Pilz (company)

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Pilz GmbH & Co. KG
Type GmbH & Co. KG
Industry Automation technology
Founded 1948
Headquarters Ostfildern, Germany
Key people Renate Pilz, Susanne Kunschert, Thomas Pilz
Products Sensor technology, motion control, safety relays, programmable safety and control systems, automation systems[1]
Revenue 227 Mio. EUR (May 2013)[2]
Employees over 1700 (May 2013) [3]
Subsidiaries 30
Website www.pilz.com

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG is an automation technology company in Ostfildern, Germany. In addition to the head office in Germany, Pilz is represented by subsidiaries and branch offices in 30 countries.[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]

Renate Pilz has been Managing Partner of the company since 1994.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Hannes Hesse, Florian Langenscheidt und Hartmut Rauen: The Best of German Engineering, ISBN 9783816306467, page 757
  2. ↑ Record levels of turnover, staff and investment – Pilz continues to grow
  3. ↑ Background information for the annual press conference 2013
  4. ↑ Kompetenzatlas microTEC Südwest
  5. ↑ Hannes Hesse, Florian Langenscheidt und Hartmut Rauen: The Best of German Engineering, ISBN 9783816306467, page 753
  6. ↑ Background information for the annual press conference 2013
  7. ↑ German patent 4033801
  8. ↑ European Patent EP0808482B1
  9. ↑ Kompetenzatlas microTEC Südwest
  10. ↑ Hannes Hesse, Florian Langenscheidt und Hartmut Rauen: The Best of German Engineering, ISBN 9783816306467, page 752 and following pages

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