Visual Components

Visual Components develops 3D manufacturing simulation, virtual commissioning and offline robot-programming software for manufacturers and system integrators. The KUKA Group subsidiary supports factory layouts, robot cells and mobile-robot operations through a hardware-neutral platform.

Facts

Segment: Simulation
Country: Finland
Founded: 1999
Website: https://www.visualcomponents.com/

Market context

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Null Labs - stack adjacency - stack: Simulation
MORAI - stack adjacency - stack: Simulation And Test Infrastructure
dSPACE - stack adjacency - stack: Simulation And Test Infrastructure

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Timeline

2026-06-11 - Product Launch - Visual Components releases version 5.1 for large-factory and mobile-robot simulation - The release targets AGV, AMR, forklift and human movement in large layouts. Nachi and Epson controller connectivity was added to Premium and Premium OLP editions. Existing 5.0 keys can activate 5.1 for customers with valid maintenance. - source: visualcomponents.com
2017-12-20 - Acquisition - KUKA acquires Visual Components - Visual Components brought 3D simulation software used for factory-planning and production-system design into the KUKA Group. KUKA identified simulation as a core layer for factory automation, artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, cloud… - source: visualcomponents.com

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Team

Mikko Urho - CEO - Leads Visual Components as it develops manufacturing simulation and offline robot-programming software within the KUKA Group.
Juha Renfors - Founder and VP of Product Management - Connects the company's founding simulation expertise with its current product roadmap.

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Relations

KUKA - 3d Simulation Software Acquisition - KUKA acquired Visual Components and added its 3D factory-planning simulation software to the group's automation portfolio.

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