{"id":3128,"date":"2024-03-12T12:05:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/de\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:05:55","slug":"automation-norway-scandinavia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/automation-norway-scandinavia\/","title":{"rendered":"Automation for a \u201cgreen\u201d Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pilz Scan\u00addi\u00adnavia was founded in 1996 in Son\u00adder\u00adborg, Den\u00admark, and devel\u00adoped into the first address for safe automa\u00adtion in all of Scan\u00addi\u00adnavia and the Balkans in just a few years. There are tech\u00adnical offices in Helsinki, Fin\u00adland and Kungs\u00adbacka, Sweden. Pilz has been working closely with its sales and ser\u00advice partner Treotham in Norway since the 90s: \u201cTogether with Treotham, we are able to offer cus\u00adtomer-ori\u00adented automa\u00adtion solu\u00adtions for a number of indus\u00adtries, including oil and gas, food and bev\u00aderage, alu\u00adminium and engi\u00adneering,\u201d reports Allan Paulsen, Man\u00adaging Director of Pilz Scan\u00addi\u00adnavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/03\/Pilz-das-Team-in-Norwegen-1024x640.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-3141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/03\/Pilz-das-Team-in-Norwegen-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/03\/Pilz-das-Team-in-Norwegen-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/03\/Pilz-das-Team-in-Norwegen-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/03\/Pilz-das-Team-in-Norwegen-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/03\/Pilz-das-Team-in-Norwegen-540x338.jpg 540w, https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/03\/Pilz-das-Team-in-Norwegen-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/03\/Pilz-das-Team-in-Norwegen.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sales Engi\u00adneer Lasse Eriksen and Wenche Nys\u00e6ter<strong> <\/strong>(Internal Sales) sup\u00adport cus\u00adtomers in Norway with Pilz solu\u00adtions. \u00a9&nbsp;Pilz GmbH &amp; Co. KG, Ost\u00adfildern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heavyweight for oil and gas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Norway has large oil and gas reserves, is the world\u2019s third-largest exporter of nat\u00adural gas and tenth-largest exporter of crude oil. The energy sector plays a key role in the Nor\u00adwe\u00adgian robot and automa\u00adtion industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pilz has a fan\u00adtastic rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion in Norway as an automa\u00adtion com\u00adpany, espe\u00adcially when the focus is on the safety of human, machine and the envi\u00adron\u00adment. \u201cOur unique selling propo\u00adsi\u00adtions are, on the one hand, our exten\u00adsive knowl\u00adedge in the field of Safety and Secu\u00adrity and, on the other, our close part\u00adner\u00adship rela\u00adtions with our cus\u00adtomers,\u201d explains Paulsen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Safety and Security are in high demand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This knowl\u00adedge is in high demand among Nor\u00adwe\u00adgian com\u00adpa\u00adnies: The strategy there is to reverse the trend toward out\u00adsourcing pro\u00adduc\u00adtion to low-wage coun\u00adtries. Instead, many com\u00adpa\u00adnies want to achieve prof\u00aditable pro\u00adduc\u00adtion in Norway through the use of robotics and digi\u00adti\u00adsa\u00adtion. Safety and Secu\u00adrity are impor\u00adtant suc\u00adcess fac\u00adtors in this regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Test your knowledge of Norway!<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz is-quiz-single has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-question\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:6px;padding-right:3rem\">Norway is one of the most sustainable countries in the world. What percentage of its electricity is generated using hydropower?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-answers\">\n<label class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-answer is-right\"><input type=\"checkbox\" style=\"display:none!important;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:9px;margin-bottom:9px;font-size:22px\">89 per\u00adcent<\/p>\n<\/label>\n\n\n\n<label class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-answer is-false\"><input type=\"checkbox\" style=\"display:none!important;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:9px;margin-bottom:9px;font-size:22px\">50 per\u00adcent<\/p>\n<\/label>\n\n\n\n<label class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-answer is-false\"><input type=\"checkbox\" style=\"display:none!important;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:9px;margin-bottom:9px;font-size:22px\">73 per\u00adcent<\/p>\n<\/label>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-feedback-button\"><div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-feedback-button_inner\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-feedback\"><div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-feedback_inner\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-yellow-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-yellow-background-color has-background\">\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solution:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>88 to 89 per\u00adcent<\/strong> of Norway\u2019s <strong>power is hydro\u00adelec\u00adtric<\/strong> \u2013 more than in any other country in the world. In 2023, <strong>82&nbsp;per\u00adcent of all new cars sold<\/strong> in Norway <strong>were elec\u00adtric.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz is-quiz-single has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-question\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:6px;padding-right:3rem\">How long is Norway\u2019s longest road tunnel?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-answers\">\n<label class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-answer is-false\"><input type=\"checkbox\" style=\"display:none!important;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:9px;margin-bottom:9px;font-size:22px\">35 kilo\u00adme\u00adtres<\/p>\n<\/label>\n\n\n\n<label class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-answer is-false\"><input type=\"checkbox\" style=\"display:none!important;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:9px;margin-bottom:9px;font-size:22px\">16,8 kilo\u00adme\u00adtres<\/p>\n<\/label>\n\n\n\n<label class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-answer is-right\"><input type=\"checkbox\" style=\"display:none!important;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:9px;margin-bottom:9px;font-size:22px\">24,5 kilo\u00adme\u00adtres<\/p>\n<\/label>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-feedback-button\"><div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-feedback-button_inner\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-feedback\"><div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-feedback_inner\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-yellow-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-yellow-background-color has-background\">\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solution:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>24.5 kilo\u00adme\u00adtres<\/strong>, the<strong>L\u00e6rdal Tunnel <\/strong>is actu\u00adally the longest road tunnel in the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz is-quiz-single has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-question\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:6px;padding-right:3rem\">What are Norwegian cows entitled to by law?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-answers\">\n<label class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-answer is-false\"><input type=\"checkbox\" style=\"display:none!important;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:9px;margin-bottom:9px;font-size:22px\">Lul\u00adlaby<\/p>\n<\/label>\n\n\n\n<label class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-answer is-false\"><input type=\"checkbox\" style=\"display:none!important;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:9px;margin-bottom:9px;font-size:22px\">Night light<\/p>\n<\/label>\n\n\n\n<label class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-answer is-right\"><input type=\"checkbox\" style=\"display:none!important;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:9px;margin-bottom:9px;font-size:22px\">Mat\u00adtress<\/p>\n<\/label>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-feedback-button\"><div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-feedback-button_inner\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-feedback\"><div class=\"wp-block-mgznkr-single-quiz-feedback_inner\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-yellow-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-yellow-background-color has-background\">\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solution:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Norway was the first country to <strong>man\u00addate by law that all cows have access to a mat\u00adtress at night.<\/strong> Since then, the ani\u00admals are said to <strong>pro\u00advide 10&nbsp;per\u00adcent more milk.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fur\u00adther\u00admore, the country is also set\u00adting its sights firmly on the topic of renew\u00adable energy: The growing demand for automa\u00adtion in power plants and wind farms as well as with hydro\u00adelec\u00adtric power marks the shift from oil and gas as fuel to green ener\u00adgies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pilz is helping to shape the shift to \u201cgreen\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost half of the entire final energy con\u00adsump\u00adtion in Norway is cov\u00adered by elec\u00adtricity. Hydro\u00adelec\u00adtric power is pri\u00admarily used; it pro\u00advides the major share of power gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. The Nor\u00adwe\u00adgian elec\u00adtricity sector is pri\u00admarily based on this: In 2022 the share of hydro\u00adelec\u00adtric power was 88.2 per\u00adcent. Norway wishes to con\u00adtinue expanding its clean power system in order to decar\u00adbonise addi\u00adtional eco\u00adnomic sec\u00adtors by expanding elec\u00adtri\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPilz wants to sup\u00adport and help shape this trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion!\u201d empha\u00adsises Paulsen. \u201cWe will con\u00adtinue to con\u00adcen\u00adtrate on automa\u00adtion and safety in the areas of sus\u00adtain\u00adable power gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion and thereby sup\u00adport the trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion to a \u2018green\u2019 mar\u00aditime and off\u00adshore industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mgznkr-elements mgznkr-box is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fascinating Norway<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Norway is famous for its breath\u00adtaking fjords, moun\u00adtains and northern lights. But the Euro\u00adpean country has so much more to offer. Did you know, for example, that Nor\u00adwe\u00adgians are some of the hap\u00adpiest people in the world? The Scan\u00addi\u00adna\u00advian country took second place among 156 coun\u00adtries in a survey by the UN. Life expectancy, the social fabric and freedom were among the char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics included in the assess\u00adment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Norway, this year\u2019s partner country of Han\u00adnover Messe, the energy sector has tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adally played an impor\u00adtant role. In the last years, topics such as renew\u00adable ener\u00adgies and robotics have def\u00adi\u00adnitely come to the fore. Since as far back as the 90s, Pilz prod\u00aducts and solu\u00adtions have been used in the oil and gas industry \u2013 including in Scan\u00addi\u00adnavia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":3356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,59,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights","category-issue-1-2024","category-pilz-worldwide"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3128"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4571,"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128\/revisions\/4571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilz-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}