KUKA buys 51% of Reis Robotics with option to buy remainder
by
Frank Tobe
December 18, 2013
In a surprise move, KUKA, one of the global big four robot manufacturers, signed a letter of intent to acquire 51% of the shares of Reis Robotics, a 57-year old family-owned Germany-based robotics provider and systems integrator. Reis employs 1,300 and has revenues of $178 million. The company's second-largest facility, in Kunshan China, has about 200 employees. Coincidentally, KUKA just opened their new Shanghai manufacturing facility. Kunshan and
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Frank Tobe is the owner and publisher of The Robot Report, and is also a panel member for Robohub's Robotics by Invitation series.
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