BMW's Swindon UK plant opens automated steel pressing facility.

Auto Business News-May 31, 2022--BMW's Swindon UK plant opens automated steel pressing facility

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Auto Business News - 31 May 2022

BMW Group has opened a new automated steel pressing facility at the company's Swindon, UK, plant.

According to the German automaker, the new press will produce steel panels for the MINI plant in Oxford at twice the rate of the old equipment which it replaces, with the steel blanks and finished panels handled by a new fleet of Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs).

BMW says the use of AGVs throughout the process has considerably streamlined logistics. That includes a giant AGV that can transport up to six tonnes of material. This is a technological first for the BMW Group and will be rolled...

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