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Myeongseong A&T to acquire all shares in AI firm DataLinker
South Korean industrial automation company Myeongseong A&T agreed to buy all of DataLinker.
The acquisition is scheduled to close on January 4, 2027, after which DataLinker would become a subsidiary.
Myeongseong A&T, based in Cheongju, makes sensors and equipment for industrial control and automation.
It says DataLinker’s AI can link scattered factory data, which could help manufacturers identify the causes of equipment problems more quickly.
The companies have already worked together on a manufacturing analysis solution supplied to factories in several industries.
Myeongseong A&T plans to expand AI sales to existing customers over the next three years, pursue overseas sales and develop products combining DataLinker’s AI with equipment made by its subsidiary JST.
Myeongseong A&T has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of AI solutions firm DataLinker.
The acquisition is scheduled to be completed on January 4, 2027, after which DataLinker is expected to become a subsidiary.
DataLinker CEO Won Dong-jun is expected to become Myeongseong A&T’s chief technology officer.
Myeongseong A&T said the deal will help it expand into AI-based machine vision and semiconductor equipment manufacturing.
The company plans to increase AI solution sales to existing customers within three years of the subsidiary’s integration.
- Who
- Myeongseong A&T and DataLinker.
- What
- Myeongseong A&T signed an agreement to acquire all of DataLinker’s shares.
- When
- The agreement was announced on November 2, 2026. The acquisition is scheduled for January 4, 2027.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- Myeongseong A&T said the acquisition would help address disconnected equipment data and support expansion into AI-based machine vision and semiconductor equipment.
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Myeongseong A&T announced it had signed an agreement to acquire all of DataLinker’s shares.
The acquisition is scheduled to be completed, with DataLinker then expected to become a subsidiary.
- Stake to be acquired
- 100%
- Scheduled acquisition date
- January 4, 2027
- DataLinker CEO
- Won Dong-jun
- Planned new role
- Chief technology officer at Myeongseong A&T
- Existing solution
- MS-AGENT, a manufacturing equipment analysis solution using DataLinker technology
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