industry 4.0

204 Heléne Mellquist, President Volvo Penta

Our cultural values align with the Volvo Group and include customer focus, passion, teamwork, and professionalism.

There are so many good things to pick up on in this episode. Sustainability, leadership, courage, new tech, next generation. And all is connected. Everyone must take a leap of faith and dare to learn new things. That is how we will reach the maritime industry 2.0 – just like every line of business that wants to stay in business needs to do.

Listen to Heléne Mellquist, President of...

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Navistar cuts ribbon on advanced manufacturing truck plant in Texas

SAN ANTONIO — Navistar International cut the ribbon on a nearly 1 million-square-foot assembly plant on Wednesday designed to connect digital and physical technologies that will serve as a model for the truck manufacturer’s network of operations in the U.S. and Mexico.

The $250 million facility near Interstate 35, off U.S. Highway 281, is building 56 vehicles a day as it ramps to full production, adding 600 jobs. The first vehicle off the line was an International eMV electric medium-duty truck....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/navistar-cuts-ribbon-on-advanced-manufacturing-truck-plant-in-texas

Warehouse automation: What’s in store for 2021

Among the select group of people who had a banner year in 2020 are founders of warehouse robotics startups, who saw venture capital investment in warehouse automation shoot up more than 50%. 

The money flow coincided with a massive surge in e-commerce orders and a shift toward smaller batch items (people ordering one pair of socks or a six-pack of baby formula).

These trends are sending manufacturers and brands on a frantic hunt for ways to bring down the costs associated with warehouse tasks —...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/warehouse-automation-whats-in-store-for-2021