_阀阀 Making life and work easier – that is our mission. Dear reader, 阀阀 is more than just a robot manufacturer. We in- vented the industrial robot and have more than 50 years of robotics expertise. We are a German company, yet we are at home anywhere in the world. All this makes 阀阀 unique – or as we call it: the #HomeofRobotik. But #HomeofRobotik means even more to us: it stands for highest product quality, excellent design, innovative products, and reliable service – all marked by the 阀阀 spirit, which we live by every day in our companies around the world. What characterizes this spirit? The incentive to continuosly make life and work easier through robot-based automation – because that is our mission. We want to shape the future together with you. Side by side, we realize your visions of automation and extend the lead of your production – thanks to intelligent and intuitive robotics. Today, our robots, digital products, and services allow the top performance in production environments of numerous industries. Our goal: to pave the way for more automation by simplifying the integration and use of our products – even beyond previous fields of application. Thousands of 阀阀 employees around the globe give everything every day to achieve this. Yours sincerely, Reinhold Gross