Klaus König

Mr. Klaus König, COO of KUKA AG, spoke on the topic "Robots manufacture robots".

Mr. Klaus König has been Chief Operating Officer of KUKA AG since 2017 and CEO of KUKA Deutschland GmbH in the Robotics business segment since July 2018. Prior to this, he held various management positions at Kautex Textron GmbH, most recently as Executive Vice President of Operations Industrialization/New Product Introduction. Mr. König completed his studies in mechanical engineering at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen in 1997.

KUKA is an international automation group headquartered in Augsburg, Germany, with sales of around EUR 3.5 billion and around 14,200 employees. As one of the world's leading suppliers of intelligent automation solutions, KUKA offers customers everything from a single source: from components and cells to fully automated systems in the strategic markets of automotive, aerospace, electronics, metal, consumer goods, healthcare and e-commerce/retail. Peter Mohnen has been CEO of KUKA AG since 2018. The Chinese group Midea has been the new majority owner since 2017.

As one of the world's leading automation specialists, KUKA plays a central role in the implementation of Industry 4.0. The aim is to support customers with comprehensive automation and digitalization expertise in optimizing their value creation. In the course of Industry 4.0, the focus is on the digital networking of production, flexible manufacturing concepts and new business models. With decades of experience in automation, process expertise and cloud-based services, KUKA gives its customers a head start.

Status: Beginning of 2019