Daihen announced to acquire all the shares of Rolan Robotics, a robot system integrator (SIer) of the Netherlands, in order to expand its robot business in Europe. The amount of investment is not disclosed. The shares were transferred on April 5.

Rolan Robotics is a SIer established in 2001 and is now headquartered in Zwaag of the Netherlands. The latest sales of the company amounted to about 1.05 billion yen (2023). Having a competitive feature in designing automation systems to process metals including arc welding, it has lots of experiences in the medium-sized systems for agricultural and construction equipment. 　

Daihen posts a slogan to reinforce its welding and robot business in Europe. Starting with the establishment of Daihen Europe in 1983, Daihen bought Varstroj of Slovenian welding machine manufacturer, and system integrators like LASOtech Systems of Germany and Fem Tech. Then it was followed by the acquisition of Lorch of German welding machine manufacturer in last year. Daihen has positively been developing activities of M&A in Europe.
With a series of acquisitions including Rolan Robotics at this time, Daihen is going to enrich the lineup of the robot system ranging from the large-scaled systems for the major automobile manufacturers tocs the medium or less scaled systems like general industrial machines, so that it can cope with any needs for automation in Europe. 　

Daihen once posted a sales target of 20 billion yen to attain in the welding machine and robot business in Europe by the end of 2026 following the acquisition of Lorch. However, now that the company has affiliated Rolan Robotics now, it is now reconsidered to bring forward the target one year earlier to accomplish the plan within 2025.