Bosch Rexroth to Acquire Elmo Motion Control
博世力士樂(lè)收購(gòu)Elmo運(yùn)動(dòng)控制公司

Elmo Motion Control and Bosch Rexroth (owned by Bosch Group) have signed a merger agreement in which Bosch Rexroth acquires Elmo’s entire activities, assets and staff. The purchase price was not disclosed, but the Israeli newspaper Calcalist mentioned a tag price of $700 million for the deal. The transaction is subject to antitrust approvals. Elmo Motion Control is based on Petach-Tikva, near Tel Aviv. It develops and produces electrical high-end servo drives and motion controls for industrial automation.

Elmo運(yùn)動(dòng)控制公司和博世力士樂(lè)公司（隸屬于博世集團(tuán)）簽署了一項(xiàng)合并協(xié)議，博世力士樂(lè)公司收購(gòu)Elmo公司的全部活動(dòng)、資產(chǎn)和員工。收購(gòu)價(jià)格沒(méi)有披露，但以色列報(bào)紙Calcalist表示該交易的標(biāo)價(jià)為7億美元。該交易須經(jīng)反壟斷批準(zhǔn)。Elmo運(yùn)動(dòng)控制公司的總部設(shè)在特拉維夫附近的佩塔提科瓦（Petach-Tikva），致力于開(kāi)發(fā)和生產(chǎn)適用于工業(yè)自動(dòng)化領(lǐng)域的電氣高端伺服驅(qū)動(dòng)器和運(yùn)動(dòng)控件。

Elmo is planned to remain as an Israel entity, with local management and retaining the current staff of 330 employees. Bosch said its intentions are to enhance Elmo’s capabilities of developing and manufacturing the most advanced motion and servo control products. “There is continuously growing demand for smart automation and Industry 4.0 solutions,” said Thomas Fechner, Head of the Bosch Rexroth Automation and Electrification Solutions Business Unit. “We are strengthening our portfolio both organically and through acquisitions.”

Elmo公司計(jì)劃繼續(xù)作為一個(gè)以色列實(shí)體，采用本地化管理，并保留現(xiàn)有的330名員工。博世表示，其意圖是加強(qiáng)Elmo公司開(kāi)發(fā)和制造最先進(jìn)的運(yùn)動(dòng)和伺服控制產(chǎn)品的能力。博世力士樂(lè)自動(dòng)化和電氣化解決方案業(yè)務(wù)部負(fù)責(zé)人Thomas Fechner表示：“市場(chǎng)對(duì)智能自動(dòng)化和工業(yè)4.0解決方案的需求與日俱增，我們正在通過(guò)有機(jī)方式以及收購(gòu)來(lái)加強(qiáng)我們的產(chǎn)品組合。”

“Factory automation is a clear focus topic at Bosch Rexroth. Elmo’s technology enables us to integrate drives the size of a smartphone into robots or autonomous transport vehicles, for example,” says Fechner. “Elmo technologies thus open up new fields of application that pose special technological challenges, such as autonomous transport vehicles, service robotics, or the decentralized arrangement of drives in machines.”

“毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，工廠自動(dòng)化是博世力士樂(lè)的一個(gè)發(fā)展重點(diǎn)。Elmo的技術(shù)使我們能夠?qū)⒅悄苁謾C(jī)大小的驅(qū)動(dòng)器集成到機(jī)器人或自動(dòng)運(yùn)輸車輛中。”Fechner說(shuō)，“因此，Elmo技術(shù)開(kāi)辟了新的應(yīng)用領(lǐng)域，可以應(yīng)對(duì)特殊的技術(shù)挑戰(zhàn)，比如自動(dòng)運(yùn)輸車輛、服務(wù)機(jī)器人或機(jī)器驅(qū)動(dòng)器的分散配置。”

Elmo Motion Control specializes in sophisticated, yet compact servo drives and motion control for advanced machines in the segments semiconductor, electronic manufacturing, electrical industry, robotics, medical, automated guided vehicles (AGV), automatic warehousing, and the packaging and food industry. Elmo was founded in 1988 by the CEO and owner Haim Monhait. In addition to the main location in Israel, the company maintains an assembly site in Poland.

Elmo運(yùn)動(dòng)控制公司專門為半導(dǎo)體、電子制造、電氣工業(yè)、機(jī)器人、醫(yī)療、自動(dòng)導(dǎo)引車、自動(dòng)倉(cāng)儲(chǔ)以及包裝和食品工業(yè)等領(lǐng)域的先進(jìn)機(jī)器提供復(fù)雜而緊湊的伺服驅(qū)動(dòng)器和運(yùn)動(dòng)控制。Elmo公司于1988年由首席執(zhí)行官兼所有者Haim Monhait創(chuàng)立。除了在以色列的主工廠外，該公司還在波蘭設(shè)有一個(gè)裝配工廠。