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The automotive industry is actively leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies and concepts to transform its operations and stay competitive. By leveraging advanced technologies, the automotive industry aims to enhance productivity, improve vehicle performance, increase safety, and meet evolving customer demands. The industry is also transforming its manufacturing processes, supply chains, and vehicle technologies to embrace the digital revolution and shape the future of mobility.

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Cast iron production is a demanding environment for traceability. Identification may be applied cleanly at the start of the line, but after molten metal pouring, cooling shrinkage, shot blasting,...

Auto industry trends: What can you learn from OEMs’ Q4 2025 earnings reports?

In the last few weeks, the major OEMs have all released their Q4 2025 earnings reports. What do they reveal about key auto industry trends? OEMs continue to face significant challenges. Industry...

The Bumpy Road to Electrification

In 2021, I wrote about the challenges of transitioning from automobiles powered by petroleum and internal combustion engines (ICE) to those driven by electric vehicles (EVs). Admittedly, I was a...

The Impact of Transformation in the Automotive and Mobility Sectors on Early Stage Tech Startups

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” —Buckminster Fuller Michigan often promotes and thinks of...

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