# Sumitomo Heavy Industries acquires Persimmon Technologies

Sumitomo Heavy Industries has acquired Wakefield, Massachusetts-based Persimmon Technologies, adding vacuum robotics and Hybrid-Field electric motor technology to its portfolio.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-04-12
- Where: Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: vacuum robots, Hybrid-Field electric motors, cryopumps, XY stages, gear reducers
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Sumitomo Heavy Industries](https://endata.com/companies/1271.md) (acquirer)
- [Persimmon Technologies](https://endata.com/companies/1272.md) (target)

## Sources

- [roboticstomorrow.com](https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/news/2017/04/12/persimmon-technologies-a-provider-of-vacuum-robotics-and-hybrid-field-electric-motor-technology-acquired-by-sumitomo-heavy-industries/9881), 2017-04-12: "Persimmon Technologies of Wakefield, MA announced it has been acquired by Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI)."

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