- CEO
- Peter Mohnen
- Full Time Employees
- 15,064
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Industrial - Machinery
- Address
- Zugspitzstrasse 140 Augsburg Germany 86165
- IPO Date
- Aug 15, 2012
- Business
- KUKA SE & Co. KGaA (formerly KUKA AG) is a Germany-based manufacturer and supplier of intelligent automation solutions, including industrial robots, autonomous mobile robots (AMR), robot controllers, software, cloud-based digital services, and fully connected production systems; it also provides plant engineering through KUKA Systems, intralogistics automation via Swisslog, hospital and pharmacy automation through Swisslog Healthcare, and KUKA Digital solutions featuring software from Visual Components and Device Insight. The company serves industries such as automotive (with emphasis on e-mobility and battery production), electronics, metal and plastic, consumer goods, food, e-commerce, retail, and healthcare, targeting automotive manufacturers including BMW, GM, Chrysler, Ford, Volvo, Volkswagen, Hyundai, and Daimler AG, as well as aerospace firms like Airbus and Siemens. Founded in 1898 by Johann Josef Keller and Jakob Knappich as an acetylene gas plant in Augsburg, Germany, where it maintains headquarters, KUKA operates in more than 50 countries through over 100 locations, with major sites in Germany, USA, China, and Hungary; it employs around 15,000 people and generates annual sales of approximately EUR 3.7-4 billion. KUKA is a subsidiary of China's Midea Group Co., Ltd., which acquired it in 2016. In recent developments, KUKA converted from KUKA AG to KUKA SE & Co. KGaA effective October 10, 2025, following approval by its general meeting; it announced a partnership with Viam in April 2024 to integrate Viam's software platform with KUKA robotic arms for enhanced control, programming, data analytics, and smart automation, debuting at KUKA Connexions 2024; the company launched the KR FORTEC industrial robot and KUKA.MixedReality software in 2024, alongside AI-powered developments; and reported first-quarter 2025 growth in orders, sales, and EBIT despite a challenging 2024 fiscal year with order intake at EUR 4.1 billion and sales at EUR 3.7 billion.