BERLIN, April 15 (Xinhua) -- German robotics maker KUKA announced on Wednesday that car manufacturer BMW has ordered 5,000 robots for its production lines and factories.
The industrial robots would be used primarily in car body manufacturing at international plants of BMW, according to KUKA.
For more than 40 years, BMW had been using KUKA's automation technology.
"We are delighted by the successful continuation of this partnership," said Peter Mohnen, chief executive officer (CEO) of KUKA.
For 2020, KUKA is expecting a challenging market environment that would be worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The pandemic is presenting society and the economy with entirely new challenges," said Mohnen when presenting the 2019 results in March.
The Chinese MIDEA Group, having completed the takeover of KUKA in 2017, controls 94.55 percent of its shares.
