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- Grupo KUO, S.A.B. de C.V. (KUOA.MX) is a Mexico-based industrial and commercial holding company that manufactures and sells consumer products, chemical products, plastics, and automotive parts through subsidiaries in Mexico, the United States, Spain, Belgium, and China. The company operates across three main segments: Consumption, which encompasses the production and distribution of processed foods, beverages, and pork meat including brands such as Kekén, Maxicarne, and joint ventures like Herdez Del Fuerte for guacamole and related products; Chemical, which produces synthetic rubber, polymers, and plastics through entities like Resirene, S.A. de C.V.; and Automotive, which supplies transmissions, pistons, brakes, bearings, gaskets, valves, water pumps, and aftermarket components under brands including Tremec, Negromex, IEAMR, Vehyco, Autopar, SelloV, Autopar Drive Train, Autopar Brakes, BioCeramic, and TSP. Incorporated in 1973 and headquartered at Paseo de los Tamarindos 400-B, Piso 31, Bosques de las Lomas, Mexico City, the company exports to over 70 countries and employs approximately 22,450 people across six strategic business units focused on pork meat, synthetic rubber, plastics, transmissions, and aftermarket parts. Recent developments include the sale of its automotive aftermarket distributor Dacomsa, S.A. de C.V., along with subsidiaries Kuo Motor and Fritec, to Frasle Mobility for approximately $389 million in 2024, streamlining its automotive operations; and strategic partnerships such as the exclusive distribution agreement with Realbotix Corp for AI-powered humanoid robots in Spain and Portugal effective August 2025, leveraging KUO's security expertise, as well as a collaboration with GDU Tech for drone-based security solutions in Spain announced in 2025.