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Top in customer orientation and product innovationIn competition with other companies, the Augsburg-based manufacturerhas set new standards in terms of customer orientation and productinnovation – as acknowledged by the verdict of the judges. In thesecategories, the automation specialist is unrivaled. During a tour of the plant,the inspection committee was also able to see that the criteria were amplymet in the areas of order, cleanliness, visualization and standardization.KUKA Roboter combines practical customer requirements with state-of-thearttechnology. Close worldwide cooperation with academic and researchinstitutes ensures that KUKA and its customers maintain an edge over thecompetition in terms of process technology. Two first prizes testify to thefact that what is standard at KUKA Roboter constitutes “best practice” formany others. KUKA thus sets the standards for others to live up to.KUKA quality comes out on topKUKA has been leaving its mark on the world of robotics for 35 years withimportant research projects, technological developments and successfulproduct designs. The result for the leader in innovation has been a richharvest of awards over the past few years. Winning the MX Award isparticular acknowledgement of the efficacy of the company as a whole. Thecompany’s motivation and goal is to provide its customers added value inservice, quality and performance with each and every product. Once again,striving towards this goal has resulted in another prestigious accolade forthe Augsburg-based manufacturer, one that emphatically demonstrates thatKUKA Roboter GmbH sets standards.About KUKA Nordic ABKUKA Nordic AB is a supplier of flexible, robot-based automation systems for the automotive,aerospace, solar and manufacturing industries and has core competencies in the development,production and sale of industrial robots, controllers, software and linear units. KUKA Nordic AB isbased in Göteborg and is a subsidariary of KUKA Systems GmbH and KUKA Roboter GmbH, bothbased in Augsburg, Germany, with combined more than 5.500 employees worldwide. In 2007, KUKASystems generated sales of over EUR 900 million, KUKA Roboter EUR 413 million.- 2 -