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Midea makes offer to raise stake in German robot maker Kuka

Published Thu, Jun 16, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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MIDEA Group Co, China's biggest appliance manufacturer, began a tender offer to raise its stake in Kuka AG that values the industrial robot maker at 4.6 billion euros (S$6.9 billion) and has provoked calls from within the German government for an alternative European investor.

Midea is offering 115 euros a share, contingent on it being able to increase its stake to at least 30 per cent, the Foshan, China-…

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