Today VINCI Energies announces that it acquired the engineering activities of RCO Mechatronics inTilburg. The specialized mechatronics and robotics expertise of RCO Mechatronics strengthens the VINCI Energies Industry portfolio in the manufacturing industry.

RCO Mechatronics specializes in the design, development, and production of standardized and customer-specific robot and cobot applications and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of material handling and robotic palletizing in the FMCG market. RCO Mechatronics has its own line of standardized SRP cobot / robot palletizing systems and machines.

Rob Coenraads, director of RCO Mechatronics: “Becoming part of a larger organization is a logical step to allow our company to grow further and to continue to offer innovative solutions to our customers. We regularly collaborated successfully on projects with Actemium. It is great that we can now serve the market together.”

Eric Cissen, Perimeter Director at VINCI Energies: “The knowledge and expertise of RCO Mechatronics is complementary to our existing industrial multidisciplinary system integration portfolio. Together we can provide our customers even more effectively with innovative solutions. I am incredibly pleased to welcome RCO Mechatronics and its employees to our organization.”

This acquisition (asset deal) is fully in line with VINCI Energies’ strategy to reinforce its industrial portfolio with Mechatronics Robotics and Cobotics knowledge. RCO Mechatronics will trade under the brand name Actemium in 2023.