2026
25
June
2026
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15:03
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ Figure AI demonstrates Figure 03 humanoid robots in new use case at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg +++ Robot development runs in parallel at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg and at Figure AI +++ Assembly Hall in Spartanburg features BMW iFACTORY …
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02
April
2026
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00:01
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ Tradition meets the future: 104 years young and using state of the art technology +++ Series production of new BMW i3 to start in August 2026 +++ More models to follow +++ All electric vehicle plant from 2027 +++
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26
March
2026
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08:00
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ BMW Group Recycling and Dismantling Centre (RDC) set to become Competence Centre Circularity +++ Strengthening the circular economy, resource efficiency and technology development +++ Clear signal for the future of the Wackersdorf location …
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04
February
2026
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10:00
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ New production lines go into pre-series operation at BMW Group Plant Munich +++ Series production of new BMW i3 to begin in second half of 2026 +++
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2025
18
December
2025
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10:00
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ Pure iFACTORY: digitally planned and built from the outset +++ Start of series production for new BMW i3 in the second half of 2026 +++
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17
September
2025
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00:01
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ First BMW Group car plant to rely entirely on electricity from renewable energy during normal operation; no fossil fuels used +++ Use of electric power in paint shop drives reduction in CO₂e emissions from BMW iX3 production +++ Typical …
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16
May
2025
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09:00
Europe/Amsterdam
Plant Manager Thomas Thym: "Behind every digital car there must also be a digital factory" +++ AI-driven data analysis, digital process control, and networked production +++ Computed tomography system for precise quality control +++ Automated …
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2024
25
November
2024
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10:00
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ Use of hydrogen in intralogistics – components delivered to all production areas by hydrogen-powered tugger trains and forklift trucks +++ Gradual transition from electric to hydrogen propulsion by 2030 +++
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18
October
2024
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08:00
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ Two fully electric trucks on the road for BMW Group Plant Leipzig +++ Parts supplies for high-voltage battery production +++ Annual savings of approx. 9 tonnes of CO2 +++
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06
August
2024
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14:03
Europe/Amsterdam
BMW Group Plant Spartanburg and California robotics company Figure test the use of humanoid robots in production +++ Latest generation of robots, Figure 02, successfully completes testing in a real production environment +++ Board Member …
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06
February
2024
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14:26
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ World famous award for Industry 4.0 solutions in production +++ First in category for Discrete Manufacturing +++
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2023
25
October
2023
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14:35
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ Fuel saving of around 48 percent in combination with diesel trucks +++ Range of more than 600 kilometres with an electric tractor +++ Collaboration with the technology innovator Trailer Dynamics +++
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25
August
2023
|
10:30
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ Ground-breaking ceremony +++ Construction work on eight hectares +++ First fossil fuel-free BMW facility on this scale +++
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19
April
2023
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10:00
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ Pilot projects with renewable diesel HVO100 under way +++ Green transport logistics accelerate implementation of BMW iFACTORY strategy +++ Head of Logistics Nikolaides: “Every gram of CO2 we can save helps” +++
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2022
20
October
2022
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13:00
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ Nedeljković, Board Member for Production: “Technological breakthrough underscores our innovativeness” +++ Hydrogen power also in plant and transport logistics +++
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28
September
2022
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09:00
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ Hydrogen Combustion Engine Trucks (HyCET) develops and tests hydrogen trucks with combustion engines for transport logistics +++ Sustainable solution for long-distance transport +++ German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) …
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11
August
2022
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09:00
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ Increase in proportion of recycled material in packaging +++ Nikolaides, Head of Logistics: “We are leveraging various options to save carbon emissions and raw materials.” +++ Other pilot projects underway +++
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04
August
2022
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10:00
Europe/Amsterdam
Cutting-edge improvements in technology, such as autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), have been and continue to be the driving force behind automation. Not least due to their flexible range of applications, AMRs have increasingly been taking over …
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23
June
2022
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09:00
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ Annual production capacity at BMW Shenyang Plants increases to 830,000 vehicles. +++ Implementation of the BMW iFACTORY strategy. LEAN. GREEN. DIGITAL. +++ “Industrial Metaverse” – the first BMW Group plant fully planned and simulated in the …
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23
March
2022
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13:30
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ SORDI (Synthetic Object Recognition Dataset for Industries) accelerates artificial intelligence in production +++ AI dataset contains more than 800,000 photorealistic images in 80 categories of production resource +++ Synthesising training data …
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2021
19
November
2021
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10:00
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ Includes a $100 Million Investment in a New One Million Square Foot Facility +++ Training center to be completed in summer 2022 +++ More than 11.4 billion US dollars total investment in the site since 1992 +++
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06
July
2021
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12:00
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ New BMW Group spin-off wins over independent specialist jury +++ iw.hub granted Best in Intralogistics seal of approval +++ Innovative con-trol concept offers extreme flexibility and performance +++
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13
April
2021
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06:00
Europe/Amsterdam
The two industry leaders are revolutionising virtual planning and engineering for highly complex manufacturing systems +++ Omniverse platform allows different applications to connect, with unrestricted compatibility +++ Greatly enhancing the speed, …
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2020
20
November
2020
|
10:00
Europe/Amsterdam
• Further development and distribution of in-house developed Smart Transport Robot, STR • Next generation of STR to launch end of 2020
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10
September
2020
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12:30
Europe/Amsterdam
Plant Munich heralds the age of fully electric mobility Conversion of plant successfully completed for BMW i4 production Plant Director Robert Engelhorn: “Most comprehensive overhaul of assembly in the history of the plant.”
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2018
30
November
2018
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12:00
Europe/Amsterdam
+++ Many Industry 4.0 innovations already used in series production +++ Collaboration with universities, research institutes and start-ups speeds up development +++
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