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Stuttgart, Germany
Mercedes-Benz Group is a German premium and luxury vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Stuttgart, producing passenger cars and vans under the Mercedes-Benz brand.
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Mercedes-Benz is a founding partner of STARTUP AUTOBAHN, launched in 2016 with Plug and Play, ARENA2036 and the University of Stuttgart. The platform now runs with 29 active corporate partners and has accelerated 289 startups through 380 pilot projects: a startup connects with a partner through a 1:1 Deep Dive, spends around six months building a proof of concept, then presents results at a twice-yearly, invite-only EXPO, with roughly a third of projects moving into series development.
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Check current availability ↗100% correct assembly rate reached
Mercedes-Benz deployed Thread in Motion's smart gloves on the assembly line, reaching a 100% correct assembly rate with full traceability and an estimated $1.7M in savings.
Source: www.threadinmotion.com
At least 25% time saved
Mercedes-Benz digitized its supplier material approval process (PPAP) with Material.one, cutting manual testing-requirement work and saving at least 25% of the time across the supply chain.
Source: material.one
Cobalt supply chain made transparent
Mercedes-Benz piloted Circulor's blockchain tracking to bring transparency to CO2 emissions in its cobalt supply chain for battery materials.
Source: startup-autobahn.com
Fluid meters digitized across plants
Nexmachina deployed LoRaWAN IoT sensors to monitor fluid meters and other assets across Mercedes-Benz plants in Spain.
Source: startup-autobahn.com
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