Automotive

Airbags Blow Up Safely with Best Practices in the Automotive Industry Visteon Berlin produces instrument panels for the latest Ford Car. The panel has an invisible door for the airbag and the door must operate properly if the airbag is activated. In this project state of the art software is implemented to track the production [...]

When designing a system to run a production line which must fulfill orders with only 3 hours notice, the possibility of carrying inventory is non-existent and the impact of failure is enormous, you must think hard about the solution you come up with. This was case early last year when Faurecia engaged ATS to design and [...]

When faced with the question of how to organize the part feed operations for their Glove Box Assembly line, Faurecia (the world renowned auto components manufacturer) turned to ATS for assistance.With a joint team, our expert process engineers examined the production process. Having identified the process as having high labor costs and difficult to manage [...]

When you’ve designed a production line to meet a given output level and your customer demand reaches more than double that level, you’re working three shifts, seven days a week and you still can’t keep up, you need to take action. You essentially have two choices – you invest in a second line or you [...]