Stellantis’ Factory Booster Day Spotlights Michigan AI Win at Sterling Stamping

Stellantis held Factory Booster Day 2026 in Auburn Hills on October 21 to connect manufacturing challenges across its global plant network with solutions from suppliers and startups in areas such as AI, automation, robotics, vision systems, energy intelligence and digital manufacturing. Teams from 63 Stellantis plants submitted real-world problems, and more than 280 external suppliers and startups offered solutions for consideration.

A Michigan-specific outcome highlighted by Stellantis involved ThinkDigits, an industrial AI company based in Michigan. ThinkDigits implemented a real-time blank draw-in monitoring system at the Sterling Stamping plant to detect stamping deviations earlier and strengthen process control. Stellantis reported that the installation produced annual savings amounting to nearly four times the initial investment.

For Michigan enthusiasts, the event shows local technology firms are directly influencing improvements on the factory floor at nearby assembly and stamping operations. Next steps from Factory Booster Day include further evaluation and scaling of presented solutions across Stellantis’ manufacturing sites worldwide, with potential additional rollouts of successful systems such as the ThinkDigits monitoring solution.