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Robotics & Automation in review 2025: the stories, signals and shifts that shaped the year

John Thornton — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:16:59 +0000

If 2024 was the year robotics and automation proved it could scale, 2025 was the year the conversation moved on to how it scales: skills, integration, capital, regulation and measurable [...]

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JLR pilots drone inspections to reduce downtime and support ‘factories of the future’

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:07:39 +0000

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is piloting drone-based inspections at its Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre (EPMC) in Wolverhampton, reporting inspection time reductions of up to 95% as it explores new approaches [...]

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BMW commissions Intelligent Energy for AGV hydrogen fuel cells

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:50:20 +0000

BMW has commissioned hydrogen fuel cells developed by Intelligent Energy for a new fleet of 130 Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs). The AGVs will be utilised within its advanced vehicle assembly [...]

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Nestlé to cut 16,000 jobs, with 4,000 gone from its supply chain

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:48:26 +0000

International multinational food and drink processing company Nestlé has announced that it is planning to cut approximately 16,000 jobs globally over the next two years. In total, this will account for [...]

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UK DSIT grants local leaders £20m for innovation projects

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 20:16:01 +0000

The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has announced that local leaders across the country can now bid for support of up to £20 million each in a [...]

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JLR backed with £1.5bn loan guarantee

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:16:58 +0000

The UK government has agreed to support Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) with a guarantee expected to unlock up to £1.5 billion to give certainty to its supply chain following a [...]

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Southco expands Foshan manufacturing facilities

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:48:58 +0000

Designer and manufacturer of engineered access solutions, Southco Asia Limited, has opened a new manufacturing facility located in the Plainvim Intelligent Industrial Park in Gaoming, Foshan, China. Southco Manufacturing and [...]

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XPENG selects European smart EV manufacturer

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:38:54 +0000

Supplier and assembler of electric vehicle (EV) components Magna has announced that XPENG, a Chinese smart electric vehicle manufacturer, has selected the company to assemble two new models for the [...]

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Morocco’s Stellantis hub scales EV output as Kenitra adds in-house AGV manufacturing

John Thornton — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:30:35 +0000

Stellantis has inaugurated a €1.2bn expansion at its Kenitra complex in Morocco, more than doubling capacity to around 535,000 vehicles per year “in the coming months”. The programme increases output [...]

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60% of UK manufacturers expect major software outages as testing lags

John Thornton — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 08:00:16 +0000

UK manufacturers are bracing for costly software failures as pressure to accelerate digital delivery exposes quality gaps, according to Tricentis’ 2025 Quality Transformation Report. Six in 10 respondents said they [...]

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