Pilz talking

Our experts are ready to answer your ques­tions on cur­rent issues in safe automa­tion. Gain a per­sonal insight into the daily working life at Pilz and what makes the family busi­ness what it is – namely the people, who are also “Ambas­sadors for safety”.

“An investment in sustainability” 

Lisa Reehten, Bosch Cli­mate Solu­tions and Jan Falb, Envi­ron­mental Pro­tec­tion Officer at Pilz, are inter­viewed on sus­tain­ability

3 minutes with …
… Jimmy Ji Myung Han

Jimmy Ji Myung Han is Busi­ness Devel­op­ment Man­ager at Pilz.

3 Minutes with …
… Thomas Nitsche

Thomas Nitsche is Senior Man­ager Sales Excel­lence at Pilz.

“Unique in scope and quality”

Whether it’s a medium-sized machine builder or a global player – Pilz sup­ports com­pa­nies world­wide with a com­pre­hen­sive ser­vices port­folio. In an inter­view, Jürgen Bukowski, Global Ser­vices Con­sulting Senior Man­ager, Pilz GmbH & Co. KG, presents the com­po­nent “Con­sulting”.

3 minutes with …
… Albert Cot

Albert Cot, Market Devel­op­ment Engi­neer at Pilz, is cur­rently working on the topics of com­bus­tion tech­nology and hydrogen. Pilz can sup­port the hydrogen industry with safety know-how and thus help shape the path towards a more sus­tain­able future.

“It is important to try things”

Sezgin Yumuk and Steffen Heber both started their pro­fes­sional lives as mecha­tronics engi­neers at Pilz. Today they are man­agers in Product Man­age­ment and Sales. In an inter­view, they dis­cuss their indi­vidual career paths and what advice they have for young pro­fes­sionals today.

“The market leads!”

Whether pack­aging, bat­tery pro­duc­tion, com­bus­tion tech­nology or intral­o­gis­tics – PNOZ & co. are used in a number of sec­tors. Bernd Müller, Senior Man­ager Busi­ness Devel­op­ment, explains why Pilz offers more than just prod­ucts and how they are suc­cessful in sat­is­fying the var­ious require­ments.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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

“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

“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

“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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