Stellantis Unveils Cutting-Edge Tech at 2025 Factory Booster Day | PRIMENEWSNOW

Stellantis: Pioneering the Future of Automotive Manufacturing

Stellantis is not just crafting vehicles; it’s redefining the way they are produced. At the 2025 Factory Booster Day, hosted at Detroit’s Conner Center, the company unveiled over 100 manufacturing innovations. These advancements, developed alongside 80 suppliers and startups, highlight Stellantis’ evolution into a tech-centric manufacturer, with a focus on AI, robotics, and sustainability.

Transforming Manufacturing Spaces

Marking its 10th year, Factory Booster Day has grown beyond a simple corporate showcase. It serves as a collaborative platform where engineers, startup innovators, and automation specialists converge to address modern production challenges. This open-challenge format encourages the presentation of practical solutions aimed at enhancing line quality and reducing energy consumption and waste.

Innovations with Impact

The 2025 event stood out due to the scale and sophistication of the technologies presented. Stellantis reports that many of these innovations are already operational in global facilities, yielding significant improvements in uptime, quality control, and cost efficiency. Since 2021, these efforts have cut transformation costs by 11%, decreased energy use by 23%, and reduced quality issues by 40%.

“Factory Booster Day is more than an event; it embodies our manufacturing ethos and global collaboration,” stated Tim Fallon, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Stellantis Production Way. “By empowering our teams and collaborating with startups and suppliers, we co-create intelligent solutions that enhance quality, agility, and sustainability across Stellantis. Together, we are shaping the future of manufacturing.”

Celebrating Innovative Achievements

The highlight of this year’s gathering was the 2025 Innovation Awards, which recognized the most impactful projects from Stellantis teams worldwide. The winning entries spanned various fields, including AI-driven predictive maintenance, paint-oven temperature monitoring, and the development of “quiet gears” to enhance future EV driving experiences.

One notable innovation involved a new ski-hemming welding process that enhances precision and reduces material fatigue during assembly. Another focused on using virtual reality (VR) to retrain plant operators for updated production lines, thereby minimizing downtime and boosting worker preparedness.

Real-World Applications of Innovation

Unlike many tech expos where ideas remain theoretical, Factory Booster Day emphasizes practical deployment. At the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP), Stellantis introduced a VR Forklift Training Simulator that immerses operators in realistic scenarios, enhancing safety and performance while reducing training time.

At the Detroit Assembly Complex – Jefferson (DACJ), KEYENCE’s IV4 smart-camera system employs integrated AI to conduct over 50,000 inspections daily, ensuring precise fastener installation. This all-in-one unit combines lighting, lenses, and deep-learning software to provide immediate feedback, triggering repair alerts and generating analytics for ongoing improvement.

Another significant advancement involves AI-powered predictive maintenance developed with KCF Technologies. This system analyzes real-time data from pumps, fan units, and oven exhausts to predict component failures before they occur, reducing downtime and saving on maintenance costs.

Automation and Sustainability: A Perfect Match

In 2025, sustainability was a key focus. Startups showcased technologies utilizing digital twins, smart sensors, and machine vision to optimize energy use, material thickness, and fluid dynamics. Some even demonstrated how to retrofit existing carts and dollies into autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), facilitating seamless material movement without extensive retooling.

Envisioning Tomorrow’s Manufacturing

The 2025 Factory Booster Day offers a glimpse into Stellantis’ manufacturing future, where AI, automation, and human ingenuity collaborate seamlessly. This event has become a testing ground for technologies that will shape the production of the next generation of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep®, and Ram vehicles.

For Stellantis, innovation is no longer confined to design studios or testing grounds; it’s happening directly on the factory floor, driven by smart sensors, robotics, and virtual reality.