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KUKA and HOMAG: strategic partners for the woodworking industry

The goal is the joint development of automated solutions for the wood processing industry.

22 March 2018

The KUKA Group is represented around the world with its products and services for a wide range of industries: from the automotive industry and the electronics sector to the healthcare sector to name just a few examples.

KUKA and HOMAG – together for the wood processing industry 

KUKA has now entered into a strategic partnership with the HOMAG Group – the world’s leading supplier of integrated solutions for production in the wood processing industry. The objective of the partnership is intensive cooperation in global development projects. Two projects have already been launched in China and Germany. The focus is also on the sale of automated solutions for the global wood processing market.
Stefan Lampa (r.), CEO KUKA Industries division, and Pekka Paasivaara, CEO HOMAG Group, signed the Memorandum of Understanding.

Know-how from the worlds of automation and the wood processing industry united

Both companies mutually benefit from each other’s know-how. KUKA brings great experience in the field of robotics and automation into the partnership. The HOMAG Group has extensive knowledge of the processes in the wood processing industry.

We are very proud that HOMAG has chosen KUKA as a strategic partner for the automation of its world-leading wood processing machines.

Stefan Lampa, CEO KUKA Industries division
Cristian Reiter, Head of the Automation Technology Business Unit of the HOMAG Group, adds: “As a result of the partnership with KUKA, we can offer our customers around the world even more comprehensive integrated robotic solutions from a single source.”