December - 20196 MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSThe automotive industry has evolved significantly over the past decade and is currently weathering a perfect storm of change. With technological innovations and market shifts bombarding the sector at the same time, manufacturers are facing one of the most challenging environments of the last century. Digital technology, change in customer sentiment and economic health are the major factors of change in this evolution. In recent years, trends such as the decline in sales, increase in electric vehicles, and carpool or cab services in digital retail is continuing to remain dominant in the automotive industry. The traditional automotive manufacturing infrastructure centers on core elements such as power trains, interiors, electrical systems, and safety systems. Today, implementing new technology that also meets consumer and regulatory demands requires automakers to have an information technology focus. On the other hand, some automakers are acquiring technology companies, forging new partnerships and heavily investing in technology transformations. The aim is to give them more control over the design process and greater ownership of the data collected by that technology. As countries pass regulations to fight climate change, automakers have followed by increasing the production and selling of electronic vehicles. The focus now should be implementing infrastructures for consumers to charge their vehicles, the bring-down cost of designing, building and managing power grids to support mass adoption. Manufacturers today need to understand the different solution providers that they can partner with their mission to bring up the most innovative vehicles for consumers. To make this task easier and empower businesses to remain competitive and innovative, the editorial board of Manufacturing Technology Insights presents to you a special edition of Automotive Manufacturing Solution Providers. The magazine features insights from industry leaders such as, offering an in-depth view of technologies that are stirring a revolution in this space. We hope this special edition will assist you in revamping your enterprise's operation strategy. Let us know your thoughts.The Beginning of a New Era for the Automotive IndustryEditorialCopyright © 2019 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.Contact Us:Phone:510.936.8381Fax:510-894.8405Email:sales@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.comeditor@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.commarketing@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com December - 16 - 2019, Vol 05 - Issue 30 (ISSN 2644-2493) Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to Manufacturing Technology InsightsVisit www.manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com Editor-in-ChiefLaura DavisEditorial StaffSalesVisualizerScott JuasyAndrew D'souzaandrew@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.comAva Gracia Peter ThomasRose DcruzAaron PaulLaura DavisEditor-in-ChiefManufacturing Technology InsightsWrite to useditor@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staffTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTS
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