Wed, 07 May 2025 | BUSINESS SALE
A Macclesfield-based robotics company with additional operations in China and the USA has been acquired by the Global Technologies arm of listed Swedish technology group Mycronic for an undisclosed sum.
RoBAT Limited, which was founded in 2001 and last year recorded net sales of £3 million, is a highly specialist engineering-led manufacturer of robotic machines for quickly and reliably testing PCBs (printed circuit boards) used for hi-tech applications by a range of world-leading companies, including some of the world's largest original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
Mycronic, which is listed on Sweden’s Nasdaq Stockholm exchange, is a developer and manufacturer of production equipment for the electronics industry. The group’s Global Technologies business has an existing line in providing electrical test equipment for bareboard PCBs.
Following the acquisition, RoBAT will form part of Mycronic’s PCB Test business within the group's Global Technologies division. Josh Kleinertz, who leads Mycronic’s PCB Test business line, said that RoBAT’s offering was “very exciting and particularly relevant for AI server applications.”
Magnus Marthinsson, senior vice president of Global Technologies at Mycronic, commented: “Computational power and communication will continue to evolve rapidly. The resulting high-speed applications require PCBs with good high frequency signal quality.”
RoBAT’s shareholders were advised on the sale by Laura McMorland, Charlotte Mills and Nathan Hughes from the Manchester office of law firm Bermans. Laura McMorland said: “It was our pleasure to advise the selling shareholders of RoBAT, a successful north west-headquartered business. We look forward to seeing its continued success in the future under Mycronic ownership.”
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