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Fluidra's European origins and North American pool market, with North America contributing 44% of 2025 sales
Industry

Europe’s Largest Pool Company Has Its Biggest Market Outside Europe

Fluidra began as a Spanish pool-components company. After merging with Zodiac, North America now contributes 44% of its €2.184 billion in annual sales.

2026-08-015 min read
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Robotic pool cleaner roadmap from floor-only cleaning to an automated pool maintenance system
Pool Cleaning

What Aiper Reveals About the Robotic Pool Cleaner Roadmap

A product-line analysis of where robotic pool cleaners are heading, from floor-only entry models and AI navigation to all-in-one cleaning and self-cleaning maintenance systems.

2026-07-2324 min read
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Aiper’s Ambition: Why Fluidra Is Betting on a Chinese Pool Robotics Brand cover
Pool Cleaning

Aiper’s Ambition: Why Fluidra Is Betting on a Chinese Pool Robotics Brand

How a Chinese pool robot company is using Fluidra to form an alliance to challenge the old order of Maytronics.

2026-06-109 min read
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Industry

January 6, 2026 Yard Cleaning and Tool News Roundup

A January 6 industry news roundup covering CES backyard robotics signals, MOVA and Dreame outdoor products, STIHL’s Suzhou R&D center and related tool-chain moves.

2026-06-1020 min read
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Pool Cleaning

Robotic Pool Cleaners Are Becoming a Backyard Robotics Battle

A swimming pool for a middle-class American family did not require much technological imagination in the past.

2026-06-1017 min read
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Market Signals

Backyard Robotics Is Becoming China’s Next Hardware Battlefield

Funding, channels and new product concepts show Chinese companies expanding from pool robots into lawn care and broader backyard automation.

2026-06-085 min read
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