SKF sells Kaydon velocity controls business for $339m
28 April 2016 SKF is selling its Kaydon velocity control business to Stabilus for $339m. SKF acquired the business as part of the Kaydon Corporation, which it bought… Read More
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Delphi buys HellermannTyton for £1.07bn
30 July 2015 Delphi Automotive is buying the UK-headquartered cable management specialist HellermannTyton Group in a deal that values the business at around £1.07bn ($1.67bn). Delphi’s main interest… Read More
Belt-maker Gates changes hands for $5.4bn
7 April 2014 The Gates Corporation, whose products include industrial belts and fluid power products, has been bought by the private equity group Blackstone for $5.4bn. Gates’ previous… Read More
Expert Group buys Tracoinsa to expand beyond £50m
17 March 2014 The Coventry–based automation systems specialist Expert Group, has acquired Widnes-based Tracoinsa Systems UK, which produces conveyor systems for the automotive sector. Tracoinsa is the fifth… Read More
Global sales of industrial robots hit a new record in 2013
20 February 2014 The global demand for industrial robots reached an all-time-high in 2013, with around 168,000 being sold, according to the latest statistics from the International Federation… Read More
UK robot sales dropped by 7% during 2013
17 February 2014 The number of industrial robots sold in the UK during 2013 fell slightly from 2012 when a record number of 2,476 were sold. During 2013,… Read More
€1.4bn deal adds Goodyear Engineered brand to ContiTech
10 February 2014 The German automotive and power transmission giant Continental is buying Veyance Technologies – which sells products under the Goodyear Engineered Products brand – for around… Read More
12 billion non-industrial motors set to ship by 2018
21 November 2013 Global sales of electric motors for non-industrial applications – from domestic appliances to cars – will grow from 9.8 billion in 2012 to 12 billion… Read More
£20m Cosworth plant will use ‘unique’ manufacturing system
8 November 2013 The automotive engineering and manufacturing group, Cosworth, has announced plans to open a factory based on a state-of-the-art flexible manufacturing system (FMS) that, it says,… Read More
Q2 robot sales came close to the total for 2011
26 July 2013 Sales of robots in the UK during the second quarter of 2013 were more than double those in the first quarter and almost as large… Read More
