On May 18th, Midea Group officially announced that it had issued an offer to the German industrial robot manufacturer KUKA. The German industrial robot KUKA was acquired at a price of 115 euros per share, a premium of 59.6% over the latter's closing price on February 3, 2016.
After the deal was concluded, the valuation of KUKA exceeded US$5 billion, which is one of the largest overseas active acquisitions of Chinese companies in recent years. According to the US announcement, after the acquisition is completed, Midea’s shareholding in KUKA will reach more than 30%, but Midea does not intend to obtain absolute control.
“For the United States, the home appliance industry itself is a human resource-intensive enterprise. In the future, with the increase in labor costs, the use of robots instead of labor will become more and more popular. Midea’s current field of industrial robots is also a strategy for this. Prepare.†Cao Yu, chief researcher of Cinda Securities Energy Internet, told 澎湃News
For KUKA, closer ties with Midea Group will help increase the company's revenue in the Chinese market, which is one of the cornerstones of its growth strategy.
Replacing humans with industrial robots, doing dangerous things, doing bad things for humans, and things that humans don't want to do have become a trend in industrial development. For industrial robot manufacturers, in addition to mastering the core technology in the field of robotics, the patented layout of robotics is also an effective means of dealing with competition.
This time, China's home appliance giant Midea's acquisition of German robot giant KUKA can be regarded as a transformation and breakthrough in China's manufacturing. If the acquisition is successful, China is expected to become the first echelon of the global robot industry. So what is the layout of the global robot?
Dr. Li Ping, a researcher in aircraft design at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Li Ping, a researcher at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Group Intellectual Property Research Center, are present in the field of industrial robotics, especially the four major families of industrial robots (KUKA, ABB, Yaskawa, FANUC). The status of patent applications in China and the status quo of major competitors were studied. The opportunities and challenges of the development of domestic industrial robot technology were revealed from the perspective of intellectual property rights, and policy recommendations were proposed.
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