Pilz GmbH & Co. KG is an automation technology company that provides products for control and monitoring, control, and sensor technologies. It offers sensor technology products, such as position/proximity switches, safety switches, safety gate systems, safety light beams/curtains/grids, and safe camera systems; and control technology products, which include line inspection devices, relays for electrical and functional safety, configurable safety controllers, configurable safety systems, configurable control systems, compact programmable control systems, modular programmable control systems, and controller and I/O systems. The company also provides networks, including safe fieldbus systems and Ethernet systems; drive technology products, such as motion control systems, servo amplifiers, and motors; operator and visualization systems, including control and signal devices, and operator terminals; and system software and tools, and application software. In addition, it offers consulting, engineering, and training services relating to machinery safety. The company serves automotive, steel and aluminum, tissue and paper, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and other industries worldwide. It offers its products online. The company was founded in 1948 and is based in Ostfildern, Germany with locations worldwide