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Hitachi will acquire German factory automation company MA Micro Automation for 71.5 million euros. MA Micro Automation was established in 2003 and manufactures factory production equipment, transport equipment, image inspection systems, employing around 200 people.
Although it is quite a small scale acquisition, it adds to the $1.4bn acquisition Hitachi made in 2019 of American company JR Automation. JR Automation has an operation in France. It also tips Hitachi’s power balance in Europe further towards Germany, following the acquisition of ABB’s Power Grid Systems in 2020 and adds to the over 60% of employees who are based outside Japan.
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