Insights

Take a look behind the scenes at Pilz – get to know our employees. Dis­cover what the people at Pilz are working on and what is so spe­cial about our sub­sidiaries world­wide.

“IT and automation technology are a continent”

Harald Wes­sels, Vice Pres­i­dent Product Man­age­ment at Pilz, takes a look into the future of safe automa­tion. What hap­pens if IT and automa­tion tech­nology become fur­ther entwined? In an inter­view, he talks about the oppor­tu­ni­ties and threats.

The future is formed through cooperation

Where the future is con­cerned, Pilz not only looks to exchange with cus­tomers, but also works inten­sively with research ini­tia­tives. But the secret recipe for suc­cessful research is not digi­ti­sa­tion …

3 minutes with …
… Rami Aro

Rami Aro is Vice Pres­i­dent Region Europe Central/East and there­fore respon­sible for the activ­i­ties of the Pilz sub­sidiaries in this region. In our “3 min­utes with …” column, the Swiss gives an insight into his work and how he sees the automa­tion market in Europe.

Strong market for mobile robotics

For Pilz Spain, founded in 1992, long-ter­mism is what mainly counts, both with cus­tomer rela­tions and with regard to its mis­sion to foster a safety cul­ture in the country. Every year, the sub­sidiary trains more than 600 machine man­u­fac­turers and oper­a­tors in machinery safety. In view of the increasing trend towards mobile robotics, Pilz in Spain is bundling its exper­tise in that area.

“We look to the past with gratitude and to the future with complete joy”

Founded in 1948, Pilz has con­tin­u­ously trans­formed itself – from a glass-blowing busi­ness to an elec­tronics com­pany, to an automa­tion and digi­ti­sa­tion com­pany. In con­ver­sa­tion with Susanne Kun­schert and Thomas Pilz, Man­aging Part­ners, they give their per­sonal insights into the devel­op­ment of the safe automa­tion com­pany.

Pilz through the ages

Pilz’s com­pany his­tory is char­ac­terised by inspi­ra­tional events and tech­no­log­ical mile­stones. A journey from 1948 to the present day.

“We’ll take the load off your shoulders”

In November 2022, Daniel Kohler became the new head of the Pilz Academy, looking after the world­wide training offer for machinery safety and automa­tion from Pilz. In this inter­view he tells us what he values about the Pilz Academy, and how he wishes to write another chapter in its his­tory.

3 minutes with …
… Jan Falb

Jan Falb works in the Quality Man­age­ment depart­ment at Pilz, where he is pri­marily respon­sible for sus­tain­ability man­age­ment. In our “3 min­utes with …” column, he answers the most impor­tant cur­rent ques­tions about his area of work.

Close at hand since 1948

The German Sales and Ser­vice Com­pany is also cel­e­brating its 75th anniver­sary. What sets the most expe­ri­enced of the Pilz sub­sidiaries apart?

“Responsibilities are not yet clarified”

In all hon­esty, Secu­rity has already arrived on fac­tory floors. But how well informed about Indus­trial Secu­rity are machine builders and users really? David Machanek, Gen­eral Man­ager of Pilz Aus­tria, had his team survey their cus­tomers on this. In this inter­view he reports on his find­ings.

Three minutes with …
… Arndt Christ

Vice Pres­i­dent Cus­tomer Sup­port Inter­na­tional

“Working with passion”

Since October, Manuela Bernasconi has been the Man­aging Director of Pilz Switzer­land. In her state­ment she spoke about what makes Pilz Switzer­land spe­cial and what is on the mind of her cus­tomers.

“There is much uncertainty”

Increasing digi­ti­sa­tion in the smart fac­tory is accom­pa­nied by new chal­lenges when dealing with safety. Thomas Pilz, Man­aging Partner at Pilz, is inter­viewed about cur­rent devel­op­ments and the changing under­standing of safety and indus­trial secu­rity.

Three minutes with …
… Nils Brücker

Senior Product Man­ager Soft­ware and Tech­nolo­gies

Added value through automation

Designing entire pro­duc­tion envi­ron­ments to be safe for people, machines and the envi­ron­ment: Pilz Czech Republic and Pilz Slo­vakia are experts at this. With their exper­tise on holistic safety con­cepts, they sup­port their cus­tomers in over­coming the chal­lenges resulting from increasing automa­tion.

“We find tailored solutions”

In an inter­view, Thomas Nitsche, Senior Man­ager of Sales Training at Pilz, explains where the chal­lenges lie in the pack­aging industry, how packing plants are designed and what cus­tomers can rely on from Pilz.

Three minutes with …
… Sven Jungmann

Sales Engi­neer at Pilz

Expertise in demand

While on Euro­pean fac­tory floors it is normal for per­sonnel to feel safe when working on plant and machinery thanks to laws and stan­dards, in other places around the world there is still work to be done to con­vince people to carry out tech­nical safety mea­sures. Like in Japan, where Pilz Japan has been helping change minds for 25 years.

“I want my work to make a difference”

Klaus Dürr is a stan­dards spe­cialist at Pilz. As Vice Pres­i­dent of the Stan­dards Group, he is respon­sible for the coor­di­na­tion and organ­i­sa­tion of national and ­inter­na­tional stan­dard­i­s­a­tion work and brings this essen­tial knowl­edge into the com­pany. In our dis­cus­sion, he explains which stan­dards are cur­rently keeping him busy and which trends he is mon­i­toring, and he reveals whether stan­dards have a common thread glob­ally.

Three minutes with …
… Robin Huang

National Tech­nical and Product Man­ager / Man­ager of Ser­vice Busi­ness, Pilz China, and member of the national stan­dards com­mittee

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