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Samsung increases stake in Rainbow Robotics, establishes Future Robotics Office

Robotics Business Review

” Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technologys ( KAIST ) Humanoid Robot Research Center founded Rainbow Robotics in 2011. Samsung and Rainbow pursue robotics synergy Samsung Electronics said it will form a synergy council with Rainbow Robotics to strengthen its global leadership in advanced robotics.

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Accenture, Mujin form robotics integration joint venture

Robotics Business Review

Mujin was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo. The post Accenture, Mujin form robotics integration joint venture appeared first on The Robot Report. Mujin said it designed its controllers as a common platform for industrial and collaborative robots for pick-and-place and other logistics applications.

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Covering Industrial Market Cycles

Gary Mintchell

Some people (or marketers) think that some form of Artificial (Augmented?) What I’ve tried to do at Automation World (until the changes of 2011-12) and then at The Manufacturing Connection since 2013 is to explain the changing technology and application ecosystem through the lens of news that comes my way—products, applications, surveys.

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Over two tonnes of uranium missing in Libya, UN agency warns

E&T

Nonetheless, since Gaddafi’s fall in 2011, the country has been beset by political crises and competing militias forming opposing alliances backed by foreign powers. Libya renounced its nuclear , chemical and biological weapons programme in 2003, following secret discussions with the USA and the UK.

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Sevaan Group celebrates 25-year milestone

Manufacturer's Monthly

In 2011 Proline Technologies acquired Wisby & Leonard to form Sevaan Group. Originally starting in 1997 as Proline Technologies, and with Jim and Artemis Tzakos at the helm of a small team, the company grew steadily, cementing its capability along the way.

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AIDA Promotes Suzuki to Global CEO and Appoints Kado as Outside Director

Fabricating & Metal Work

He joined AIDA in 2011. AIDA is a global leader in the design, manufacture, sale, service and support, refurbishment, and modernization of metal stamping presses and metal forming automation equipment. Toshihiko Suzuki, Global CEO of AIDA ENGINEERING, LTD. She specializes in corporate, financial, and general business law.

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Global Transformation: The Dynamics of Mergers & Acquisitions in the Packaging Industry

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

The company was previously known as Jefferson Smurfit Corporation whose US subsidiary merged with Stone Container Corporation (1998) and formed Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (SSCC). After an acquisition (2011) followed by a merger (2015), SSCC currently forms a part of what we now know as WestRock in the US.