1, Midea encountered many obstacles when making an offer to KUKA. There are voices of opposition from German business circles to political circles. These people are worried that the core technology of KUKA will be mastered by domestic manufacturers, which will have a great impact on high-end players in domestic and even international related fields.
The German government even invited many domestic enterprises to buy KUKA, but the US bid was high and domestic enterprises were not interested, so it failed to stop it.
2. Midea's acquisition of KUKA was in line with the national strategy at that time, but the price was on the high side, mainly referring to the strategy of focusing on core keywords such as "de-capacity" and "Industry 4.0" in 20 17. This requires manufacturing enterprises to improve production efficiency, and if KUKA can be introduced, it will help to upgrade the industrial system of the United States and even China as a whole, so the motherland helped promote the acquisition at that time.
3. In the process of Midea's acquisition of KUKA, Midea Group's attention and respect for KUKA moved KUKA, and it went to Europe many times to promise to ensure the independence of KUKA and the stability of its employees, so KUKA also relaxed its vigilance.
To paraphrase a sentence from the annual meeting: "Midea's acquisition of external enterprises is not to turn external enterprises into the same as that of the United States, but to learn the Excellence and uniqueness of external enterprises, take their essence and discard their dross, and grow together."
4. KUKA robot has reached its peak in the industrial field. CEO Thiel also said at the annual meeting of Midea Group that KUKA values the market of robots in other fields, and China is the top priority of these markets with great potential, so it also wants to strengthen the alliance through the channels of Midea.
Company history:
KUKA Company was founded in augsburg on 1898 by Johann Josef Keller and Jakob Knappich. Initially focused on indoor and urban lighting. But not long after, the company set foot in other fields (welding tools and equipment, large containers) and became the market leader of European municipal vehicles in 1966.
1973, the company developed the first industrial robot, named FAMULUS. At that time, KUKA was a subsidiary of Quandt Group, and the Quandt family withdrew at 1980. The company became a listed company.
1995, kuka robot was separated from kuka welding and robot co., ltd and established as a limited company. Together with KUKA Welding Equipment Co., Ltd. (later KUKA System Co., Ltd.), it belongs to KUKA AG (formerly IWKA Group). Today, KUKA focuses on providing advanced automation solutions for industrial production processes.
KUKA Robot currently has 365,438+050 employees worldwide (data of September 30th, 2065,438+02), and its headquarters is in augsburg. The company's main customers come from the field of automobile manufacturing, but they are also widely used in other industrial fields.