- Company - Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG
Physik Instrumente Takes Over IBS Ingenieurbüro
"PI's engineering capacity will immediately increase by approx. 55,000 hours per year", estimates Markus Spanner, CEO of the PI Group. "The employees will support PI with their expertise in the construction of products and systems, in software development, and in simulation. The further automation of our own manufacturing will also benefit from the IBS engineers’ know-how."
The IBS Ingenieurbüro Dr. Klaus Schnürer GmbH is specialized in developing and implementing automation projects, mainly for the automotive industry, and announced its insolvency in 2022. The new affiliate will continue the existing business with current customers.
"The additional specialists will help increase our capacities more quickly, as well as enable us to improve fulfilling our customer's never-ending demand for precision positioning solutions" emphasizes Markus Spanner.
PI in Brief
Physik Instrumente (PI) with headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany, is the market and technology leader for high-precision positioning technology and piezo applications in the market segments: Industrial Automation, Semiconductor Industry, Photonics, Microscopy & Life Sciences. In close cooperation with international customers, PI's approximately 1,400 specialists have been continuously pushing the boundaries of what is technically possible for more than 50 years, and develop both standardized and customized solutions. 498 granted and pending patents underline the company's claim to leadership. PI operates on a global scale, with nine production sites in Europe, North America, and Asia as well as 16 sales and service subsidiaries.