WHAT MAKES SICK SPECIAL?

SICK is both traditional and unconventional: We do things differently, more unconventionally – this is a tradition of ours. The Start-Up Initiatives are a present-day expression of our “ambidexterity”. Mind you, we have always anticipated new trends, been early in thinking through new concepts, and developed them further. So change is a tradition of ours. We are only true to ourselves when we change and make constant progress.

> Foreword by the Executive Board

THIS WAY PLEASE!

Mobile platforms have become indispensable in warehouses and production halls. But now these small vehicles must move around more intelligently because the trend is away from rigid production lines and towards highly flexible logistical and production processes. SICK offers a software solution for this purpose.

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“WE MAKE VISIBLE WHAT IS ALREADY THERE“

The Smart Data Solutions team has a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, it is working on building up a portfolio of new customer-specific and data-based services in the Installed Base Services Start-up Initiative – from management of customers’ machinery to full-service contracts to convert plants for the world of Industry 4.0. On the other hand, the same team already markets smart services in the Business Unit Smart Data Solutions, and generates sales with them.

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SICK CYBERSECURITY START-UP CREATES TRUST.

Mobile phone contracts, internet connections or online banking – private internet users appreciate their service providers treating their data, and access to it, carefully. Regular security updates for mobile phone and computer software are standard, as is the consistent provision of up-to-date information on vulnerabilities and software updates on suppliers’ service websites. Cybersecurity in the Industry 4.0 environment provides a dependable system for networkable products, software and services in the cloud, ensuring the security of production plants and communication paths.

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AT A GLANCE