# Oerlikon acquires AC-Automation for automated fiber production

Oerlikon Manmade Fibers has acquired AC-Automation GmbH & Co. KG, integrating its automation solutions for large-scale systems into its portfolio to offer fully-automated, digitally-networked fiber production.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-10-14
- Where: Bernkastel-Kues, Augsburg, Germany
- Status: announced
- Products: automation solutions for manmade fiber production, robot handling systems, packaging systems, high-bay warehouse solutions
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Oerlikon](https://endata.com/companies/7876.md) (acquirer)
- [AC-Automation GmbH & Co. KG](https://endata.com/companies/18507.md) (target)

## Sources

- [barmag.com](https://www.barmag.com/en/about-us/news/where-the-future-is-coming-together/), 2018-10-14: "With the takeover and integration of the automation solutions from AC-Automation, we are creating new impetus for the manmade fiber business."

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