Japan's Omron to Buy US Industrial PC Firm Onlogic for $675 Million in Physical AI Push

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• Japan's Omron agreed to acquire Onlogic, a US maker of industrial PCs, and its parent company Interlogic, for a total of $675 million, according to Investing.com. Interlogic will become a wholly owned Omron subsidiary while Onlogic continues to operate as an independent business, retaining its brand and current management.
• Omron said the deal is aimed at developing physical AI services within its industrial automation business, combining its precision control technology with Onlogic's industrial PCs to build a physical AI platform and expand its US customer base. The deal was announced Tuesday, Tokyo time; Omron noted its US robotics subsidiary struck a collaboration agreement with Italian automation firm Comau in May.

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