Sick AG

Sick AG

Infobox_Company
type = Aktiengesellschaft
company_name = Sick AG
foundation = 1946
location_city = Waldkirch
location_country = Germany
slogan = Sensor Intelligence
industry = Industrial sensors
revenue = profit €645.6 million euro (2006)cite web | url=http://www.sick.com/home/group/portrait/ir/en.html | title=Sick at a glance | accessdate=2007-12-14]
net_income = profit €38.1 million euro (2006)
num_employees = 4,392 (2006)
homepage = [http://www.sick.com/ www.sick.com]
footnotes =

Sick AG is a company based in Waldkirch, Germany. It produces sensors and sensor solutions for industrial applications. The company is active in the areas of factory and logistics automation and process automation. [cite web | url=http://www.sick.com/home/group/portrait/en | title=About Sick | accessdate=2007-12-14]

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 and can be seen on the roof of the vehicle.

History

Sick AG was founded in 1946 by Erwin Sick (1909-1988). He received a license from the temporary American government to operate his engineering firm.

The first mass-produced product was a safety light-grid, shown at the International Machine Tool Trade Fair in Hannover 1952.

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