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for pallets and automation is growing more slowly
than e-commerce, and Dematic has a leading presence in a
market that is growing more quickly than the forklift mar-
ket,” Reiser said in an interview. “Also, Dematic is pretty
entrenched in North America and in Asia, which have had
faster growth than Europe in recent years. So you combine
faster-growing technology and faster-growing regions, and
this is pretty attractive for Kion.”
Buying Dematic allows Kion to gain a foothold in “each”
and case handling, which are higher-growth areas than
Kion’s foundation sectors of forklifts and pallet-level mate-
rial handling, Reiser said. Dematic shifted its resources
away from metal-based mechatronics toward high-value
intelligence in recent years as it sought to reinforce its pres-
ence in the fast-growing sector of retail fulfillment, he said.

“Dematic has a strong control layer with optimization software, which is a differentiating quality when a business is automating a warehouse, so that provides Kion with high-value intellectual property,” Reiser said. Kion itself cited similar reasons for its purchase in February of U.S. systems integrator Retrotech for $40 million.

Once the Dematic deal closes, Kion plans to combine Dematic and Retrotech in a new operating unit led by current Dematic CEO Ulf Henriksson.

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