LVD acquires solutions business of Kuka Benelux, establishes LVD robotic solutions bv

By OEM Update Editorial April 14, 2022 1:56 pm

LVD Company nv has acquired the solutions business unit of KUKA Automatisering + Robotics nv in Belgium.

LVD Robotic Solutions bv will significantly advance LVD’s expertise and market reach in robotics automation. The new entity will build on LVD’s experience with engineering robotic systems for sheet metalworking, cantered on no robot teaching, high throughput, and fast “art to part.”

LVD will leverage the proficiency and capabilities of global automation leader KUKA to put robotised equipment within reach of manufacturers of all sizes and in a wide scope of industries beyond sheet metalworking. In addition, the new company will allow LVD to serve as a single-source provider of automation solutions for their customers’ entire manufacturing business.

LVD already acquired the automation company COMPAC (Urbino, Italy) to expand its automation portfolio with tower and warehouse systems. In establishing LVD Robotic Solutions, LVD follows on a strategic roadmap to grow its product offering through development of more affordable automation solutions for a broader range of applications. This is to address an increasing global shortage of skilled labour, the need to automate the handling of heavier work pieces and materials to improve worker safety, the desire to reallocate labour to less repetitive, more value-adding processes, and to fuel digital transformation and optimise manufacturing process flow.