Peter Mohnen leaves robot manufacturer Kuka

Personnel Peter Mohnen Leaves Kuka Prematurely

2025-04-30 From Manuel Christa | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

Related Vendors

Peter Mohnen surprisingly resigns as CEO of the robot manufacturer Kuka. The company is keeping quiet about the reasons for this, but according to media reports, the CEO has been increasingly criticized for his course.

Peter Mohnen, Kuka CEO for many years, is leaving the company prematurely.(Image: KUKA) — Peter Mohnen, Kuka CEO for many years, is leaving the company prematurely.
(Image: KUKA)

Kuka is losing its long-standing CEO: Peter Mohnen will leave the company on July 1, 2025. This was announced by the German-based automation specialist on Sunday. The 54-year-old has been at the helm of Kuka since 2018 and previously served as Chief Financial Officer for six years. His contract runs until the end of 2025 and a successor is to be named in the near future.

According to research by the Augsburger Allgemeine, Mohnen's withdrawal is not solely due to personal reasons. According to the report, there were repeated differences of opinion with the parent company Midea, which has owned Kuka since 2016. In particular, there are said to have been differences of opinion on the issue of further cost reductions at the Augsburg site.

Mohnen secures the Augsburg (Germany) Site

While Kuka was in the black in 2024, Midea demanded greater efficiency and higher profitability. The future of jobs in Augsburg may also have played a role: In 2023, Mohnen succeeded in extending the site guarantee, which was originally due to expire, until the end of 2025. An achievement that is seen internally as his most important success. However, striking a lasting balance between the expectations of the owners and the interests of the company is likely to have taken some effort.

In his farewell statement, Mohnen expressed his gratitude and pride. He did not give any details about his professional plans.

Kuka is now facing a turning point. The search for a new CEO is likely to be decisive for the future course of the robotics specialist. The balance between local roots in Germany and the global aspirations of the Chinese parent company will play an important role. (sp)

Subscribe to the newsletter now

Don't Miss out on Our Best Content

Business E-mail

Please enter a valid mailadress.

By clicking on „Subscribe to Newsletter“ I agree to the processing and use of my data according to the consent form (please expand for details) and accept the Terms of Use. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy. The consent declaration relates, among other things, to the sending of editorial newsletters by email and to data matching for marketing purposes with selected advertising partners (e.g., LinkedIn, Google, Meta)

Date: 08.12.2025

Naturally, we always handle your personal data responsibly. Any personal data we receive from you is processed in accordance with applicable data protection legislation. For detailed information please see our privacy policy.

Consent to the use of data for promotional purposes

I hereby consent to Vogel Communications Group GmbH & Co. KG, Max-Planck-Str. 7-9, 97082 Würzburg including any affiliated companies according to §§ 15 et seq. AktG (hereafter: Vogel Communications Group) using my e-mail address to send editorial newsletters. A list of all affiliated companies can be found here

Newsletter content may include all products and services of any companies mentioned above, including for example specialist journals and books, events and fairs as well as event-related products and services, print and digital media offers and services such as additional (editorial) newsletters, raffles, lead campaigns, market research both online and offline, specialist webportals and e-learning offers. In case my personal telephone number has also been collected, it may be used for offers of aforementioned products, for services of the companies mentioned above, and market research purposes.

Additionally, my consent also includes the processing of my email address and telephone number for data matching for marketing purposes with select advertising partners such as LinkedIn, Google, and Meta. For this, Vogel Communications Group may transmit said data in hashed form to the advertising partners who then use said data to determine whether I am also a member of the mentioned advertising partner portals. Vogel Communications Group uses this feature for the purposes of re-targeting (up-selling, cross-selling, and customer loyalty), generating so-called look-alike audiences for acquisition of new customers, and as basis for exclusion for on-going advertising campaigns. Further information can be found in section “data matching for marketing purposes”.

In case I access protected data on Internet portals of Vogel Communications Group including any affiliated companies according to §§ 15 et seq. AktG, I need to provide further data in order to register for the access to such content. In return for this free access to editorial content, my data may be used in accordance with this consent for the purposes stated here. This does not apply to data matching for marketing purposes.

Right of revocation

I understand that I can revoke my consent at will. My revocation does not change the lawfulness of data processing that was conducted based on my consent leading up to my revocation. One option to declare my revocation is to use the contact form found at https://contact.vogel.de. In case I no longer wish to receive certain newsletters, I have subscribed to, I can also click on the unsubscribe link included at the end of a newsletter. Further information regarding my right of revocation and the implementation of it as well as the consequences of my revocation can be found in the data protection declaration, section editorial newsletter.