Pilz (company)

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG is a company in the field of automation technology with complete solutions for the security and control technology with headquarters in Ostfildern ( Germany ).

History

The entrepreneur Hermann Pilz founded in 1948 in Esslingen glassblowing. In the early postwar years, the manufacture of glass apparatus for medical and mercury relays were the focus. In the electronics industry, the focus shifted to the progressive miniaturization; Mushroom specialized besides switching devices and control systems, especially on the timing relay. In 1968, the first subsidiary in Austria, France and Switzerland were founded. The product range was expanded to include programmable logic control systems. 1970 Pilz developed a standard with Reihenbefestigungsmaß 35 mm, which later prevailed as the standard, and thus became the first manufacturer of DIN - electronic switching devices.

1987 Pilz developed the emergency stop safety relay " PNOZ ". 1994, the first subsidiary outside of Europe was founded in the United States. In 1997 Asia with Japan, South America in 1998 with Brazil. The fungal quality management system is certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008.

The freely configurable, modular safety relay PNOZmulti in 2002 came on the market. In 2006, the safe camera system for 3 -D space monitoring SafetyEYE was developed. 2009 followed the configurable control system PNOZmultiMini and the automation system PSS 4000.

2012, the company invested claims to be 33 percent of sales in research and development.

Group structure

Renate Pilz has been the Managing Partner since 1994 and together with her daughter Susanne Kunschert and her son Thomas Pilz management.

Products

The products include sensor technology, electronic monitoring relays, automation solutions with motion control, safety relays, programmable safety and control systems and operating and monitoring range. secure systems, Ethernet systems and industrial wireless systems for industrial networking complement the product range.

Services

Pilz offers services to the entire life cycle or even to individual phases of the machine. Based on the risk assessment of a specific security concept is generally developed. This includes proposals to implement the functional safety of control systems and design measures, with which the required risk mitigation is obtained.

Industries

Solutions from Pilz are in all areas of machinery and plant used, including in the packaging and automotive industries as well as in the fields of wind energy, transportation and pressing.

Locations

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG is represented by 30 subsidiaries and branch offices on all continents. Fungus has subsidiaries in the following countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK, USA, Canada, Brazil, Japan China, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, India, Luxembourg, Taiwan and the Czech Republic.

Certifications

Since 1994, Pilz is certified to DIN EN ISO 9001. In addition, fungus has the accreditation of the German Accreditation Service ( DKD ) as an inspection body type "C" for inspections of protection devices.

Memberships

Fungus is a member of the Association of German Machine and Plant Engineering, Central Association of the Electrical and Electronics Industry, Railway Industry Association and Safety Network International eV