SICK AG

There are countless occasions and events that people like to capture as memories in photo books. In many cases, the machines on which they are produced come from the Swiss company Imaging Solutions. For demanding detection and measurement tasks during automatic book production, the provider of solutions for the image post-processing industry relies on the OD200 laser distance sensor from Sick.

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At Interpack 2026, Sick will be showcasing its portfolio of sensor, automation and AI-supported solutions for secure and digitally networked packaging processes in the consumer goods, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.

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Thanks to innovations and a focus on strategic industrial markets, Sick was able to moderately increase its sales in the 2025 financial year. In a turbulent market environment, the company was able to maintain its position and gain market share with sensor solutions. Profitability remains at a low level.

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Thanks to innovations and a focus on strategic industrial markets, Sick was able to moderately increase its sales in the 2025 financial year. In a turbulent market environment, the company was able to maintain its position and gain market share with sensor solutions. Profitability remains at a low level.

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Sick now considers artificial intelligence to be a central component of industrial applications. Phil Krumbein, Market Product Manager Logistic Solutions at Sick in Düsseldorf, reveals exactly where the company relies on AI.

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SICK will be presenting itself at SPS 2025 (25-27 November, Nuremberg, Hall 7A, Stand 340) as a holistic partner for automation solutions with suitable, future-proof cybersecurity and service offerings.

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As part of the modernization of five of its sites in Norway, DB-Schenker implemented a new DWS system that increases the reading rate, increases throughput and reduces manual work steps.

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At Automatica, Sick will be focusing on the wide range of solutions for functional safety and industrial image processing as well as digital approaches such as augmented reality and AI.

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The Supervisory Board of Sick has extended the contract of CEO Dr. Mats Gökstorp by 5 years. The company also announced that Feng Jiao has resigned from his position as Chief Sales Officer at his own request. Markus Scaglioso has been appointed to Sick's Management Board by the Supervisory Board and will take over the Sales & Service division.

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Sick received the VDI Logistics Innovation Award 2025 for its robot guidance system 'Pallet content Localization' (Palloc), which was presented at the 32nd German Material Flow Congress on 20 and 21 March 2025.

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Sick received the VDI Logistics Innovation Award 2025 for its robot guidance system 'Pallet content Localization' (Palloc), which was presented at the 32nd German Material Flow Congress on 20 and 21 March 2025.

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For the sixth time, Microsoft Germany and Roland Berger have honored pioneering solutions for the manufacturing industry with the Microsoft Intelligent Manufacturing Award (MIMA). One of the six award winners is Sick.

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Sick has developed the ‘Ident Gate System’, an intelligent track-and-trace system solution that helps companies comply with the basic requirements of the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains, applicable to many locally and globally operating companies.

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Sick, a provider of sensor-based automation solutions, has announced the acquisition of the Dutch technology company Accerion. Accerion specializes in AI-based image processing with a focus on positioning technologies for mobile robots.

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Sick announced the acquisition of the Dutch technology company Accerion. Accerion specializes in AI-based image processing with a focus on positioning technologies for mobile robots.

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Sick and Endress+Hauser are putting their strategic partnership in the field of process automation into practice: Sick's gas analysis and flow measurement technology is now an integral part of Endress+Hauser's instrumentation portfolio.

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Sick and Endress+Hauser launch their strategic partnership for process automation. Both companies are joining forces to better support their customers and drive new technological solutions for the decarbonization of the process industry.

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Thanks to improved computing power in hardware and software, industrial image processing can now handle large data volumes more efficiently and in shorter time frames. An even greater technology boost is expected from AI, as explained by Jan Nieswandt from Sick.

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Gisela Sick passed away on Friday, November 1, 2024, at the age of 101. From the very beginning, in 1946 in Vaterstetten near Munich, she supported the Sick company until it became the global group it is today.

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With the PicoScan150-LOC, Sick presents its first localization system in this compact design for mobile robots in logistics and production environments.

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Gisela Sick passed away on Friday, November 1, 2024, at the age of 101. From the very beginning, in 1946 in Vaterstetten near Munich, she supported the Sick company until it became the global group it is today.

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Gisela Sick passed away on November 1, 2024 at the age of 101. She supported the company from the very beginning until it became the global group it is today.

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Sick has received a platinum medal in the EcoVadis sustainability ranking. This puts the provider of sensor-based automation solutions in the top 1 percent of more than 130,000 companies worldwide that have been assessed over the past twelve months.

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There are new variants of the high-precision motor feedback system 'EDS/EDM35' from Sick. Variants with additional sensors for monitoring vibration behavior and humidity supplement the standard variants.

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At Fachpack in Nuremberg, Sick will be presenting sensor solutions for process and quality control as well as machine safety.

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Sick and Endress+Hauser have signed an agreement to jointly drive forward the decarbonization of the process industry. The companies are establishing a joint venture for this purpose.

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'Digitization and Verification of Marine Live Emission Data' is the name of a research project launched by a consortium led by Sick. The aim is to develop a solution with which emission data from ships can be digitally collected and verified in real time.

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A camera-based code reading system from Sick literally gives the picking personnel a 'free hand', as the 2D presentation camera is integrated directly into the goods transfer processes in its mounting position above the picking station.

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Mechanical weed control in the crop row by humans is laborious - and mechanical alternatives have so far been slow. The use of pesticides against weeds is also not a sustainable alternative. Modern agricultural machinery is proving to be helpful.

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With the Supply Chain Duty of Care Act, companies' responsibility no longer ends at their own factory exit or loading gates. One solution is the Ident-Gate system from Sick.

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With the new W10 photoelectric proximity switch, Sick presents a sensor with which a wide range of detection tasks in automation technology can be solved more universally than ever before.

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With the new W10 photoelectric proximity switch, Sick presents a sensor with which a wide range of detection tasks in automation technology can be solved more universally than ever before.

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Strategies for the future are one of the topics covered in the current issue of Computer&Automation. Read about the reforms that associations are demanding from politicians, the opportunities offered by technologies such as ChatGPT and SPE and the role that robots play in control cabinet assembly.

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The most-read articles in April demonstrate the innovative strength of the automation industry and its ability to adapt new technologies.

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At LogiMAT 2024, Sick presented a camera-based code reading system for order picking personnel. This eliminates the need to manually scan barcodes and 2D codes, allowing items to be picked and placed with both hands.

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The Supply Chain Management Act covers the entire supply chain and presents companies with fundamental challenges when it comes to documentation. The new Ident Gate System (IGS) from Sick meets the basic requirements and goes even further: with the help of sensors for object detection, goods identification and direction recognition, it contributes to greater transparency in incoming and outgoing goods.

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The Supply Chain Management Act covers the entire supply chain and presents companies with fundamental challenges when it comes to documentation. The new Ident Gate System (IGS) from Sick meets the basic requirements and goes even further: with the help of sensors for object detection, goods identification and direction recognition, it contributes to greater transparency in incoming and outgoing goods.

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Sensor company Sick has continued its growth trajectory in a challenging 2023 financial year: Sales increased by 5.4 percent to 2,307 million euros.

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Sensor company Sick has continued its growth trajectory in a challenging 2023 financial year: Turnover increased by 5.4 percent to 2,307 million euros.

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Sensor company Sick continued its growth trajectory in the challenging 2023 financial year and increased its sales by a mid-single-digit percentage compared to the previous year.

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safeVisionary2 is the first 3D time-of-flight camera with Performance Level c safety certification. It enables safe three-dimensional environmental detection and won 2nd place in the competition for Product of the Year 2024 in the handling, assembly and production logistics category.

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With the 'W10' photoelectric proximity switch, Sick presents a sensor that can be used to solve a wide range of detection tasks in automation technology. The sensor series comprises four variants that differ in their operating distances and mounting options.

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With the 2D LiDAR sensor 'picoScan150', Sick presents the first variant of the 'picoScan100' product family for the detection and localization of objects.

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At SPS 2023, Sick presented itself as a solution provider and value-adding partner in a number of core industries.

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Sick and Endress+Hauser want to work more closely together. The two companies are aiming for a strategic partnership for Sick's process automation business field and have signed a joint letter of intent to this end.

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safeVisionary2 is the first 3D time-of-flight camera with Performance Level c safety certification. It enables safe three-dimensional environmental detection and has been nominated in the 2024 Product of the Year competition in the handling, assembly and production logistics category.

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Efficiency and safety in material flow are becoming increasingly important. These requirements, which often get in the way in industrial practice, are met by the combined use of safety light curtains and automation light grids.

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Efficiency and safety in material flow are becoming increasingly important in industry. The combined use of safety light curtains and automation light grids, which are based on similar technology, provides answers to these two requirements, which often block each other in industrial practice.

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Sensor specialist Sick and the CPO container shipping company are cooperating. Since 2020, both companies have been working on digital solutions for the maritime industry, which have now also been technically assessed by the classification society DNV.

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The central exhibit at SICK's Logimat stand was a rotary roller conveyor, which the company used to highlight challenges and solutions relating to the automated picking of articles and materials.

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