Sick AG

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>Sick AG was founded in 1946 by <a href="/facts/Erwin_Sick/VVpEp8An">Erwin Sick</a> (1909–1988); he had received a license from the <a href="/facts/Allied_Occupation_Zones_in_Germany/bHssyCW5">then-US-managed local government</a> to operate his engineering firm.
</p><p>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 <a href="/facts/Hanover/yghHUDI4">Hanover</a>. In 1956, the company moved from <a href="/facts/Vaterstetten/E1b9stRA">Vaterstetten</a> to <a href="/facts/Waldkirch/VA7e9E6C">Waldkirch</a> (Breisgau). Sick AG has a global presence with 63 subsidiaries and participations, as well as numerous sales agencies. According to the company’s own statements, it invests about 12.2% of its sales revenue in research and development in 2024.
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<h2 id="products">Products</h2>
<p>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 <a href="/facts/RFID/4CnmIV2b">RFID</a> readers, analyzers for gas and liquid analysis, and gas flow measuring devices.
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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Key Figures". www.sick.com. 2025-04-09. Retrieved 2025-04-09. <a href="https://www.sick.com/de/en/geschaeftsbericht-2024/s/traces" target="_blank">https://www.sick.com/de/en/geschaeftsbericht-2024/s/traces</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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