SICK achieved above-average growth in sales again during the 2018 fiscal year, measured against the growth rate of Germany’s engineering sector. Orders received exceeded the value of the previous year by 10.3 percent. Group sales also continued growing: With EUR 1,636.8 million, sales surpassed those of the previous year (EUR 1,511.6 million) by 8.3 percent. The number of employees in the SICK Group grew by 10.5 percent worldwide. Connecting worlds At first glance, there is a clear separation between the world of human thought and action on the one hand and the technological world of senso ..read more

Deep learning is one of the SICK presentation topics at the Hannover Messe 2019. The chancellor was personally very impressed with this and other aspects of the advancing Industry 4.0 applications. During the fair opening, Dr. Angela Merkel, together with Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven, representative of this year’s partner country, paid SICK a visit on her traditional tour. Chairman Dr. Robert Bauer and board member and person responsible for Sales & Service, Dr. Mats Gökstorp, explained to the pair the significance of sensor technology for networking within the industrial value-add ..read more

Safety light curtains for the prevention of machine accidents are, in terms of principle of operation, a readily available technology from many suppliers these days. But users of this technology want more than “just safety”. They are looking for intelligent addi-tional functions that generate added value in terms of process transparency, flexibility, ease of use and maintainability, or inte-grated automation functions that guarantee fast amortization and maximum future proofing. The next step for safety – this core idea therefore underpins the entire design of the deTec4 safety light curtain f ..read more

In Austria, Switzerland, and Germany, fire assessments are carried out in tunnel systems to prove the functionality of the tunnel-dependent ventilation concept, which forms part of the acceptance protocol following renovation and conversion measures. An essential component of the functional testing process involves evaluating the reaction of the ventilation system. The fans must run in a defined direction and at a defined speed so that the smoke produced in the event of fire can be diverted in a controlled manner and the tunnel can be evacuated. This is why it is particularly important to be a ..read more