RETHINK ROBOTICS MEETS GERMAN ENGINEERING
HAHN Group acquires robot technology from Rethink Robotics and strengthens its service offerings for collaborative robotics
The HAHN Group, an international technology leader for automatization and robotics, has strengthened its portfolio and service offering by acquiring robotic technology from U.S. robotic pioneer Rethink Robotics. As part of the transaction, HAHN Group has acquired all patents and trademarks of Rethink Robotics as well as its software platform “INTERA”. Utilizing the INTERA software platform, which enables users to intuitively program industrial robots, Rethink Robotics has been the leader in the industrial deployment of collaborative robots, or “Cobots.”
HAHN Group intends to further develop Rethink Robotics’ technology, with the goal of combining this technology with German engineering and know-how of industrial applications. HAHN Group will thereby be able to provide its customers with high-quality collaborative robotic solutions and reliable service offerings. In addition, HAHN Group intends to make the software platform available to suitable partners through licensing or other arrangements.
With more than thirty years of experience and hundreds of successfully implemented collaborative, as well as conventional, robotic solutions – encompassing consulting, development and certification services – HAHN Group has positioned itself as one of the leaders in the fields of industrial automatization and robotics. In addition to its integration business (operated by HAHN Robotics) and renting offerings (operated by HAHN RobShare), the business unit “Rethink Robotics” will become the third pillar of the HAHN Group’s robotic division and complete its service portfolio.
“The acquisition of Rethink Robotic’s technology marks an important milestone for the development of our portfolio of collaborative robotics solutions,” said Thomas Hähn, CEO of HAHN Group. “This transaction will bring us not only a boost in innovative technologies but also access to highly specialized know-how in one of the most dynamic future markets. We are very pleased that we could convince the owners of Rethink Robotics to agree to the sale of its robotic technology around the ‘Cobot Sawyer’ as well as the INTERA software,” Thomas Hähn continues.
About HAHN Group
The HAHN Group consists of a network of specialized companies for industrial automation and robot solutions. With its own production sites in China, Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany, Great Britain, India, Israel, Mexico, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, and the USA, the group currently employs approx. 1,100 staff at 19 locations. Well-known customers from the automotive, consumer goods, electronics, and medical technology industries benefit from the HAHN Group’s 30 years of expertise and automation know-how. For more information visit https://www.hahn.group/en