# Hitachi Automation and Kyoto Robotics to merge

Hitachi announced that its subsidiaries Hitachi Automation and Kyoto Robotics will merge on April 1, 2023, to strengthen the robotic SI business in Japan and ASEAN countries. The merger combines Hitachi Automation's front engineering with Kyoto Robotics' intelligent robotic vision systems.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-05-14
- Where: Japan
- Status: announced
- Products: robotic SI, intelligent robotic vision systems
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Hitachi](https://endata.com/companies/1325.md) (partner)
- [Hitachi Automation](https://endata.com/companies/39312.md) (target)
- [Kyoto Robotics Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/39313.md) (target)

## Sources

- [markets.financialcontent.com](https://markets.financialcontent.com/pennwell.industriallaser/article/jcnnewswire-2023-1-30-two-hitachi-group-companies-to-merge-to-expand-robotic-si-business-in-japan-and-asean-countries), 2019-05-14: "Hitachi will expand its ability to comprehensively propose solutions to customers to move forward with the automation and digital transformation of manufacturing and logistics."

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