"Mr. Pi, what do you think of industrial robots?", Jiang Hui thought of the popularity of the robot industry in later generations, so he had the heart to enter this field.

If Jiang Hui is not mistaken, the later Shimei Group acquired most of the shares of the German KUKA Robot and took the opportunity to enter the field of robots.

With the rise of labor costs in the Celestial Empire and the prevalence of the concept of Industry 4.0, the demand for the robot industry, especially high-end robots, is very large.

Jiang Hui wanted to see if he could take the opportunity to acquire KUKA during the financial crisis this year to serve the various factories of the Guanghui Group in the future, and also enter the promising robot industry in the future.

"Mr. Jiang, to tell you the truth, for industrial robots, I only know some market overview, and I don't know much about robot technology", Pi Wei is not a professional roboticist after all, and he does not dare to pretend to be a big deal in front of his boss.

"It's okay, I just want to know the market overview of industrial robots, especially robots in the automotive industry, as for professional technology, I don't understand what you said," Jiang Hui said disapprovingly.

"Okay, I'll first briefly introduce the robots used by domestic automobile manufacturers, first of all, KUKA, which is the earliest robot company in Germany.

KUKA was founded in Oaksburg in 1898 and did not initially focus on industrial robots, but on interior lighting. It was not until 1995 that KUKA Industrial Robots GmbH was founded, one of the world's leading manufacturers of industrial robots.

In 1973, KUKA built the world's first six-axis electromechanical drive industrial robot FAMULUS, and in 1976, invented IR6/60 – a new robot type with six-axis electromechanical drive with angle hand.

"In 1989, a new generation of industrial robots was born, and the use of brushless motors reduced maintenance costs and increased technical availability.

And last year, in 2007, Kuka Titan became the most powerful 6-axis industrial robot at the time, and it was included in the Guinness Book of Records.

The reason why KUKA is more famous in the Celestial Empire is not only because of KUKA's own excellent technology in the field of automotive robots, but also because Volkswagen's production lines are basically using KUKA robots."

"As the car brand with the highest market share in China, Volkswagen is using KUKA, and naturally, KUKA's reputation in the field of robotics will not be low", seeing Jiang Hui listening carefully to his Jiang Hui, Pi Wei gave a general overview of KUKA in one breath.

Well, "every foreign brand likes to use its own equipment supplier, and it's not just Volkswagen that's doing it, but also companies in island countries and South Korea," Jiang said.

Indeed, as Mr. Jiang said, foreign-funded enterprises like to use their own equipment manufacturers, especially other countries other than the United States. In fact, it is ABB that is even more powerful than KUKA, which is the well-deserved leader in the field of industrial robots," says Pi Wei.

"I've heard of that, but it doesn't seem to be just a robot, right?" Jiang said.

"ABB Group is one of the world's top 500 companies and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

ABB was formed in 1988 by the merger of two international companies with more than 100 years of history, Sweden's ASEA and Switzerland's BBCBronBoveri.

As a result of the merger, ABB is a global leader in power and automation technology, providing solutions to customers in the industrial, energy, power, transportation and building industries to improve productivity and energy efficiency while reducing their environmental ......impact," said Pi Wei.

"In many car workshops, the noise is relatively loud, and some people think that robots are machines and metal after all, and the noise must be very loud. However, one of the characteristics of ABB robots is that the transmission is relatively quiet, and the relative noise is relatively small.

Thanks to the excellent performance of ABB robots, his share in the automotive industry of Tianchao is also relatively high," said Pi Wei.

"Out of KUKA and ABB, is there any company whose products have a relatively high market share?"

"Yes, in addition to KUKA and ABB, Fanuc is the most used in the domestic automotive industry," Pi Wei said.

"Fanuc, it sounds like an island company?" Jiang Hui asked.

"Yes, it's an island nation's business. Fanuc was founded in 1956, the English name is FANUC, which is transliterated as Fanuc. This company is the world's most diverse manufacturer of automated factories, robots, and smart machinery.

Since its establishment, Fanuc has been leading the world in the field of robotics, and this year, Fanuc is expected to become the world's first manufacturer to exceed 200,000 robots, ranking first in market share. ”

"No. 1 in the market?", just heard Pi Wei say that Kuka and ABB, Jiang Hui thought they were the strongest in the field of industrial robots, and now he heard that Fanuc is the company with the first market share, and I feel a little strange.

"Yes, market first. For example, KUKA is mainly engaged in industrial robots in the automotive industry or machinery industry, and the overall output is not as good as that of ABB and Fanuc. Although ABB is the largest enterprise in the field of robotics, ABB is not only engaged in robots, robots are only part of his business, and his position as the boss is mainly in the automotive industry.

But Fanuc is different, as we all know, the level of factory automation in the island country is relatively high, whether it is an automobile factory or other factories, Fanuc produces a variety of robots, and the overall output is the first in the field of robotics," said Pi Wei.

"The island country is too xenophobic, otherwise I would like to buy a few industrial enterprises in the island country," Jiang Hui said to himself.

"Indeed, the industrial enterprises in the island country are actually very powerful, not to mention others, in the field of robotics alone, in addition to Fanuc, Fujikoshi and Yaskawa are also very famous, and they are used a lot in Japanese and even European and American companies," Pi Wei said.

South Korea and island countries have the most closed companies in the world, and they have the fewest acquisitions and acquisitions, and if there is no suitable opportunity, it is really not that you are willing to pay for it and people are willing to sell.

For example, the enterprises in these two countries, especially those in island countries, although some of them are not particularly large, but their technical strength in specific fields is very strong, and the substitutability is relatively low, and these enterprises are often family businesses that have been passed down for generations, so it is really a bit troublesome to acquire.

"It's hard to return, Liao Yun, you remind Mr. Guan and let him also pay attention to which suitable companies in the island country can be acquired by us," Jiang Hui said to Liao Yun, the secretary on the side.

(End of chapter)