FRAMINGHAM - It was more than 30 years ago - in February 1989 - that the General Motors assembly plant in Framingham closed, putting 2,100 people out of work. Some left Massachusetts to work in other ...

GM has filed a patent application for a vehicle assembly system that can autonomously complete a partially assembled vehicle, potentially streamlining the vehicle assembly process even further. The GM ...

Electrolux has awarded Memphis-based Integrated Solutions a $5 million contract to develop its assembly line and conveyor systems. Electrolux has awarded Memphis-based Integrated Solutions a $5 ...

The traditional assembly line moves products from station to station on conveyor lines or overhead cranes. As the work in process moves to a new station, workers, and increasingly robots and cobots - ...

Columbus McKinnon Corp. is expanding its business of handling and moving materials from one place to another by acquiring a manufacturer of assembly-line conveyor belts and machinery. The ...

The automaker invested $500 million in the factory last year to prepare for the launch of the 2026 Expedition, which began ...

It’s little more than a crumbling ruin now, a decrepit collection of brick buildings in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Motown, but the old Highland Park assembly plant was once the site of an ...

Time was, transporting car bodies for assembly at the manufacturing plant required horsepower — not the unit of energy an engine exerts, mind you, but actual horses making large deliveries. A century ...