Subsequently, WABCO issued a statement saying, "As a response to market speculation, we confirmed to the outside world today that ZF has contacted WABCO and has conducted preliminary negotiations on potential transactions." WABCO headquarters is located in Brussels. The main business is commercial vehicle brake control systems and other safety technologies, with approximately 15,000 employees in 40 countries around the world. According to the financial report released by WABCO last week, its 2018 sales and profits have set a new record, with sales of 3.83 billion US dollars and net income of 418 million US dollars. A ZF spokesperson told the media that “ZF will regularly review strategic plans such as acquisitions, but there is no decision yet.†In fact, ZF has carried out a large number of acquisitions in the past. In 2014, it acquired Tianhe for $13.5 billion and entered the highly profitable auto-driving car market. In June 2018, when ZF CEO Wolf-Henning Scheider was asked if he was still interested in WABCO, Wolf-Henning Scheider said that due to the company's ongoing electrification and autonomous driving, the brake system is currently Not the point. It is reported that ZF plans to invest more than 12 billion euros in the field of electric travel and automatic driving. Sprinkler irrigation and micro-irrigation automatic control equipment With the development of economy, water resources, energy shortage and labor cost increase, more and more water-saving irrigation systems will adopt automatic control. This article focuses on the advantages and classification of automated irrigation. Degree Irrigation Nozzle,Irrigation for Agriculture,Impact Drive Sprinkler,Plastic Drip Irrigation Fittings JIANGSU SKYPLAN GREENHOUSE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD , https://www.spgreenhouse.com
ZF considers the acquisition of WABCO, a supplier of commercial vehicle safety and efficiency control systems
The advantages are as follows:
(1) It is possible to truly control the amount of irrigation, irrigation time and irrigation cycle in a timely and appropriate manner, thereby increasing crop yield and significantly improving water utilization.
(2) Saving labor and operating expenses.
(3) The work plan can be arranged conveniently and flexibly, and the management personnel do not have to go to the field at night or other inconvenient time.
(4) Since it can increase the effective working time every day, the initial capital investment in pipelines, pumping stations, etc. can be reduced accordingly.
classification:
First, fully automated irrigation system
The fully automated irrigation system does not require direct human involvement. The pre-programmed control procedures and certain parameters that reflect the water requirements of the crop can automatically open and close the pump for a long time and automatically irrigate in a certain order. The role of the person is simply to adjust the control program and overhaul the control equipment. In this system, in addition to emitters (heads, drip heads, etc.), pipes, fittings, pumps, and motors, it also includes central controllers, automatic valves, sensors (soil moisture sensors, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, water level sensors, and rain sensors). Etc.) and wires.
Second, semi-automatic irrigation system
In the semi-automated irrigation system, no sensors are installed in the field. The irrigation time, irrigation volume and irrigation period are controlled according to pre-programmed procedures, rather than feedback based on crop and soil moisture and meteorological conditions. The degree of automation of such systems is very different. For example, some pump stations implement automatic control, and some pump stations use manual control. Some central controllers are only one timer with simple programming function, and some systems have no central control. The controller, but only some of the sequential switching valves or volume valves are installed on each branch pipe.
Automated irrigation is the trend of the times. In the future water-saving irrigation projects, more and more automated irrigation systems will be applied.
On March 1, 2019, according to German media reports, ZF is considering the acquisition of WABCO, a supplier of commercial vehicle safety and efficiency control systems. The two sides have already initiated preliminary negotiations, but no agreement has been reached yet. As soon as the news came out, WABCO's share price rose 8% on the day and the closing price was $130.49. At present, WABCO's market value is about $6.2 billion.