatically with technologies including robotic system, AGV technology, Laser Welding, and the assembly assurance process using CCD. The second zone is a battery quality assurance zone with 60 test procedur...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/06

company plans to sell 30,000 units of the all-new Roadster annually in more than 35 countries. Mazda Motor Corporation has reportedly introduced the "Multi-kit supply" system to its Ujina No. 1 Plant upon starting with production of the new Roadster. In the new system, an automated guided vehicle (AGV) carries all the parts required for a single vehicle and runs parallel to the assembly line to supply the parts in due order to plant workers. Nea...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/04

ter, an office building, a lab, a canteen, and a warehouse. Road-Broad will enhance the plant’s product quality and BI data processing capability with advanced automated production devices such as collaborative robots, 3D printers, and AI cameras and improve the production efficiency by deploying AGVs (automated guided vehicles) at the warehouse. For green operation and sustainable development, a rooftop photovoltaic power generation system and...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2026/02/27

reate a wind park at the Kariega plant, utilizing the region's consistent windy conditions. This addition will further enhance the substantial energy produced by existing solar PV initiatives for the plant's operations. Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has installed an automated guided vehicle (AGV) line. The line delivers new generation EA211 and EA288 engines, which are being introduced on a number of new models within the Audi, Volkswagen,...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/02/16

to manufacture several products at the same time, utilize different processes, improve productivity, and serve customers with different needs. During the starting phase, Valmet Automotive uses it for piloting a flexible welding robot cell without the traditional jigs, and automatic guided vehicles (AGV) for the needs of internal logistics. The company has also acquired a virtual welding system for the training of body shop experts. The center ena...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/02/10

Toyota Industries Corporation (Toyota Industries) announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Third Wave Automation, Inc. (TWA), a startup based in Silicon Valley, the U.S., on the development of autonomous material handling vehicles such as automated guided vehicles (AGV) and automated guided forklifts (AGF). The two companies are aiming to develop next-generation vehicles that enable autonomous driving as well as ...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2026/02/09

nagawa, there was a demonstration of an industrial robot inserting connectors with its arms equipped with a camera and a force sensor at the tip of the arm. Mitsubishi Electric expects the technology will have commercial application for a variety of personal computers and automatic guided vehicles (AGVs). (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on February 14, 2018) Mitsubishi Electric announced it has developed a compact hardware artifici...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2026/02/09

put of 60 vehicles per hour before the works remains unchanged. The primary rationale behind upgrading the industrial complex was to improve the efficiency of the production process for enhanced ergonomics of workstations and improved operator safety. The parts are now delivered by robots known as 'AGV' (for Auto Guided Vehicle). Since reopening, 3,000 Megane E-TECH Electric cars, renowned for the quality of their manufacturing, have come off the...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/02/04

has turned Roboteq Inc. (Roboteq, Arizona), which handles the design and development of ultra-low voltage drives in the U.S., into a subsidiary through its subsidiary Nidec Motor Corporation. With this acquisition, Nidec intends to strengthen its operations in the robotics/automated guided vehicle (AGV) market. Roboteq was founded in 2002 and is expected to achieve sales of JPY 990 million for the fiscal year ending December 2019. Nidec will expa...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2026/01/28

vestment of EUR 250 million in reconstruction and expansion of Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen plant. The upgraded facility will manufacture both electric sports cars from the upcoming 718 generation and traditional boxer engine models. The upgrade includes implementing the latest automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in a "Flexiline" system. This provides advantages for the anticipated mixed production of vehicles with both combustion engines and electric pow...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/01/27

Group targets to deliver 2 million BEVs by 2025 BMW Group increases use of low-carbon steel at European plants BMW to stop i3 production in Leipzig plant Volkswagen, Porsche and BMW alter production due to supply shortage Intelligent Energy, UK provides fuel cell modules for BMW Leipzig plant’s AGV BMW Group uses sustainable paints made from bio-waste BMW to introduce new design language for next generation of MINI family BMW Group to digita...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/01/15

bile Plant opened its new assembly building, a project supported financially by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. The new car assembly building was designed entirely by Russian specialists and is equipped mainly with modern domestic technology, including robotic systems, AGV carts, smart tools, and Russia’s only robotic mezzanine warehouse. The new building will increase the plant’s production capacity by over 5,50...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/24

including camshafts, valve covers, and crankshafts for internal combustion engines, drive shafts, transaxles, pinion gears for gearboxes, rotorshafts, lock housing and pinion gears for electric motors. Over 3,000 people are currently employed in the Cléon workshops. 250 automated guided vehicles (AGV) travel along the production lines every day to replenish workstations. 648 robots, including 89 collaborative robots, which work directly with hu...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/18

move will strengthen finance, supply chain, and IT operations across the continent in support of the group's ambitions to grow market share in all markets and regions. The new facility incorporates the latest advancements in warehouse systems, in particular, sophisticated automated shuttle racking, AGV reach trucks, and pick tunnels which significantly improve order processing capacity and operational efficiency. (Based on GS Yuasa press release ...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/12/17

ts supply chain (supply network). The Tohoku Office produces products such as cameras for ADAS, electronic control units (ECU), and car navigation systems. Faurecia Clarion will first invest tens of millions of yen in improvement of the automation rate and introduction of automated guided vehicles (AGV) and increase volume production lines and high-variety low-volume production lines. On the environmental front, it will build a new roof equipped ...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/12/10