SICK AG

The headquarters of Sick in Waldkirch
Company type	Aktiengesellschaft
Industry	Industrial sensors
Founded	1946; 78 years ago
Headquarters	Waldkirch , Germany
Revenue	2.3 billion euro (2023)
Net income	€189 million euro (2023)
Number of employees	12,185 (2023)
Website	www.sick.com

Sick AG (stylized in all capital letters), based in Waldkirch (Breisgau), Germany , is a global manufacturer of sensors and sensor solutions for industrial applications. The company is active in the areas of factory , and logistics , and process automation. The company employs 12,185 employees worldwide and achieved sales of EUR 2.3 billion in 2023. ^[1]

The company is particularly well known for its laser scanners , which are used as sensors in the fields of facility protection (security), ports, and robotics. Five LIDARs produced by the Sick AG were used for short-range detection on Stanley , the autonomous car that won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge ; they can be seen on the roof of the vehicle. SICK/IBEO LIDARs were also used for obstacle avoidance, mapping, and pedestrian tracking on WAMbot , the autonomous vehicle that came 4th in the MAGIC 2010 competition . SICK AG has ranked among Germany's best employers for several years.

History [ edit ]

Sick AG was founded in 1946 by Erwin Sick (1909?1988); he had received a license from the then-US-managed local government to operate his engineering firm.

The economic breakthrough came in 1952 with the volume production of the accident-prevention light curtain, presented at the International Machine-Tool Trade Fair in Hanover . In 1956, the company moved from Vaterstetten to Waldkirch (Breisgau). Sick AG has a global presence with almost 60 subsidiaries and participations, as well as numerous sales agencies. According to the company’s own statements, it invests about 11.8% of its sales revenue in research and development each year.

Products [ edit ]

The company’s product portfolio includes photoelectric sensors, light grids, inductive, capacitive and magnetic sensors, opto-electronic protective devices, vision sensors, detection, ranging and identification solutions such as bar code scanners and RFID readers, analyzers for gas and liquid analysis, and gas flow measuring devices.

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