Just as ABB robots provide
the backbone of automation at BMW’s Plant Oxford in the UK, which has just started
to build the Mini 5-door Hatch, so it is at VDL Nedcar in Born, Holland where
ABB robots form the backbone of automation in the body-in-white shop.
According
to sources, VDL Nedcar has nearly 1,000 robots on site, with most of them
provided by the Swedish robot maker ABB. However, some robots have been shipped
in by German automation specialist KUKA of Augsburg.
