合作伙伴关系要求安川收购奇瑞股份安徽瑞祥实业的少量股权。这家日本工业机器人制造商将利用其销售渠道和专业知识引进新设备。
安徽瑞祥实业的优势包括焊接等工艺的自动化。电动汽车越来越多地采用高强度钢，铝和碳纤维增强聚合物等材料制成，以减轻重量，需要采用与普通钢不同的焊接方法。据日本“日经新闻评论”报道，2016年，安川与奇瑞建立合资企业，生产电动汽车电机和驱动系统。对安瑞瑞祥实业的投资将为公司提供另一个渠道，通过生产设备来接触汽车制造商。
汽车行业不是安川在的唯一目标。它与中电制造商美的集团携手制造和护理用机器人。它还与合约电子制造商深圳恒威精密科技公司进入了一家与智能手机相关的合资企业。这家日本公司计划向工业机器人制造商销售控制器等零件。
原文如下：
Japan's Yaskawa Electric will team up with China's Chery Automobile to make and sell equipment for electric vehicle production in China, looking to sell its robots and motors to a growing market.
Anhui Ruixiang Industry's strengths include automation of processes such as welding. Electric vehicles are increasingly made with materials like high-tensile steel, aluminum and carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers to reduce weight, requiring different welding methods than for normal steel.
In 2016, Yaskawa established a joint venture with Chery to make motors and drive systems for electric vehicles, the Japanese newspaper Nikkei Asian Review reports. The investment in Anui Ruixiang Industry will give the company another channel to reach Chinese automakers, this time through production equipment.
The auto industry is not Yaskawa's only target in China. It has joined hands with Chinese appliance maker Midea Group on robots used in manufacturing and in nursing care. It also has entered a smartphone-related joint venture with contract electronics maker Shenzhen Everwin Precision Technology. The Japanese company plans to sell parts such as controllers to Chinese industrial robot makers.
