German sensor company SICK and Swiss measurement and automation technology specialist Endress+Hauser want to intensify their cooperation. Both companies are aiming for a strategic partnership for SICK’s process automation business segment and have signed a joint memorandum of understanding.

德国传感器公司 SICK(西克) 和瑞士测量与自动化技术专家Endress+Hauser（恩德斯豪斯） 希望加强合作。两家公司的目标是在 SICK 的过程自动化业务部门建立战略合作伙伴关系，并签署了一份联合谅解备忘录。

By bundling their strengths, the companies are striving to provide even better support for their customers in important areas such as energy and resource efficiency and protection of the climate and environment.

通过整合各自的优势，两家公司正在努力在能源和资源效率以及气候和环境保护等重要领域为客户提供更好的支持。

The goal of the partnership is to expand the Endress+Hauser product portfolio with process analysis and gas flow measurement engineering from SICK. The two companies intend to establish a joint venture for the production and further development of SICK process technology. The sales and service teams of SICK’s process automation business segment will become part of Endress+Hauser’s global sales network.

此次合作旨在通过SICK的过程分析和气体流量测量工程技术，扩大Endress+Hauser的产品组合。两家公司计划成立一家合资企业，生产和进一步开发 SICK 工艺技术。SICK 过程自动化业务部门的销售和服务团队将成为 Endress+Hauser 全球销售网络的一部分。

In total, this segment currently employs more than 1,400 people in 28 countries and generates more than 350 million euros in sales annually.

该部门目前在28个国家拥有1,400多名员工，年销售额超过3.5亿欧元。

Complementary offerings in process automation

过程自动化产品相互补充

The process technology offerings from both companies complement each other. The process analysis and gas flow measurement engineering from SICK – for emissions monitoring in flue gas cleaning processes or for gas flow measurements, for example – are employed particularly in waste incineration facilities, at power, steel and cement plants, in the oil & gas industry, in chemical and petrochemical production and in the marine sector.

两家公司的过程技术产品相辅相成。SICK 的过程分析和气体流量测量工程（例如，用于烟气净化过程中的排放监测或气体流量测量）尤其适用于垃圾焚烧设施、电力、钢铁和水泥厂、石油和天然气行业、化工和石化生产以及船舶行业。

In the past, the companies have frequently worked together on an order, project and customer basis.

过去，两家公司经常在订单、项目和客户的基础上合作。

Both shareholder families, as well as the respective supervisory bodies of SICK and Endress+Hauser, are backing the planned strategic partnership. Using the memorandum of understanding as a foundation, experts from both companies are now conducting due diligence to determine how the collaboration can be accomplished and brought to fruition. The contract is expected to be signed before the end of the first quarter of 2024, while closing of the transaction is scheduled for the middle of next year.

两家股东家族以及 SICK 和 Endress+Hauser 各自的监管机构都支持这一战略合作伙伴关系计划。以谅解备忘录为基础，两家公司的专家现在正在进行尽职调查，以确定如何完成合作并取得成果。该合同预计将在2024年第一季度结束前签署，而交易计划于明年年中完成。

合作伙伴看到共享的机会和互惠互利

“Our strategic partnership is about mutual benefits at many levels. We want to seize shared opportunities by bundling our strengths. Because SICK and Endress+Hauser are already highly successful companies on their own, we are acting from a position of strength,” explained Matthias Altendorf, CEO of the Endress+Hauser Group.

“我们的战略伙伴关系涉及多个层面的互惠互利。我们希望通过整合我们的优势来抓住共享的机会。由于 SICK 和 Endress+Hauser 本身就已经是非常成功的公司，因此我们处于强势地位，“Endress+Hauser 集团首席执行官 Matthias Altendorf 解释道。

Matthias Altendorf-E+H公司CEO

“We are convinced that together we will be even more successful. And by working cooperatively, we can support our customers even better and accompany them in the sustainable transformation of the process industry,” he affirmed.

“我们相信，团结起来，我们将取得更大的成功。通过合作，我们可以更好地支持我们的客户，并陪伴他们实现过程工业的可持续转型，“他肯定地说。

Dr Mats Gökstorp, chairman of the Executive Board at SICK, said: “Through this strategic partnership, Endress+Hauser and SICK will break new ground. The impulse and source of momentum for this undertaking is the dynamic market environment for process automation, produced by the progressive decarbonization of industry. By working together, we can better capitalize on these excellent opportunities, while also developing the best solutions for and with our customers.”

SICK 执行董事会主席 Mats Gökstorp 博士表示：“通过此次战略合作，Endress+Hauser 和 SICK 将开辟新的天地。这项事业的动力和动力来源是工业逐步脱碳产生的过程自动化的动态市场环境。通过合作，我们可以更好地利用这些绝佳的机会，同时为我们的客户开发最佳解决方案，并与我们的客户一起开发最佳解决方案。

SICK公司董事会主席Mats Gökstorp 博士

“Our years of collaboration in the past, similarities in the corporate cultures of our family-owned businesses, and our shared affinity for technology and people are key motivators. And successful joint projects with Endress+Hauser in the past show that we work well together,” he stated.

“我们过去多年的合作、家族企业企业文化的相似性以及我们对技术和人才的共同亲和力是关键的动力。过去与Endress+Hauser的成功合作表明，我们合作得很好，“他表示。

SICK is one of the world’s leading solutions providers for sensor-based applications in the industrial sector. With more than 50 subsidiaries and equity investments as well as numerous agencies, SICK maintains a presence around the globe.

SICK 是世界领先的工业领域传感器应用解决方案提供商之一。SICK 拥有 50 多家子公司和股权投资机构以及众多代理机构，业务遍及全球。

SICK has almost 12,000 employees worldwide and generated a group revenue of around 2.2 billion euros in the 2022 fiscal year. The core business in factory and logistics automation, which accounts for more than 80 percent of sales, will remain unaffected by the strategic partnership.

SICK 在全球拥有近 12,000 名员工，2022 财年集团收入约为 22 亿欧元。占销售额80%以上的工厂和物流自动化核心业务将不受战略合作伙伴关系的影响。

关于Endress+Hauser

Endress+Hauser is a global leader in measurement and automation technology for process and laboratory applications. The family company, headquartered in Reinach, Switzerland, achieved net sales of more than 3.3 billion euros in 2022 with a total workforce of nearly 16,000.

Endress+Hauser(恩德斯豪斯)是过程和实验室测量和自动化技术领域的全球领导者。这家总部位于瑞士赖纳赫的家族企业在 2022 年实现了超过 33 亿欧元的净销售额，员工总数近 16,000 人。

Endress+Hauser devices, solutions and services are at home in many industries. Customers thus use them to gain valuable knowledge from their applications. This enables them to improve their products, work economically and at the same time protect people and the environment.

Endress+Hauser的设备、解决方案和服务在许多行业中都占有一席之地。因此，客户使用它们从他们的应用程序中获得有价值的知识。这使他们能够改进产品，经济地工作，同时保护人类和环境。

Endress+Hauser is a reliable partner worldwide. Its own sales companies in more than 50 countries as well as representatives in another 70 countries ensure competent support. Production facilities on four continents manufacture quickly and flexibly to the highest quality standards.

Endress+Hauser是全球可靠的合作伙伴。它在 50 多个国家/地区拥有自己的销售公司，并在另外 70 个国家/地区设有代表处，确保了有力的支持。遍布四大洲的生产设施按照最高质量标准快速灵活地进行生产。

Endress+Hauser was founded in 1953 by Georg H Endress and Ludwig Hauser. Ever since, the company has been pushing ahead with the development and use of innovative technologies, now helping to shape the industry’s digital transformation. 8,700 patents and applications protect the Group’s intellectual property.

Endress+Hauser由Georg H Endress和Ludwig Hauser于1953年创立。从那时起，该公司一直在推动创新技术的开发和使用，现在正在帮助塑造行业的数字化转型。8,700项专利和申请保护集团的知识产权。

关于SICK

SICK is one of the world’s leading solutions providers for sensor-based applications in the industrial sector. Founded in 1946 by Dr.-Ing. e. h. Erwin Sick, the company with headquarters in Waldkirch im Breisgau near Freiburg ranks among the technological market leaders. With more than 50 subsidiaries and equity investments as well as numerous agencies, SICK maintains a presence around the globe. SICK has almost 12,000 employees worldwide and generated a group revenue of around EUR 2.2 billion in the 2022 fiscal year.

SICK(西克)是世界领先的工业领域传感器应用解决方案提供商之一。该公司由Dr.-Ing. e. h. Erwin Sick于1946年创立，总部位于弗莱堡附近的Waldkirch im Breisgau，是技术市场的领导者之一。SICK 拥有 50 多家子公司和股权投资机构以及众多代理机构，业务遍及全球。SICK 在全球拥有近 12,000 名员工，2022 财年集团收入约为 22 亿欧元。