On March 27, Pilz GmbH & Co. KG officially sets up its branch in Jintan Economic Development Zone.

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG is an automation technology company in Ostfildern, Germany. In addition to the head office in Germany, Pilz is represented by subsidiaries and branch offices in 30 countries. The company was founded as a glass-blowing business by Hermann Pilz in Esslingen in 1948. Initial products included glass apparatus for medical technology and mercury relays for industrial applications. In the 1960s control passed to Hermann's son Peter, who developed the company into a supplier of electronic control and monitoring devices and programmable logic controllers. In 1987 the company launched safety relay PNOZ, an emergency stop system. PSS control systems were developed in the 1990s. Other Pilz products and services include sensor technology, bus and industrial wireless systems, risk assessments and training courses on machinery safety.

Pilz’s branch in Jintan is its first manufacturing base in China. The project has a total investment of 30 million euros. The construction and renovation of workshop and office covering 12,000 square meters have been completed. The first production line is about to be put into operation.