Automated Guided Vehicles: Optimising logistics & improving efficiencies

Posted on 15 Apr 2019 by Jonny Williamson

Brose, the world’s fourth largest family-owned automotive supplier, has invested nearly £2m on the introduction of Automated Guided Vehicles over the past two years and the business is already reaping the benefits.

Travelling at one metre per second, the AGVs are expected to cover 67,000km a year – image courtesy of Brose. Brose’s Coventry factory in Colliery Lane has fully embraced Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), with the driverless technology helping to speed up the movement of finished goods and significantly reduce the prospect…

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