http://m.sharifulalam.com 2018-04-27 16:12 《中華工控網》翻譯
Teradyne announces acquisition of Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR)
泰瑞達宣布收購Mobile Industrial Robots(MiR)
April 25, 2018 -- Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) and the shareholders of Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) today announced the acquisition of privately held MiR of Odense, Denmark for €121 million ($148 million) net of cash acquired plus €101 million ($124 million at current exchange rate) if certain performance targets are met extending through 2020.
2018年4月25日——泰瑞達公司以及Mobile Industrial Robots(MiR)公司股東今天宣布,泰瑞達以1.21億歐元(1.48億美元)凈現金收購總部在丹麥歐登塞的私人控股公司MiR,如果2020年實現特定的績效目標,則額外增加1.01億歐元(按現行匯率計算為1.24億美元)。
MiR is a leading supplier of collaborative autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for industrial applications. The AMR market is an emerging category within the approximately $1.1 billion logistics systems segment of the professional services robot market and is expected to grow rapidly in the years ahead.
MiR是面向工業應用的協作式自主移動機器人(AMR)的領先供應商。自主移動機器人市場是專業服務機器人市場中約11億美元物流系統行業的新興類別,預計未來幾年將增長迅速。
"We are excited to have MiR join Teradyne's widening portfolio of advanced, intelligent, automation products," said Mark Jagiela, President and CEO of Teradyne. "MiR is the market leader in the nascent, but fast growing market for collaborative autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Like Universal Robots' collaborative robots, MiR collaborative AMRs lower the barrier for both large and small enterprises to incrementally automate their operations without the need for specialty staff or a re-layout of their existing workflow. This, combined with a fast return on investment, opens a vast new automation market. Following the path proven with Universal Robots, we expect to leverage Teradyne’s global capabilities to expand MiR’s reach.”
泰瑞達總裁兼首席執行官Mark Jagiela表示:“我們很高興MiR加入泰瑞達不斷擴大的先進智能自動化產品組合。MiR是協作式自主移動機器人這個新興但增長迅速的市場領導者。與優傲機器人的協作機器人一樣,MiR協作式自主移動機器人幫助大型及小型企業無需專業人員或重新布局現有工作流程,也能容易地逐步實現業務自動化。再加上快速的投資回報,這就打開了一個廣闊的新自動化市場。繼成功收購優傲機器人之后,我們希望利用泰瑞達的全球能力拓展MiR的布局。”
MiR was profitable in 2017 with annual revenue of $12 million USD, more than triple 2016 revenues and had Q1’18 sales of $5 million.
2017年MiR實現盈利,年收入為1200萬美元,是2016年的三倍多,2018年第一季度銷售額達500萬美元。
“Joining Teradyne allows us to advance our engineering and development investments to provide greater value to our customers and further expand our market leadership in industrial autonomous mobile robots,” said Thomas Visti, CEO of MiR. "Teradyne’s worldwide reach, world-class engineering and support capabilities, financial strength and proven model for leveraging those strengths will help us grow in new and existing markets worldwide.”
“加入泰瑞達使我們能夠加強我們的工程及開發投資,為我們的客戶提供更大的價值,并進一步擴大我們在工業自主移動機器人領域的市場領導地位,”MiR首席執行官Thomas Visti說道。“泰瑞達的全球影響力、世界一流的工程和支持能力、財務實力以及利用這些優勢的行之有效模式,將幫助我們在全球新興市場和現有市場中不斷發展壯大。”
“My main focus is to get our mobile robots out to the entire world,” said Niels Jul Jacobsen, CSO, founder of MiR. “With Teradyne as the owner, we will have strong backing to ensure MiR’s continued growth in the global market.”
MiR創始人兼首席方案官 Niels Jul Jacobsen表示:“我最關注的是讓我們的移動機器人走向全世界。加入泰瑞達公司,將確保 MiR在全球市場的持續增長提供有力支持。”