Navistar orders Kivnon AGVs

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- 5 Nov 2020 ( #999 ) - Barcelona, Spain
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Navistar has chosen Kivnon automation solutions
Navistar has chosen Kivnon automation solutions
Kivnon has secured an agreement with Navistar to provide a complete mobile robotics solution and bring automation to its new assembly plant.

As part of its growth strategy, the US truck and bus manufacturer will build a new 900,000 sqft. (85,000 sqm) manufacturing facility in the San Antonio area that will have the capacity to produce Class 6-8 vehicles. Kivnon will work together with Navistar and support it to adapt the new assembly lines to Industry 4.0.

The agreement will provide Navistar with a more flexible and efficient production line system and thus boost its competitiveness in the market.

Kivnon offers a wide range of sophisticated autonomous vehicles that are highly intuitive and have been designed to fit customers` needs in all types of industrial environments and markets.

The Kivnon team is proud to have been selected for such an important project and is highly appreciative of the trust Navistar has placed in their company.

Headquartered in Barcelona, Kivnon designs, develops, manufactures and distributes automated guided vehicles and systems to improve the productivity of internal logistics of its customers.
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