# Doosan Group to merge Doosan Bobcat with Doosan Robotics

Doosan Group approved a governance restructuring plan to split Doosan Bobcat from Doosan Energy and merge it with Doosan Robotics. The merger aims to combine Doosan Bobcat's small construction machinery business with Doosan Robotics' cooperative robot business.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2024-07-11
- Where: South Korea
- Status: announced
- Products: small construction machinery, cooperative robots
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Doosan](https://endata.com/companies/4295.md)
- [Doosan](https://endata.com/companies/4295.md) (partner)
- [Doosan Enerbility](https://endata.com/companies/9315.md) (partner)
- [Doosan Bobcat](https://endata.com/companies/11956.md) (target)
- [Doosan Energy](https://endata.com/companies/65369.md) (partner)
- [Doosan Robotics](https://endata.com/companies/69914.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [mk.co.kr](https://www.mk.co.kr/en/business/11065001), 2024-07-11: "Doosan Group will merge Doosan Bobcat with Doosan Robotics after splitting it from Doosan Energy."
- [kedglobal.com](https://www.kedglobal.com/corporate-restructuring/newsView/ked202407210002), 2024-07-21: "Once the merger with Doosan Robotics takes place, it will expand into other fields."
- [kedglobal.com](https://www.kedglobal.com/corporate_restructuring/newsView/ked202407210002), 2024-07-21: "Construction machinery companies are making every effort to incorporate autonomous driving and AI technology into their products, but Doosan Bobcat seemed to be at a standstill."
- [equipmentworld.com](https://www.equipmentworld.com/business/article/15680230/bobcat-to-merge-with-doosan-robotics-in-corporate-restructure), 2024-07-24: "Doosan Bobcat, which has achieved growth through consistent business expansion, will venture into robot industry of high growth potential, capturing new growth … and accelerating technological innovation in legacy products."
- [machineryasia.org](https://machineryasia.org/bobcat-plans-merger-with-doosan-robotics-to-advance-autonomous-machines), 2024-07-24: "Doosan Bobcat, which has achieved growth through consistent business expansion, will venture into robot industry of high growth potential, capturing new growth … and accelerating technological innovation in legacy products."
- [equipmentindia.com](https://equipmentindia.com/construction-machinery-news/top-equipment-news/webexclusive/Bobcat-plans-merger-with-Doosan-Robotics-to-boost-autonomous-machines/129526), 2024-08-06: "Bobcat will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Doosan Robotics by the end of the year."
- [equipmentfinancenews.com](https://equipmentfinancenews.com/news/dealer-operations/doosan-group-to-merge-bobcat-doosan-robotics/), 2024-08-06: "Doosan Bobcat plans to leverage Doosan Robotics’ software and robotization technology to accelerate and secure continued competitiveness in the industrial equipment market"
- [constructionworld.in](https://www.constructionworld.in/heavy-construction-equipment/bobcat-plans-merger-with-doosan-robotics-to-boost-autonomous-machines/60333/), 2024-08-07: "Bobcat is advancing its automation efforts through a merger with Doosan Robotics, facilitated by a restructuring of its parent company, Doosan Group."

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