KFactory

Quick question for the manufacturing community 👇

What's the #1 bottleneck on your shop floor right now?

→ Unplanned downtime
→ Energy costs
→ Quality / scrap
→ Skilled-labour shortage
→ Something else (tell us in the comments)

We're collecting answers ahead of Smart Manufacturing Week - and the most-mentioned ones will shape what we share at Booth K112.

📍 SMW · 3 - 4 June · NEC Birmingham · Booth K112

Celebrating 30 Years of Automotive Excellence with ACAROM! 🚗🇷🇴

The past few days were all about honouring the past while building the future of the automotive industry. KFactory® had the privilege of attending the special event celebrating 30 years of ACAROM (Asociația Constructorilor de Automobile din România)!

For three decades, ACAROM has been the driving force behind Romania’s automotive success, fostering collaboration, growth, and industrial evolution.
As we look toward the next era of manufacturing, the conversation naturally turns to digitalisation, AI agents, and how technology can help automotive suppliers maintain their competitive edge on the global stage.

We would like to extend a huge thank you to Adrian Sandu, General Secretary of ACAROM. We really appreciate your continued trust, open dialogue, and the incredible support you have consistently shown for KFactory and our vision of an autonomous, efficient shop floor. Your dedication to championing innovation is what keeps this industry moving forward.

Congratulations to the entire ACAROM team on this incredible milestone! Here’s to the next 30 years of driving innovation together. 🙌

Three shifts we're seeing on European shop floors right now 👇

1. AI pilots are over - the conversation is now about scaling across lines.
2. Energy and OEE belong in the same sentence.
3. The hard part isn't collecting data anymore - it's trusting it.

Sound familiar? Tell us what you're seeing in your plant.

📍 Meet us at Smart Manufacturing Week, 3 - 4 June, NEC Birmingham, Booth K112.

KFactory® was proud to serve as sponsor of the Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM)'s Annual Dinner & Awards last night, one of the standout events in the industry's calendar.

It was a real privilege to be in the heart of Birmingham, surrounded by so much talent and passion from the metalforming community. Days like this truly remind us why we’re so driven to do what we do.

A huge thank you to CBM for putting on such a memorable evening and to everyone who continues to champion British manufacturing.

Cheers to the industry and the brilliant people who keep it all moving forward.