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Boeing Investing $1B to Modernize Kansas Aerospace Operations After completing the Spirit AeroSystems acquisition, Boeing is investing in Wichita to upgrade facilities, expand training, and improve production operations. Wichita builds major structures for Boeing commercial aircraft. Details: 🔹 Boeing has increased 737 production from 38 to 42 a month. The company is targeting 47 per month this summer with 52 later. 🔹 Boeing is preparing a new 737 MAX production line in Everett, Washington, expected to open this summer 🔹 In Wichita, Boeing is investing in workforce development, including a new 35,000-square-foot Boeing Workforce Training Center with Wichita State University 🔹 According to Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, the Wichita investment is part of a broader $4B investment push My take: Boeing has turned a corner in manufacturing by focusing on quality and workforce collaboration. Now it is time to ramp production, but in a way that ensures long-term sustainability. Congrats Team Boeing! #manufactuting #aerospace #Boeing

Breaking News: Toyota files to build $2 billion assembly line in Texas. A few key facts: ♦ Approximately $2B total investment planned ♦ Around 2,000 new jobs expected ♦ Construction could begin by the end of 2026 ♦ Production targeted around 2030 ♦ Expansion located next to Toyota’s existing San Antonio truck plant ♦ Vechile to be built is unknown This investment also fits Toyota’s much larger U.S. strategy: ♦ ~$14B North Carolina battery plant ♦ Part of Toyota’s $10B manufacturing investment commitment. ♦ Increased localization of supply chains and production This is another reminder that the U.S. manufacturing rebuilding and reshoring is still very real. #manufacturing #toyota #robotics #texas

UPS goes full hog with a $9B investment into robotics and automation. 🔷 ~$9B investment in automation and modernization through 2028 🔷 63 facilities targeted for major automation upgrades 🔷 Focus on existing sites, not just greenfield builds 🔷 Network consolidation: fewer, more efficient hubs 🔷 Targeting ~$3B in cost savings 🔷 Heavy use of sortation, robotics, and AI-driven workflows 🔷 Designed to increase throughput, consistency, and labor efficiency ♦️ And then there is the dock. ♦️ Reported $120M investment in ~400 robots from Pickle Robot Company ♦️ Deployment expected to begin in 2026 across multiple facilities ♦️ Targeting one of the biggest bottlenecks in warehouse operations Pickle uses Physical AI, machine vision + real-world learning to autonomously unload floor-loaded trailers without modifying the building. UPS is investing for the future now. See Jake Hall ’s post on robotic truck load and unload. Link in the comments. #automation #robotics #manufacturing #physicalai

Tesla giving a talk at the Robotics Summit & Expo on AMR deployment? Sign me up! Tesla is highly regarded for its manufacturing technology. They run a tight, lean environment by proving and refining processes before automating them. That is what makes this talk important. The lessons come from one of the best. The session focuses on how Tesla is scaling AMRs inside legacy U.S. factories. The key idea is that AMRs are not just tools. They are infrastructure. Tesla uses them as a connective layer across production, logistics, and workforce execution. The talk walks through how they identify high friction material flows, define measurable performance metrics, and integrate AMRs with existing systems like PLCs, WMS, and real time analytics. It also addresses human robot collaboration and the realities of scaling beyond pilot programs. The Robotics Summit & Expo is full of high quality talks like this. I will put a link for the event in the comments. Interested in increasing productivity? Want to implement Physical AI to advance your manufacturing? Then consider the Automate Show , which includes a Humanoid Robot Forum sponsored by NVIDIA. I will add that link as well. #robotics #AMR #manufacturing #RoboticsSummit #Automate2026