Comau and OMRON Robotics have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to expand the deployment of advanced industrial automation systems across high-growth manufacturing sectors.
The partnership will focus on electronics, semiconductors, medical manufacturing, light industry, and industrial intralogistics. By combining robotics, control, software, and integration capabilities, the companies aim to support automation systems that can be deployed into existing production lines as well as new manufacturing environments.
Manufacturers in these sectors are under pressure to increase automation without locking production into rigid architecture. Electronics and medical manufacturing require precision, traceability, and fast product changeovers, while semiconductor and light industrial operations increasingly depend on scalable systems that can be configured without long integration cycles.
Comau brings industrial robotics, systems integration, and automation experience across e-mobility, logistics, pharma, food and beverage, renewables, and vehicle manufacturing. OMRON Robotics adds fixed industrial robots, collaborative robots, autonomous mobile robots, control systems, vision, and software technologies.
“This initiative is fully aligned with our strategy to expand Comau’s solution portfolio through high-impact partnerships,” said Pietro Gorlier, CEO of Comau. “Omron is an ideal partner, sharing our vision of open innovation and customer-centric value creation.”
The two companies said the agreement will support a broader automation offering for global customers. The combined portfolio is expected to focus on systems that are easier to deploy, adaptable to changing production requirements, and able to support manufacturers dealing with labour constraints, quality demands, and shorter product cycles.
Global robot deployment remains substantial, even as regional investment patterns shift. The International Federation of Robotics reported that 542,000 industrial robots were installed worldwide in 2024, more than double the number installed a decade earlier, with annual installations above 500,000 units for four consecutive years.
Electronics and semiconductor manufacturing continue to rank among the most automation-intensive industrial sectors, driven by high volumes, tight tolerances, and controlled production environments. Medical manufacturing adds regulatory and documentation demands, where repeatability and process control can be as important as throughput.
Olivier Welker, CEO of OMRON Robotics, said the companies are bringing together complementary portfolios with a shared focus on customer success. He said the collaboration would support more flexible, connected, and sustainable production systems for manufacturers responding to changing market demand.
The agreement gives Comau another route to extend its automation reach beyond traditional automotive programmes, while OMRON gains a partner with deep industrial project execution and integration capability. If the combined offer reduces deployment complexity without diluting technical depth, it will land in a market still trying to make flexible automation easier to buy, install, and scale.
