BMW orders 2,400 ABB “lean” robots

Posted on 21 Feb 2013

Power and automation technology specialist ABB won an order for 2,400 robots by BMW Group.

Over the next three years the robots will be installed at factories in Regensburg and Leipzig, Germany, as well as in Tiexi, China. They will mainly be used for material handling tasks, as well as gluing and spot welding processes. This is not BMW’s first order with ABB. Per Vegard Nerseth, head of ABB Robotics,…

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