A bid for a robot maker faces mounting political opposition in Berlin and Brussels over fears the deal will deliver some of Germany’s most critical industrial know-how into Chinese hands.
Midea, an appliance maker based in Guangdong province, last month launched a €4.5bn offer for Kuka, which makes robots used by the carmakers Audi and BMW, and the US aircraft manufacturer Boeing.
Politicians fear technology seen as central to Germany’s “fourth industrial revolution” will end up in China. Kuka is a leading light in the “Industrie 4.0” drive to digitise industrial processes and create fully automated and networked factories.
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