Automotive

MRO and automotive distributor acquires leading distributor of industrial components in Western Canada.

Report highlights key factors influencing the growth of the ATLS market.

With automotive sales rebounding, manufacturers are reshoring operations to North America and investing in automation equipment and technologies.

Manufacturer notes increased safety and reliability with automatic guided carts.

With operational flexibility and safety best practices guiding automotive manufacturing facilities, automatic guided vehicles and carts are now doing more than just bring components and kitted parts to lineside workers.

Compatible with AIAG bulk containers, supplier-agnostic, handheld totes help automakers reduce freight costs.

At Magna’s T.E.A.M. Systems Toledo plant, automatic guided carts move assemblies from one station to the next.

AGCs act as a mobile assembly line at T.E.A.M. Systems’s Toledo manufacturing facility.

Troy Design & Manufacturing pairs real-time RFID tracking with MES, saving time and allowing operators to focus on value-added production activities.

New product with lid eliminates stretchwrap, banding when securing pallet loads.

Automotive OEM Diversity Vuteq deployed an innovative WMS on iPads adapted for the DC. The result is improved quality and a satisfied customer.

Diversity Vuteq’s associates rely on a highly visual, iPad-friendly WMS to verify the accuracy of orders going to Toyota’s assembly plant.

Unified designs, manufacturers and markets overhead light rail workstations primarily used in automotive and other industrial applications.

New structure unifies more than 14 brands and business units.

A new sealed edge technology creates a more efficient alternative to using typical edge designs of plastic corrugated sheets used for divider sets that hold automotive parts.