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Advanced Integration Acquires KUKA Systems’ North American Aerospace Division

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, May 19th, 2017

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Advanced Integration Technology in April completed the acquisition of KUKA’s Systems U.S. aerospace division, strengthening its robotics solutions capabilities for customers in the aerospace and defense space.Terms of the deal, which was first announced in December 2016, were not disclosed. The acquisition satisfies requirements of U.S. regulators related to the sale of Germany-based KUKA AG to China’s Midea.KUKA Aerospace North America is based in Michigan and provides robotic technologies used in aerospace assembly. Its customers include Textron’s [TXT] Bell division, Boeing [BA], General Dynamics’ [GD] Gulfstream business jet…

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