Pilz GmbH & Co. KG
TypeGmbH & Co. KG
IndustryAutomation technology
Founded1948
FounderHermann Pilz
Headquarters
Ostfildern
,
Germany
Key people
Susanne Kunschert, Thomas Pilz[1]
ProductsSensor technology, motion control, safety relays, programmable safety and control systems, automation systems[2]
Revenue403,3 Mio. EUR (2022)[3]
Number of employees
2,399 (2022)[4]
Subsidiaries42
Websitewww.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 42 subsidiaries and branches on all continents.[5]

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.[6]

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. 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

  1. ↑ "Management". pilz.com.
  2. ↑ Hannes Hesse, Florian Langenscheidt und Hartmut Rauen: The Best of German Engineering, ISBN 9783816306467, page 757
  3. ↑ "Financial year 2022". pilz.com.
  4. ↑ "Financial year 2022". pilz.com.
  5. ↑ "Company Profile". pilz.com.
  6. ↑ Hannes Hesse, Florian Langenscheidt und Hartmut Rauen: The Best of German Engineering, ISBN 9783816306467, page 753
  7. ↑ German patent 4033801
  8. ↑ European Patent EP0808482B1
  9. ↑ Kompetenzatlas microTEC Südwest
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