| Pilz GmbH & Co. KG | |
| Type: | GmbH & Co. KG |
| Foundation: | 1948 |
| Founder: | Hermann Pilz |
| Location City: | Ostfildern |
| Location Country: | Germany |
| Subsid: | 42 |
| Key People: | Susanne Kunschert, Thomas Pilz[1] |
| Num Employees: | 2,476 (2023)[2] |
| Revenue: | 433 Mio. EUR (2023)[3] |
| Industry: | Automation technology |
| Products: | Sensor technology, motion control, safety relays, programmable safety and control systems, automation systems[4] |
| Homepage: | 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.[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 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.[7] PSS control systems were developed in the 1990s.[8] Other products and services include sensor technology, bus and industrial wireless systems, risk assessments and machinery safety training courses.[9]