AUTOMOTIVE

How has car manufacturing changed in the last 25 years?

  • Two employees recount the most significant changes that have taken place in the SEAT Martorell factory on the occasion of its 25th anniversary
  • Ergonomics and the presence of robots to handle the most cumbersome jobs are just some of the advances towards Industry 4.0
  • The production time of a new car has gone down from 60 hours to the present 16
  • The Martorell factory has grown in size, equivalent now to 400 football fields, and has produced close to 10 million cars in the last quarter century