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April 24,2019—Hitachi announced that it entered into a definitive contract for the acquisition of the robotic SI business mainly operated by an American headquartered company,JR Automation Technologies,from funds managed by Crestview Partners(“Crestview”).Subject to the terms and conditions of the contract,Hitachi will acquire JR Automation,which builds production lines and logistics systems using industrial robots.As a result of this acquisition,Hitachi will enter the robotic SI business in North America.The acquisition is expected to be executed by the end of 2019,subject to the satisfaction of certain regulatory and other customary closing conditions.

2019年4月24日——日立宣布与Crestview Partners管理的基金公司签订了一份收购机器人系统集成业务的最终合同，该业务主要由总部位于美国的JR Automation Technologies公司运营。根据合同的条款，日立将收购JR Automation，后者使用工业机器人建造生产线和物流系统。通过此次收购，日立将进入北美的机器人系统集成业务。此收购预计将于2019年底执行，但须满足某些监管和其他惯例成交条件。