Automation specialist KUKA has improved its earnings in the third quarter of 2019. Compared with the same period of the previous year, the Group’s earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rose to €35.6 million (Q3/18: €26.4 million), while the EBIT margin increased from 3.1% in the third quarter of the previous year to 4.3% in the third quarter of 2019. In particular, the efficiency measures initiated at…

With the help of this software technology package, the external axes of the robot controller can be used to control the servo gun. SAIC Volkswagen has been using KUKA.ServoGun technology at another plant since 2018. The first Volkswagen production plant specifically geared to the construction of MEB vehicles (Modular Electrification Toolkit) is currently being built in Anting. The modular toolkit allows the…

DONGHEE relies on robot-based friction stir welding from KUKA in the area of e-mobility. The technology is being used at different Hyundai plants for the production of battery carriers – finding use, among other places, in the KONA electric vehicle model. Here, automation specialist KUKA supplies robotic equipment for the process-reliable joining of components made of different aluminum alloys. Together,…

Since 1964, Druckguss Westfalen has been manufacturing high-quality compo-nents for a wide variety of industries: from the automotive sector to the elec-tronics industry to the consumer sector. The specialist in aluminium die casting stands for the highest quality. The company has been relying on the automation specialist KUKA for over 30 years to keep its finger on the pulse of the times. The automation…

Since 1964, Druckguss Westfalen has been manufacturing high-quality components for a wide variety of industries: from the automotive sector to the electronics industry to the consumer sector. The specialist in aluminium die casting stands for the highest quality. The company has been relying on the automation specialist KUKA for over 30 years to keep its finger on the pulse of the times. The automation…

Peter Mohnen and Andreas Pabst are confirmed in their posts. “I am grateful for the confidence placed in me in these challenging times,” said Peter Mohnen. “Together with Management and all KUKA employees, Andreas Pabst and I will guide the company to a successful future. We are convinced that we have the right team on board for this.” Peter Mohnen came to KUKA as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in 2012. In…

At the most influential meeting of the European robotics community, the European Robotics Forum (ERF) from March 20-22, KUKA will demonstrate how robots can support humans. In a joint research project with the Romanian Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, KUKA is presenting an application with the sensitive lightweight robot LBR iiwa at the ERF in Bucharest, Romania. The human being navigates the robot…

The KUKA Supervisory Board and Dr. Till Reuter, CEO of KUKA AG, have agreed to terminate Dr. Till Reuter's office as CEO prematurely in December. Peter Mohnen takes over as Interim-CEO and Andreas Pabst as Interim-CFO. Dr. Till Reuter has been KUKA CEO for almost ten years. He joined the company in 2009 and led the company out of the economic crisis. Under his leadership the company kept its number one…

Orders received down 6.8 percent to €750.1 million in Q3 Order backlog remains unchanged at a high level of €2,197.5 million as at September 30, 2018 (September 30, 2017: €2,210.7 million) Sales revenues up 6.6 percent to €851.0 million (Q3/18) EBIT margin reaches 4.2 percent (Q3/18) before purchase price allocations, growth investments and reorganization expenditure Guidance adjustment for 2018: sales…

Industry 4.0 and digitalisation allow for new manufacturing methods and demand new business models. MHP, KUKA and Munich Re present one vision for these: the new SmartFactory as a Service. Using SmartFactory as a Service allows manufacturers to focus on client satisfaction without having to bear peripheral parts of the value creation process, investment costs and risks themselves. For the first time, this…