Pilz overview
Pilz is a leading industrial safety automation company that is highly relevant to robotics because robot deployments require risk assessment, guarding, safety sensors and certified control systems. Pilz supplies safety relays, safety PLCs, light curtains, scanners, switches and services for machine safety.
Company fact | Detail |
Founded | 1948 |
Country | Germany |
Address | Felix-Wankel-Strasse 2, 73760 Ostfildern |
Employees | Approx. 2,500+ globally |
Specializes in | Industrial safety automation, safety controllers, sensors, robot safety and machine safety services |
Products | PNOZ safety relays, PSS controllers, PSEN sensors, light curtains, safety services, robot safety consulting |
Typical projects | Robot cell safety, collaborative robot risk assessment, machine guarding, safety PLC integration, plant safety audits, automated production safety systems |
Management and ownership | Pilz is a privately held German family company. Leadership includes Susanne Kunschert and Thomas Pilz. Ownership is family/private-company based. |
Website: www.pilz.com
Pilz review summary
Pilz is a German company that specializes in machine safety and is best known for the PNOZ safety relay. Hermann Pilz founded it in 1948 as a glass-blowing business; it is based in Ostfildern and had 2,504 employees in 2024. This profile sets out its history, figures, products and leadership.
Verified key facts from the review
Fact | Detail |
Company | Pilz GmbH & Co. KG |
Founded | 1948, in Esslingen |
Founder | Hermann Pilz |
Headquarters | Ostfildern, Germany |
Employees | 2,504 in 2024 |
Revenue | EUR 341 million in 2024 |
Subsidiaries | 42 |
Key people | Susanne Kunschert and Thomas Pilz |
Strengths
A leading name in machine safety.
A product that became a generic term in its field.
A wide international network of subsidiaries.
Challenges
Larger automation groups that include safety in their control systems.
Dependence on machine-building demand.
Read the full review: Pilz Company Profile: History, Figures, Products and Leadership
Products in the All Things Cobots Catalogue
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