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When a factory automates a process, a machine takes care of it. Using automation doesn’t require special pandemic protocols, since the human involved never interacts with anything but a machine. At Bentley, 4,000 people drill, sew, and interact, and for production to resume, the close interaction had to end. Bentley Motors did it. In 2020, after seven weeks closed, the automaker re-opened, having worked around the clock to remake its manufacturing process with social distancing implemented. It fulfilled orders as quickly as possible, finding at the close of the year that it had set a record for sales and production—by hand, social distanced, and with all new procedures.

The Volkswagen AG headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. The German automotive manufacturer currently owns Bentley.

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Bentley: The Best in its Class