Pilz (company)
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| Company type | GmbH & Co. KG |
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| Industry | Automation technology |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founder | Hermann Pilz |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Susanne Kunschert, Thomas Pilz |
| Products | Sensor technology, motion control, safety relays, programmable safety and control systems, automation systems[1] |
| Revenue | 338 Mio. EUR (2017)[2] |
Number of employees | 2,346 (2017)[3] |
| Subsidiaries | 40 |
| Website | www.pilz.com |
Pilz GmbH & Co. KG is a German automation technology company in Ostfildern, Germany. In addition to the head office in Germany, Pilz is represented in 40 subsidiaries and branches on all continents.[4]
The company was founded as a glass-blowing business by Hermann Pilz in Esslingen in 1948. Initial products included glass apparatus for medical technology and mercury relays for industrial applications.[5]
In the 1960s control passed to Hermann's son Peter, who developed the company into a supplier of electronic control and monitoring devices and programmable logic controllers.[6] In 1987 the company launched safety relay PNOZ, an emergency stop system.[7] PSS control systems were developed in the 1990s.[8] Other Pilz products and services include sensor technology, bus and industrial wireless systems, risk assessments and training courses on machinery safety.[9]
References
- ^ Hannes Hesse, Florian Langenscheidt und Hartmut Rauen: The Best of German Engineering, ISBN 9783816306467, page 757
- ^ Pilz continues to grow in turnover and number of employees- new to the portfolio: Modules for service robotics: "Grateful for a successful year 2017."
- ^ Pilz continues to grow in turnover and number of employees- new to the portfolio: Modules for service robotics: "Grateful for a successful year 2017."
- ^ Kompetenzatlas microTEC Südwest
- ^ Hannes Hesse, Florian Langenscheidt und Hartmut Rauen: The Best of German Engineering, ISBN 9783816306467, page 753
- ^ Background information for the annual press conference 2013
- ^ German patent 4033801
- ^ European Patent EP0808482B1
- ^ Kompetenzatlas microTEC Südwest