Again, there have Chinese apart on engineering “made in Germany”: The Chinese appliance manufacturer Midea plans to increase its share of the German robot manufacturer Kuka. The Company offers shareholders 115 euros per share, and significantly more than Kuka papers last tasted on the stock exchange. The complete control do not want the Chinese claims to but do not assume, it said on Wednesday. Resistance from politics threatens yet: “We live in a free market economy,” said the deputy chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group, Michael Fuchs: buy shares in foreign, also Chinese enterprises and participate acquire “Just as our companies together Chinese now shares in innovative German companies. “
the robot manufacturer Kuka is considered one of the German model company for the so-called industrial 4.0, so the digital networking of factories. The robot of the company usually bear the typical signal color orange. In particular, the automotive industry has been placing its on robot from Kuka home. Volkswagen and Daimler built decades ago, the first welding transfer lines with Kuka robots. Also refrigerators and washing machines have been built with the help of Kuka robots.
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After the Kuka AG has long been dependent on the cyclical automotive industry, the Augsburg are now trying to advance increasingly also in other business areas. An essential step for this was the end of 2014, the acquisition of the Swiss logistics company Swisslog, which specializes in hospital logistics. Meanwhile Kuka has characterized the world more than 12,000 employees
Kuka stands for “Keller and Knappich Augsburg”
The company was founded in 1898 by Johann Josef Keller and Jakob Knappich -. Kuka brand stands for the first letter of “Keller and Knappich Augsburg”. Initially, the new plant produces favorable domestic and street lighting, later Kuka is a specialist provider of welding technology
Since the 1970s, the company receives its current appearance. Kuka is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of industrial robots. Meanwhile invested Kuka in technologies that will eventually replace the heavy, orange robot systems.
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the new generation is LBR (lightweight robot) and stands for “intelligent” and called feinfühliche machines that can immediately work together hand in hand in a confined space with the factory workers. A risk of injury to the people should not go out of these robots.
At the Hanover Fair in April Kuka has introduced a new “mini-robot”. It is primarily aimed at customers in China, the smartphones and tablets finished there. Behind the novelty is the foray into a new mass market, where so far only small specialist providers were represented. Kuka will so reduce dependence on customers from the automotive industry. Last year, other industries have for the first time as much robot removed as the automotive industry.
Midea could help kuka going to get even better access to the growing Chinese market. The Kuka management responded to the offer not averse. Management and supervisory boards now want to carefully consider the offer. A recommendation will manage but only proposed if in four to eight weeks vorliege the actual listing of Midea. Before that Midea has cleared, you still legal issues
Kuka management. Headquarters has in Augsburg remain
However, there are conditions for Kuka: For example, that the headquarters stays in Augsburg and that . nothing will change for employees – previously Midea promises this in his benchmark paper
shares jumped Kuka considering the offer again today vigorously in the air: more than a third to 114.40 euros went on Wednesday temporarily upward. And, although the shares already long climb from one record to another. “The offer is incredibly high,” said one trader. For the price the shareholders the offer could hardly refuse. A counter-offer from another investor could not be expected
Kuka is now rated at 4.6 billion euros
The German company Voith -. 25.1 percent the largest single shareholder in Kuka – wanted not to position first. Voith will monitor further developments, it said in a statement. The company was “very satisfied” with the development of portfolio since its acquisition in November 2014
With that afforded by Midea price of 115 Euro which is listed in the MDAX company with almost 4.6 billion euros rated.. The offer represents a premium of According Midea represents almost 60 percent to the price of the beginning of February before Midea increased its Kuka share to over 10 percent. The Chinese were boarded last August. Currently holds Midea 13.5 percent of the shares. Midea wants to secure the bid at least 30 percent of the shares – at the minimum acceptance rate, the offer is subject
Kuka is independent and on the stock market remain
stressed in a communication, the Chinese company. on Wednesday, Kuka should remain independent and is listed in Germany in the stock market. Midea would not conclude a domination agreement. A complete takeover is excluded, said a Midea spokesman. The leadership of Kuka should remain the plans to change. Join the conversation will Midea future but already: The Chinese want to join the supervisory board
The German engineering is already longer the focus of Chinese companies or investors.. In the spring about the conglomerate Shanghai Electric Group climbed the engineering firm Manz. The special machine manufacturer KraussMaffei was acquired in January by ChemChina, the largest chemical company in China.
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