Global power and automation company, ABB has announced the acquisition of B&R, one of the world’s largest privately-owned industrial automation businesses for an undisclosed sum.
ABB’s YuMi robot is designed for a new era of automation, for example in small parts assembly, where people and robots work side-by-side on the same tasks – image courtesy of ABB. Founded in 1979 by Erwin Bernecker and Josef Rainer, and headquartered in Eggelsberg, Austria, B&R employs upwards of 3,000…
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