凱斯紐荷蘭工業(yè)集團(tuán)收購(gòu)機(jī)器視覺(jué)公司Augmenta

更加智能的農(nóng)業(yè)用噴藥機(jī)，為農(nóng)民帶來(lái)更大收益

倫敦2023年3月14日 /美通社/ -- 凱斯紐荷蘭工業(yè)集團(tuán)收購(gòu)了Augmenta，加速發(fā)展創(chuàng)新的“感知與執(zhí)行”技術(shù)。Augmenta是凱斯紐荷蘭工業(yè)集團(tuán)投資部門(mén)此前的一個(gè)投資項(xiàng)目，同時(shí)也是公司的戰(zhàn)略合作伙伴。

“我們與Augmenta的合作為客戶(hù)的經(jīng)營(yíng)帶來(lái)了越來(lái)越多的效益。最初是看好他們的潛力進(jìn)行少數(shù)股權(quán)投資，發(fā)展至今，我們決定將在噴藥機(jī)產(chǎn)品上應(yīng)用這項(xiàng)經(jīng)過(guò)驗(yàn)證的優(yōu)秀技術(shù)。” 凱斯紐荷蘭工業(yè)集團(tuán)農(nóng)業(yè)機(jī)械總裁Derek Neilson表示。“這是我們農(nóng)業(yè)機(jī)械業(yè)務(wù)的一項(xiàng)重要的進(jìn)展，將通過(guò)增值科技，實(shí)現(xiàn)設(shè)備的差異化，為經(jīng)銷(xiāo)商提供進(jìn)一步支持。”

“Augmenta的技術(shù)將加速我們更廣泛的‘感知與執(zhí)行’能力的發(fā)展，為客戶(hù)創(chuàng)造價(jià)值，”首席數(shù)字產(chǎn)品官Parag Garg說(shuō)。“感知與執(zhí)行”任務(wù)基于噴藥過(guò)程中通過(guò)傳感器檢測(cè)數(shù)據(jù)，將精準(zhǔn)的植保解決方案應(yīng)用在作物中，無(wú)論在收獲前或是收獲后。這項(xiàng)科技為噴藥設(shè)備賦予了選擇性噴灑的能力，使其進(jìn)行精確引導(dǎo)和調(diào)節(jié)噴藥量。  

Augmenta在這一領(lǐng)域的業(yè)務(wù)包括開(kāi)發(fā)多光譜攝像頭和軟件，對(duì)設(shè)備作業(yè)環(huán)境進(jìn)行監(jiān)控，并且直接通過(guò)設(shè)備執(zhí)行精準(zhǔn)植保方案。這可為我們的客戶(hù)提高產(chǎn)量，減少不必要的農(nóng)藥和化肥投入，促進(jìn)可持續(xù)發(fā)展，最重要的是，減少?lài)娝幍臅r(shí)間、精力和投入成本。節(jié)約除草劑、殺菌劑、植物生長(zhǎng)調(diào)節(jié)劑和肥料，是這項(xiàng)技術(shù)的最大價(jià)值池。

Augmenta的業(yè)務(wù)將在Raven品牌下開(kāi)展，構(gòu)成我們精準(zhǔn)科技產(chǎn)品組合的子系列之一，它將保留其在希臘和美國(guó)的現(xiàn)有員工和辦公室。凱斯紐荷蘭將以1.1億美元企業(yè)價(jià)值收購(gòu)Augmenta Holding SAS，該價(jià)值可按慣例進(jìn)行調(diào)整。在宣布該交易前，凱斯紐荷蘭工業(yè)集團(tuán)已持有該公司10.5%的少數(shù)股權(quán)，并將以可用現(xiàn)金完成本次交易。交易預(yù)計(jì)在2023年第一季度完成，取決于滿(mǎn)足通常的交割條件并獲得監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)的批準(zhǔn)。

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凱斯紐荷蘭工業(yè)集團(tuán)（NYSE: CNHI /MI：CNHI）是一家世界一流的設(shè)備和服務(wù)公司。在以創(chuàng)新、可持續(xù)和生產(chǎn)力為中心的公司宗旨——開(kāi)辟新天地的推動(dòng)下，公司為旗下全球性以及地區(qū)品牌提供戰(zhàn)略方向、研發(fā)能力和投資，促使他們獲得成功：在全球市場(chǎng)，凱斯農(nóng)業(yè)機(jī)械和紐荷蘭農(nóng)業(yè)機(jī)械提供360°全方位的農(nóng)業(yè)應(yīng)用，從設(shè)備到農(nóng)機(jī)具再到增強(qiáng)其能力的數(shù)字技術(shù)，一應(yīng)俱全；凱斯工程機(jī)械和紐荷蘭工程機(jī)械提供全系工程機(jī)械產(chǎn)品，促使行業(yè)提升生產(chǎn)力。區(qū)域性市場(chǎng)品牌包括：斯太爾，農(nóng)用拖拉機(jī)； Raven，農(nóng)業(yè)數(shù)字化、精準(zhǔn)技術(shù)以及無(wú)人駕駛系統(tǒng)開(kāi)發(fā)領(lǐng)域的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者； Flexi-Coil，耕作和播種農(nóng)機(jī)具系統(tǒng)；Miller，植保機(jī)械； Kongskilde，提供耕作、播種以及牧草、青貯機(jī)械； Eurocomach，為工程行業(yè)提供各種小型和中型挖掘機(jī)，包括電動(dòng)解決方案。在跨越兩個(gè)多世紀(jì)的歷史中，凱斯紐荷蘭工業(yè)集團(tuán)一直是行業(yè)先行者，滿(mǎn)懷熱忱地不斷堅(jiān)持創(chuàng)新，推動(dòng)客戶(hù)提升效率，收獲成功。作為一家名副其實(shí)的全球化公司，凱斯紐荷蘭工業(yè)集團(tuán)擁有 37,000 多名員工，形成了多元包容的企業(yè)文化，專(zhuān)注于以客戶(hù)為中心，支持他們發(fā)展和建設(shè)更美好的世界。

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