On November 20, 2024, Kinematics, a global leader in intelligent motion control, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire P4Q, an industry leader in electronics for solar tracker controllers, industrial automation, sensors, and cloud-based monitoring. This strategic acquisition will enable Kinematics to better serve the world’s leading solar tracker original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with expanded global reach and a unified motion control solution that simplifies installation, commissioning, and maintenance.

By integrating P4Q’s capabilities into the Kinematics portfolio of actuators, sensors, and controllers, the combination will offer unprecedented energy efficiency, reliability, and precision to improve utility-scale solar production worldwide. The unified offering will support new and existing projects alike, providing solar tracker customers with the most advanced motion control systems for future installations, while also giving asset owners a path toward upgrading outdated systems. The combined technologies will also become the industry’s most reliable, field-tested, and bankable motion control solution.

The Wilson Sonsini team advising Kinematics on IP matters since 2017 and also on this transaction included Peter Eng and Hin Au.

For more information, please see the companies’ news release. Further coverage is available in Solar Power World.