Pilz GmbH & Co. KG
Pilz GmbH & Co. KG is a company working in the field of safe automation technology, with complete solutions for safety and control technology.
In addition to its headquarters in Ostfildern, Germany, Pilz is represented by subsidiaries in 24 countries worldwide and currently employs 1300 staff.
History
Entrepreneur Hermann Pilz founded a glass-blowing business in Esslingen in 1948. In the early post-war years the company focused on the manufacture of glass apparatus for medical technology and mercury relays. The focus in the electronics sector shifted to progressive miniaturisation; Pilz specialised predominantly in relays, control systems and, most of all, timers. The first subsidiaries were founded in 1968 in Austria, France and Switzerland. Programmable logic controllers were added to the product range. In 1970 Pilz developed a norm for 35 mm series mounting, which later became an industry standard, thus becoming the first manufacturer of DIN electronic relays.
In 1987 Pilz developed the "PNOZ", the world’s most widely used emergency stop relay. In the 1990s the company continued its international expansion in Europe, North America and Asia. The Pilz quality management system is certified to DIN EN ISO 9001. According to the company’s statistics it currently invests 18 per cent of turnover in research and development. Product innovations are the result: for example, in 1999 The safe, open fieldbus system SafetyBUS p, in 2002 the freely configurable "PNOZmulti" safety relay and in 2006 the safe camera system "SafetyEYE", for three-dimensional zone monitoring.
Company structure
Renate Pilz has been the Managing Partner since 1994; together with her daughter Susanne Kunschert, her son Thomas Pilz and Hans-Axel Gielow, they form the management board of a company that now operates worldwide.
Products
The product range of Pilz GmbH & Co. KG includes:
- Sensor technology
- Control technology
- Networks
- Drive technology
- Operator and visualisation systems
- Software
- Consulting and engineering
- Training
Certification
- Quality management standard DIN EN ISO 9001
- German Accreditation Council
- DQS
- Ecoprofit
Membership
- Safety Network International e.V.
- German engineering association
- Association for the electrical and electronics industry
References
External links
de:Pilz GmbH & Co. KG