In summer, the roads of France once again belong to the professional cyclists. In 21 stages, the Tour de France rolls through various departments, including the agricultural regions of Brittany, Bourgogne or Auvergne.
Swisslog, a global leader in robotic and data driven solutions for intralogistics, has won an order to deliver an innovative storage and order picking system for Siemens Mobility AG. The company, which is active in the areas of rail vehicles and rail automation solutions, will move into its new materials and spare parts warehouse in Wallisellen, Zurich in the coming months.
CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the capital stock of Raven Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: RAVN), a US-based leader in precision agriculture technology for US$58 per share, representing a 33.6% premium to the Raven Industries 4-week volume-weighted average stock price, and US$2.1 billion Enterprise Value.
With a versatile range of automation components for demanding applications, SCHUNK will be attending this year's Automatica, which will take place as a purely digital event, the "automatica sprint", from June 22 to 24, 2021.