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
- ^ "Management". pilz.com.
- ^ Hannes Hesse, Florian Langenscheidt und Hartmut Rauen: The Best of German Engineering, ISBN 9783816306467, page 757
- ^ "Financial year 2022". pilz.com.
- ^ "Financial year 2022". pilz.com.
- ^ "Company Profile". pilz.com.
- ^ Hannes Hesse, Florian Langenscheidt und Hartmut Rauen: The Best of German Engineering, ISBN 9783816306467, page 753
- ^ German patent 4033801
- ^ European Patent EP0808482B1
- ^ Kompetenzatlas microTEC Südwest
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