Corporate structure of KUKA Group
KUKA is one of the world’s leading specialists in automation. We offer our customers in many different industries the full range of products and services from a single source: from the robot component to manufacturing cells, turnkey systems and networked production with the aid of cloud-based IT tools.
In order to optimize our support for you to maximize your added value, we have bundled our extensive automation and digitization expertise in five business segments. Discover KUKA’s corporate structure on this page.
Systems
It is our passion to sustainably automate the manufacturing processes and shape the dynamic, technological change within the automotive and aerospace industry. As one of the world’s leading suppliers of automated production and assembly solutions the KUKA business segment Systems is your reliable specialist for innovative joining and forming processes for a wide range of materials.
Our core competencies are efficient Body-in-White joining processes, bonding and paint shop solutions and the final assembly of engines, e-drivelines, battery packs and modules as well as the transmission assembly.
For a highly flexible and scalable production we are developing and integrating autonomous guided vehicle systems. Moreover, we provide intelligent IIoT and virtual commissioning solutions for a profitable digital change of your industrial business. We are continuously developing our core business, creating technological innovations like human robot collaboration solutions and offering customer benefits as well as individual and innovative solutions.
From engineering, project management and systems implementation through to after-sales service – we are focused on our customers’ needs and best-in-class automation solutions.
Robotics
The core component for automating production processes is provided by the Robotics division: Industrial, collaborative and autonomous mobile robots (AMR) – combined with the robot controller, the appropriate software and digital services for each phase of the customer journey. The broad product portfolio – from traditional 6-axis robots to DELTA and SCARA robots – covers payload ranges from three to 1,300 kilograms. Robotics also offers a wide range of services. Customers can, for example, pursue technical training and continuing education from KUKA Colleges at more than 30 locations worldwide.
KUKA Robotics is continuously expanding its range of products in order to be able to offer suitable solutions to customers from a wide range of industries – particularly in markets such as automotive, with a focus on e-mobility & battery, electronics, metal & plastics, consumer goods, e-commerce, retail and healthcare. KUKA also offers small and medium-sized companies a simple and economical point of entry into automation. Research and development plays an important role here. The trend is towards robots that are easy to program, that can be used flexibly and that can be easily integrated and networked. When supplemented with KUKA’s offer in the AMR sector, robots become flexible and intelligent assistants in production.
Swisslog
Swisslog is shaping the future of logistics automation and transforming our customers’ order fulfillment and production operations to achieve maximum efficiency, flexibility and agility.
Our digital and robotics innovation means our automation solutions are always future-ready. By understanding and analyzing your data, we optimize the performance of your operation.
Our complete solutions include consulting, concept studies, project implementation, lifetime customer support, best-in-class technologies and warehouse management software, all tailored to the specific requirements of your business.
Focal points of Swisslog: Automated storage and retrieval system for pallets and small loads, conveying and transportation for an efficient flow of materials, auxiliary picking techniques for inventory management, picking principles such as person-to-goods, zone-to-zone and goods-to-person, fully automated robot-based picking solutions, modular and intelligent warehouse management software as well as end-to-end supply chain with urban fulfillment concepts.
Swisslog Healthcare
Swisslog Healthcare delivers material transport and medication management solutions that increase efficiency and enhance the patient experience in forward-thinking hospitals and health systems. Our solutions create space for the limited time resources of care professionals and enable them to be where they are needed most: With the patients.
Our product portfolio covers all steps of inpatient and outpatient medication management in hospitals.
We are one of the leading global providers for both automation solutions for pharmacies and hospital logistics. These core technologies are networked through comprehensive software and analytics solutions.
China
With all four business segments in China, KUKA China is speeding up business in this dynamic market. The new production site in in Shunde, located in the South of China and a market-tailored product portfolio for Asia offers potential for global growth.
