凱斯紐荷蘭工業集團收購機器視覺公司Augmenta

2023-03-14 10:00 8475

更加智能的農業用噴藥機，為農民帶來更大收益

倫敦2023年3月14日 /美通社/ -- 凱斯紐荷蘭工業集團收購了Augmenta，加速發展創新的“感知與執行”技術。Augmenta是凱斯紐荷蘭工業集團投資部門此前的一個投資項目，同時也是公司的戰略合作伙伴。

Augmenta 感知與執行技術

“我們與Augmenta的合作為客戶的經營帶來了越來越多的效益。最初是看好他們的潛力進行少數股權投資，發展至今，我們決定將在噴藥機產品上應用這項經過驗證的優秀技術。” 凱斯紐荷蘭工業集團農業機械總裁Derek Neilson表示。“這是我們農業機械業務的一項重要的進展，將通過增值科技，實現設備的差異化，為經銷商提供進一步支持。”

“Augmenta的技術將加速我們更廣泛的‘感知與執行’能力的發展，為客戶創造價值，”首席數字產品官Parag Garg說。“感知與執行”任務基于噴藥過程中通過傳感器檢測數據，將精準的植保解決方案應用在作物中，無論在收獲前或是收獲后。這項科技為噴藥設備賦予了選擇性噴灑的能力，使其進行精確引導和調節噴藥量。

凱斯Augmenta應用

Augmenta在這一領域的業務包括開發多光譜攝像頭和軟件，對設備作業環境進行監控，并且直接通過設備執行精準植保方案。這可為我們的客戶提高產量，減少不必要的農藥和化肥投入，促進可持續發展，最重要的是，減少噴藥的時間、精力和投入成本。節約除草劑、殺菌劑、植物生長調節劑和肥料，是這項技術的最大價值池。

紐荷蘭Augmenta應用

Augmenta的業務將在Raven品牌下開展，構成我們精準科技產品組合的子系列之一，它將保留其在希臘和美國的現有員工和辦公室。凱斯紐荷蘭將以1.1億美元企業價值收購Augmenta Holding SAS，該價值可按慣例進行調整。在宣布該交易前，凱斯紐荷蘭工業集團已持有該公司10.5%的少數股權，并將以可用現金完成本次交易。交易預計在2023年第一季度完成，取決于滿足通常的交割條件并獲得監管機構的批準。

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凱斯紐荷蘭工業集團（NYSE: CNHI /MI：CNHI）是一家世界一流的設備和服務公司。在以創新、可持續和生產力為中心的公司宗旨——開辟新天地的推動下，公司為旗下全球性以及地區品牌提供戰略方向、研發能力和投資，促使他們獲得成功：在全球市場，凱斯農業機械和紐荷蘭農業機械提供360°全方位的農業應用，從設備到農機具再到增強其能力的數字技術，一應俱全；凱斯工程機械和紐荷蘭工程機械提供全系工程機械產品，促使行業提升生產力。區域性市場品牌包括：斯太爾，農用拖拉機； Raven，農業數字化、精準技術以及無人駕駛系統開發領域的領導者； Flexi-Coil，耕作和播種農機具系統；Miller，植保機械； Kongskilde，提供耕作、播種以及牧草、青貯機械； Eurocomach，為工程行業提供各種小型和中型挖掘機，包括電動解決方案。在跨越兩個多世紀的歷史中，凱斯紐荷蘭工業集團一直是行業先行者，滿懷熱忱地不斷堅持創新，推動客戶提升效率，收獲成功。作為一家名副其實的全球化公司，凱斯紐荷蘭工業集團擁有 37,000 多名員工，形成了多元包容的企業文化，專注于以客戶為中心，支持他們發展和建設更美好的世界。