The traditional assembly line moves products from station to station on conveyor lines or overhead cranes. As the work in process moves to a new station, workers, and increasingly robots and cobots - ...

In the early days of automotive assembly, when there were no extra amenities offered in the car and therefore no variability on the line, production was a fairly straight-forward process. Today, mass ...

Despite an economic downturn and rocky financial results, truck trailer manufacturer Wabash National Corp. is moving forward with a $2 million investment in new assembly line technology. Wabash said ...

To understand the significance of unboxed assembly, let's first consider its historical roots. The moving assembly line, introduced by Ford in 1913, revolutionized car production, slashing assembly ...

If Toyota selects its San Antonio plant for a planned $398 million upgrade, the automaker will likely add at least one vehicle model to the Tundras and Tacomas pickups already rolling off the assembly ...

If you want to see the car factory of the future, you need to beg Toyota to let you into their Takaoka plant near the company’s headquarters in Toyota City, Japan. If they let you in, prepare for a ...