# factory automation
Latest news and articles about factory automation
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China’s Sanitary‑Pad Shakeup: Tougher Standards, Smarter Factories and a Sharper Market
China has introduced stricter national standards for disposable sanitary products that tighten size tolerances, update absorbency tests, close safety gaps on chemicals, and mandate process controls. The rules accelerate factory automation and testing, favour large brands and domestic equipment makers, and are likely to prompt consolidation and higher‑quality — and higher‑priced — products over the coming years.
BMW Trials Humanoid Robots in Leipzig as Factories Rewire for EV Age
BMW has started a European pilot at its Leipzig plant to test Hexagon’s AEON humanoid robot on assembly and EV battery production tasks. The company positions humanoid robots as a supplement to existing automation to reduce physical strain and potentially insource supplier tasks, while the rollout underscores a broader industry shift toward embodied AI in manufacturing.