Endress+Hauser & SICK Partnership Moves Forward

Endress+Hauser and SICK are in partnership, first announced in October 2023 with a signed MOU. Endress+Hauser will take over worldwide sales and service of SICK’s process analyzers and gas flowmeters, with a joint venture to be established for their production and further development.

The two companies signed the joint memorandum of understanding for a strategic partnership in October 2023. Since then, the project has been examined and plans for implementing the cooperation have been drawn up.

As a key aspect of the strategic partnership, Endress+Hauser will take over sales and service for process analysis and gas flow measurement technology completely. Around 800 sales and service employees in 42 countries will transfer from SICK to Endress+Hauser.

From 2025, the production and further development of process analyzers and gas flowmeters will be the responsibility of a joint venture in which each partner will hold a 50% stake. It will employ about 730 people at several locations in Germany. The joint venture will work closely with Endress+Hauser’s competence centers to drive product innovations forward efficiently.

“This strategic partnership opens up opportunities for growth and development for SICK and Endress+Hauser. We are taking this path because, by collaborating and networking, we can achieve more together in a reasonable amount of time than either side could on its own,” said Peter Selders, CEO, Endress+Hauser Group.

Both companies want to provide even better support to customers in areas such as energy and resource efficiency, and climate and environmental protection, as well as assisting with the decarbonization of their production processes. SICK and Endress+Hauser have worked together frequently on an order, project, and customer basis. The two family-owned companies also share a long-term corporate approach.

SICK's core business of factory and logistics automation, which accounts for more than 80% of sales, will not be affected by the partnership.

“Our aspiration is to drive the sustainable transformation of the process industry and to support our customers in leveraging the opportunities presented by decarbonization. That is why SICK and Endress+Hauser are combining their technological and market expertise,” said Mats Gökstorp, chairman of the Executive Board at SICK AG.

Both sides are working toward a seamless transition of the business at the turn of the year. Until the closing, SICK and Endress+Hauser will continue to support their process automation customers independently.