No. KUKA is owned by Midea. In November 2022 a Midea holding company took over the shares of all remaining minority shareholders, who received €80.77 per share in cash.
KUKA was founded in Augsburg, Germany, in 1898 and is still headquartered there. KUKA says its group has about 14,500 employees, €3.9 billion in sales and operations in more than 50 countries.
KUKA's portfolio covers industrial automation, intralogistics and warehouse automation. It lists industrial robots, autonomous mobile robots, production machines and software as its product groups.
In production, KUKA's industrial robot families range from collaborative arms with 3 to 15 kg payload (LBR iisy) to heavy-duty arms. KUKA lists KR QUANTEC applications including welding, palletizing, laser cutting, quality inspection and coating.
For material flow, KUKA offers autonomous mobile robots, including top-loading transport platforms and robotic forklifts, plus fleet management software that coordinates transport jobs. KUKA says its robots navigate with SLAM mapping.
Products
KR QUANTEC
A series of 6-axis industrial robots with payloads of 120 to 300 kg, used for handling, welding, palletizing and machining, according to KUKA.
LBR iisy
A collaborative robot with joint torque sensors in every axis and payloads of 3 to 15 kg, used for machine tending, assembly and material handling, according to KUKA.
Autonomous mobile robots (KMP series)
Mobile transport robots that navigate with lidar, cameras and safety sensors, for intralogistics and material transport, according to KUKA.
Funding and ownership history
Date
Event
Amount
Valuation
Source
Nov 8, 2022
Midea takes over all remaining shares (squeeze-out)
Valuations marked "press report" come from the named outlet, not from KUKA.
Where KUKA is deployed
GSI Ceramica, Civita Castellana, Italy: GSI Ceramica runs 40 KUKA KR QUANTEC and KR IONTEC robots in the casting, finishing, glazing and internal transport departments of its sanitaryware factory. production · Vendor-reported · May 4, 2026
TPV Displays Polska, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland: A fleet of 22 KUKA KMP 1500P autonomous mobile robots moves TV panels and components between the warehouse and ten assembly lines at the Gorzów Wielkopolski TV plant. production · Vendor-reported · Apr 1, 2026
Krone, Werlte, Germany: At its Werlte plant, KRONE uses KUKA KMP 1500P autonomous mobile robots to deliver compressed air tanks to welding cells where KUKA handling and welding robots process them. production · Vendor-reported · Sep 3, 2025
Krone, Ibbenbüren, Germany: In the greenfield factory in Ibbenbüren, built by KRONE subsidiary GTS, nine KUKA welding and handling robots work with autonomous mobile robots to make welded assemblies for agricultural machinery. production · Vendor-reported · Sep 3, 2025
Formetal: Formetal uses KUKA autonomous mobile robots, coordinated by KUKA.AMR Fleet software, to bring furniture panels to a KUKA robotic palletizer that builds mixed-product pallets. production · Vendor-reported · Jun 12, 2025
backaldrin, Asten, Austria: backaldrin replaced a more than 30-year-old palletizing system for canisters of baking agents at its Asten site with a KUKA KR IONTEC robot. production · Vendor-reported · May 9, 2025
HASE Kaminofenbau, Trier, Germany: Stove maker HASE welds unfinished stoves with two KUKA KR CYBERTECH nano robots on a linear unit and programs every welding sequence offline on a digital twin in KUKA.Sim. production · Vendor-reported · Apr 17, 2025
All deployments · Only projects with a named customer and a public source are listed.
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