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Factory moves back to Germany, Fully staffed by robots.
2016-05-25 21:44:21 Post No. 46288
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Factory moves back to Germany, Fully staffed by robots.
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2016-05-25 21:44:21
Post No. 46288
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/25/adidas-to-sell-robot-made-shoes-from-2017
>Adidas, the German maker of sportswear and equipment, has announced it will start marketing its first series of shoes manufactured by robots in Germany from 2017.
More than 20 years after Adidas ceased production activities in Germany and moved them to Asia, chief executive Herbert Hainer unveiled to the press the group’s new prototype “Speedfactory” in Ansbach, southern Germany.
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The 4,600-square-metre plant is still being built but Adidas opened it to the press, pledging to automate shoe production – which is currently done mostly by hand in Asia – and enable the shoes to be made more quickly and closer to its sales outlets.