Norwegian robotics firm AutoStore has failed to persuade the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board to reexamine Ocado’s robot-operated warehouse system patent.
Robotics firm AutoStore said on Friday its planned stock market listing could value the SoftBank-backed company at up to 103 billion Norwegian crowns ($12.0 billion), making it the biggest in Norway for two decades.
Tenk at en bedrift i den lille bygda Nedre Vats med 400 innbyggere er verdsatt til 65 milliarder. Konsernsjef Karl Johan Lier mener vi bare har sett begynnelsen på industrieventyret.
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SoftBank Group Corp. will acquire 40% shares of Norwegian robotics and software firm AutoStore AS for $2.8 billion. | AFP-JIJI
Kyodo Apr 6, 2021
New York – Norwegian robotics and software firm AutoStore AS said Monday that Japanese investment giant SoftBank Group Corp. will acquire 40% of its shares for $2.8 billion.
SoftBank Group will buy AutoStore shares from private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners and other shareholders, aiming to close the deal later in the month, the Norwegian company said.