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Is the automotive industry steering towards a factory-less future?

Innovative technologies like AI, robotics, and automation offer the automotive industry great opportunities: more efficiency, shorter development times, higher competitiveness. And an even more radical approach is sparking the interest of OEMs.

What the future costs

The major automotive players are investing significant amounts in re- and upskilling their people. With increasing AI usage, career paths are changing, and the right further education becomes even more crucial. Especially for medium-sized companies, this is a challenge.

Daniela Hoffmann

Nvidia expert explains: What AI brings to mechanical engineering

Digital twins, AI, and physics simulations merge into a game changer for industrial processes. What the term physical AI means - and what is already possible.

Julia Dusold

These skills secure developers and engineers their jobs

Professionals in the automotive industry

The automotive industry is in crisis. Development engineers are also noticing this. Should they be worried about the cuts at OEMs and suppliers? Not if they have special skills.

Chris Löwer

Editor's Pick View all

Five trends in product lifecycle management

Holistic product strategy

Integrated product lifecycle management (PLM) strategies can help companies manage their product data and information efficiently - throughout the entire lifecycle from development to recycling.

Editorial Team 'Instandhaltung'

Global crises: How the mechanical engineering industry should respond now

Interview

Global uncertainties, erratic regulations, and fragile sourcing are pushing the mechanical engineering industry to its limits. But new paths are emerging. An interview with Oliver Bendig, head of industrial consulting at Deloitte.

Claus Wilk

Process excellence: How BMW sets new standards in Regensburg

Factory of the year: Outstanding series production

With over 340,000 units produced in 2024 and innovative production processes, the BMW plant in Regensburg sets new standards. Plant manager Armin Ebner explains the success factors.

Iris Lindner

MetaverseView all

Transition to an 'AI-first company'

Pitfalls where AI strategies fail

90 percent of companies plan to increase their spending on AI tools next year. As of today, only six percent of respondents have not yet used artificial intelligence in some form.

Redaktion Produktion

21 October 2025

Safely leading machines into the future

EU machinery regulation: What applies from 2027

In 2027, no machine manufacturer will be able to ignore it: The new EU machinery regulation overhauls safety standards - with implications for design, software, and AI. Forward-thinking is required now, instead of battling risks later.

TÜV Süd

8 October 2025

AutomationView all

Cooperation aims to advance machine learning

Industrial AI: Siemens and machine manufacturers agree on data alliance

Siemens, together with machine tool manufacturers - including Grob, Trumpf, Chiron, Renishaw, Heller - as well as the Machine Tool Laboratory (WZL) of RWTH Aachen and the Voith Group, has introduced an alliance that provides for the systematic exchange of engineering, manufacturing, and machine data for the development of generative AI applications in the industrial environment.

Philip Bittermann

10 October 2025

Frank Mantwill, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg

Creativity remains the domain of humans

The manufacturing of vehicles is fundamentally changing - and with it, the role of humans in the factory. Professor Frank Mantwill explains which skills are necessary and where humans will remain indispensable in the future.

Pascal Nagel

8 October 2025

New Work View all

Billions investment

BMW talent campus: Billions for education

With the new talent campus at the Munich headquarters, BMW is making a statement: Transformation begins with education - and with an investment worth billions.

Stefan Weinzierl

7 October 2025

Mechanical engineering in transition

More women in industry: What is important now

Women remain underrepresented in mechanical engineering. But times are changing - projects, role models, and structural changes are creating new dynamics. What needs to change for more female engineers to gain a foothold in the industry.

Anja Ringel

10 September 2025

Interview

Start-ups: These opportunities and challenges exist

Dr. Barbara Mehner from the UnternehmerTUM start-up center discusses the challenges and opportunities for start-ups in uncertain times. She also explains how the networking of start-ups with industry can succeed.

Redaktion Produktion

10 September 2025

MarketsView all

Good economy

Is Spain becoming a key market for the machinery industry?

With a stable economy, high export rates, and targeted investments, Spain's machinery industry is increasingly becoming a significant hub within Europe. How the industry benefits from the economic environment

Ernst Leiste

14 October 2025

When brain and muscle merge

How AI connects mechanical drive technology and fluidics

Digital technologies are conquering drive and fluid technology. Why artificial intelligence is becoming more important and what that means for industrial manufacturing.

Michael Pyper

11 September 2025