This delivers awkwardly shaped parcels to businesses of the sort that automated carriers have difficulty handling — think automotive parts or ladders.

The group predicted that its automotive parts operation would 'resume growth when markets recover', having faced a difficult year.

The aerospace and automotive parts supplier insisted the sharp downturn in the car industry left it with no choice.

There however, only the automotive parts and lesser fittings were built in: the armoured hull was in its entirety prefabricated by forges serving as subcontractors.

Automotive parts tend to be a little less rigid, but need to deform plastically before breaking.