Pilz (company)

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG
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 288 Mio. EUR (May 2015)[2]
Number of employees
over 2,000 [3]
Subsidiaries 32
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 in 32 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]

Renate Pilz has been Managing Partner of the company since 1994. Renate Pilz, Thomas Pilz and Susanne Kunschert are the owners.[10]

References

  1. Hannes Hesse, Florian Langenscheidt und Hartmut Rauen: The Best of German Engineering, ISBN 9783816306467, page 757
  2. Pilz increases revenue, employees and export share in 2015 - "Healthy growth under own momentum"
  3. Pilz increases revenue, employees and export share in 2015 - "Healthy growth under own momentum"
  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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