
Sick (www.industrial-production.de)
Sales growth in a turbulent market environment
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.

Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
Sales growth in a turbulent market environment
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.

Industrial AI at SPS | Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
"People always remain at the center"
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.

Sensors (www.industrial-production.de)
Sick: Business development adapted to challenging market environment
Sick, an international provider of sensor-based automation solutions headquartered in Germany, achieved a solid result in the challenging financial year 2024: Group sales and profit were down, investments in research and development remained high.

Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
Business development adapted to challenging market environment
Sick, an international provider of sensor-based automation solutions headquartered in Germany, achieved a solid result in the challenging financial year 2024: Group sales and profit were down, investments in research and development remained high.

Sick wins logistics innovation prize
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.

VDI (www.computer-automation.de)
Sick wins logistics innovation prize
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.

Microsoft and Roland Berger (www.computer-automation.de)
Microsoft Intelligent Manufacturing Award (MIMA) presented
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.

Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
Track and Trace in Production
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.

Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
Tech Startup Accerion acquired
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.

Sick and Endress+Hauser (www.computer-automation.de)
Strategic partnership begins
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.

Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
Mourning for Gisela Sick
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.

Interview with Maik Ahlens, Sick... (www.computer-automation.de)
Reliable and precise positioning of cartons
In the interview, Maik Ahlersvon Sick explains, among other things, the advantages of the pre-installed neural network in the 3D snapshot camera for depalletizing with robots.

Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
AI-based depalletizing with robots
The name PALLOC stands for 'PALlet content LOCalization'. A first prototype of the AI-supported, adaptive localization system with a browser-based 3D snapshot camera for automatic depalletization with robots was presented at Automatica 2023. Sick is now launching the first commercial version on the market.

Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
Award for sustainability management
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.

Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
Integrated measurement technology for condition monitoring
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.

Sick at the Fachpack 2024 (www.computer-automation.de)
Better packaging with AI-supported sensor solutions
At Fachpack, the European trade fair for packaging, technology and processes in Nuremberg from September 24 - 26, 2024, Sick will be presenting sensor solutions for process and quality control as well as machine safety.

Strategic partnership (www.computer-automation.de)
Sick and Endress+Hauser establish joint venture
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.

"Products of the year 2024" (www.computer-automation.de)
These are your winners!
We put 96 products in twelve categories to your vote in December, and now the winners have been chosen! The trophies were presented at a 'Winner's Dinner' at the Seehaus in Munich. These are your "Products of the Year 2024"!

Products of the year 2024 (www.computer-automation.de)
Sensors - The winners
Detect objects at 80 meters? Developed according to cybersecurity standard IEC 62443-4-2? Thinner than a bar of chocolate? No problem for the winners in the sensor technology category.

Best of 2023 (www.computer-automation.de)
The top articles of the year
Anniversaries and partnerships, trends in new cloud solutions and digital transformation, networking developments for process and factory automation as well as new and award-winning products - we take a look back at them in the most-read reports of 2023.

With Videonews (www.computer-automation.de)
The e-paper special: looking for products of the year 2024
They've earned it: all 96 nominated products from 12 categories in their own e-paper. Browse through the individual areas and make your personal selection. You can also find out more about the companies and their solutions in the accompanying video news.

Sick at the SPS 2023 (www.computer-automation.de)
Divided into clusters
At Sick, visitors can find out about the latest from the world of smart sensors, integrated safety and automation solutions and digital services. The search is facilitated by bundling the exhibits into six thematic clusters. An overview.

Process automation (www.computer-automation.de)
Sick and Endress+Hauser join forces
The German sensor company Sick and the Swiss measurement and automation technology provider Endress+Hauser want to work more closely together. The two companies are aiming for a strategic partnership for Sick's process automation business field.

Sick at the SPS 2023 (www.computer-automation.de)
Display with symbol-supported user interface
The optical distance sensor 'DT80' from Sick achieves a measuring accuracy of ±2 mm, its maximum resolution is specified as 0.1 mm.

Audiotorial (www.computer-automation.de)
SICKnificant - The SICK Sensor Intelligence Podcast
From the Black Forest to the Rocky Mountains, through the outback and all the way to the Yellow Sea. Sensor solutions from SICK are driving digitalization around the globe. The SICKnificant podcast takes a look at the people behind the technology.

In focus: HMI (www.computer-automation.de)
The e-paper of issue 06/23
How can digitalization and artificial intelligence help to make production processes sustainable? How can cobots and automated guided vehicles bring variety to everyday working life and how can they support people? Starting points in this issue.

Review (www.computer-automation.de)
The top articles in June 2023
Interest in the topic of artificial intelligence continues unabated and is also reflected in our most-read article of the month of June: two youngsters who have set out to overcome fears of AI technologies lead the ranking. The top 10 at a glance.

Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
AGV and AMR - quo vadis?
Mobile platforms are more than just transportation solutions. As technology packages, they are also sources and suppliers of data for applications in digitalized process and asset management.

Review (www.computer-automation.de)
The top articles in May 2023
The fact that the fight against climate change is undisputedly the biggest global challenge is also reflected in the most-read articles of May. New applications with the digital twin and trends in AI in dialog continue to top the list.

Administration tray (www.computer-automation.de)
Digital twin - concrete!
A defined standard for the asset administration shell is crucial for the interoperable and efficient exchange of digital twin data - so much for the theory. Nine partners showed what a specific use case looks like at the Hannover Messe.

New: With video news (www.computer-automation.de)
Products of the year - The e-paper special
"Products of the Year 2023" goes interactive: the new e-paper including video news is here! The winners of the readers' poll have been chosen and in our interactive special edition you will find all the winning products at a glance and exclusive videos.

Products of the year 2023 (www.computer-automation.de)
Image processing - The winners
They enable robots to see, recognize and distinguish objects and help AGVs to maneuver safely through industrial environments - vision systems. The winners in the 'Image Processing' category.

SPS 2023 (www.computer-automation.de)
Over 700 companies registered
Over 700 companies have already registered for SPS 2023. Interested parties can still benefit from the early bird discount until March 31.

Take part and win (www.computer-automation.de)
Products of the year 2023 - your vote counts!
96 products in 12 categories are up for election for the "Products of the Year 2023"! Take part and win Saturn vouchers worth €500, among other things!

We are SPS (www.computer-automation.de)
Why SPS 2022 - Why THE OFFICIAL DAILY
Long and eagerly awaited, it is gradually approaching: SPS 2022 in Nuremberg. Representatives of well-known exhibitors reveal why the trade fair is important to them and why the accompanying medium of the only official trade fair newspaper, THE OFFICIAL DAILY, is simply part of it.

Bosch Rexroth (www.computer-automation.de)
The consistent opening
In September 2019, Bosch Rexroth announced ctrlX Automation for the first time: an open software architecture combined with a new hardware platform. Now comes a step that is unprecedented for controller manufacturers: giving up hardware exclusivity.

Sick / Aeva (www.computer-automation.de)
4D-LiDAR for industrial sensor applications
Aeva, a Californian provider of sensor and detection systems, and Sick have entered into a strategic cooperation. The aim is to use Aeva's FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) technology in industrial long-range sensor applications.

Overview (www.computer-automation.de)
The top articles in May 2022
The Top 10 shows clear movements in the market: all kinds of premieres were announced and automation companies reported positive results and forecasts. In addition, interest in product trends continued unabated, as did interest in our new medium. Read for yourself.

"Products of the year 2022" (www.computer-automation.de)
The interactive e-paper of the winners
The interactive e-paper Computer&Automation "Products of the Year 2022" offers twelve categories, 36 winners and video interviews with the award winners at a glance! Click right in and experience the industry's pacesetters up close.

Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
Sales, EBIT and consolidated net income higher than ever before
Sensor company Sick can look back on a successful 2021 financial year, with incoming orders amounting to EUR 2321 million and sales of EUR 1964 million.

Winner of the readers' poll (www.computer-automation.de)
These are your "Products of the Year 2022"!
Here they are, the winners of the "Products of the Year 2022" readers' poll! Find out which products and solutions from 2021 impressed our readers!

Products of the year 2022 (www.computer-automation.de)
Image processing - The winners
Miniaturization, artificial intelligence and all-in-one systems are shaping industrial image processing - and therefore also the top 3 'Products of the Year' in the image processing category.

Overview (www.computer-automation.de)
The top articles in January 2022
Obstacles and opportunities characterize the top 10 most-read articles in January. Click through the obstacles in companies and find out what opportunities the year 2022 has in store.

Fraunhofer IPA / Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
Intelligent sensor detects leaks
To simplify the search for leaks in compressed air systems, a researcher from Fraunhofer IPA is working with Sick to develop an additional leakage service for an intelligent flow sensor. Self-learning algorithms evaluate the measurement data.

Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
Strengthening IIoT expertise through acquisition
With effect from January 1, 2022, Sick will increase its minority stake in Mobilisis to 100%. The Croatian IT company will thus be fully integrated into the company.

Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
Paving the way for digitization
'We Create Digital Transformation' was Sick's trade fair motto to present intelligent sensors as pioneers of digitalization as well as digital services and software solutions based on their data.

Sick (www.computer-automation.de)
Works in confined spaces
With the InspectorP61x, Sick is launching a compact all-in-one 2D vision sensor that enables inline vision inspections even in the tightest of spaces or mounted on robots.

SPS 2021 - with video (www.computer-automation.de)
It is taking place!
Trade fairs have been permitted again in Bavaria since 01.08.2021. SPS 2021 will therefore not take place purely digitally as last year, but as usual as a face-to-face event from 23 - 25.11.2021 in Nuremberg.

Overview (www.computer-automation.de)
The top articles in July
Time is a defining topic of the most-read articles in July: from a look back at ten years of Industry 4.0 and a snapshot of drive technology to future technologies and effective time management - July had it all.
