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| Company type | GmbH & Co. KG |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automation technology |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founder | Hermann Pilz |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Susanne Kunschert, Thomas Pilz [1] |
| Products | Sensor technology, motion control, safety relays, programmable safety and control systems, automation systems [2] |
| Revenue | 341 Mio. EUR (2024) [3] |
Number of employees | 2,504 (2024) [3] |
| Subsidiaries | 42 |
| Website | www.pilz.com |
Pilz GmbH & Co. KG is a German automation technology company headquartered in Ostfildern, Germany, with 42 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 Pilz' son Peter, who developed the company into a supplier of electronic control and monitoring devices and programmable logic controllers. In 1987 he launched safety relay PNOZ, an emergency stop system. [6] PSS control systems were developed in the 1990s. [7] Other products and services include sensor technology, bus and industrial wireless systems, risk assessments and machinery safety training courses. [8]
