Here’s a brief look at the diverse facilities that have received the Assembly Plant of the Year award.

COPENHAGEN—Bosch Rexroth Corp. has acquired a majority stake in Kassow Robots ApS, which specializes in seven-axis cobots that can work in tight spaces.

Construction equipment, farm tractors and other off-highway machines need more than just diesel engines, big tires and metal tracks to operate. They require hydraulic mechanisms to steer, raise booms, open buckets or tilt blades.

HOMBURG, Germany—Bosch Rexroth’s plant here that assembles hydraulic valves has been honored for its use of advanced technology.

BETHLEHEM, PA—Robert Bosch LLC and Bosch Rexroth Corp. have awarded four grants, totaling $100,000, to three Pennsylvania colleges to support science, technology, engineering and math education.

LEXINGTON, KY—The former pneumatics business unit of Bosch Rexroth Corp. is now a standalone company operating under the name Aventics. The company’s U.S. headquarters will remain in Lexington, while its global headquarters will be in Laatzen, Germany.

BERLIN—Bosch Rexroth plans to sell its global pneumatics business to the German-Scandinavian investor Triton.

CHARLOTTE, NC—Bosch Rexroth Corp. has introduced an app that enables engineers to access the company’s line of linear motion, hydraulic, pneumatic, controls and tightening systems through their iPhones or iPads.