Development services
In addition to our comprehensive line of products we also offer individualized hard- and software solutions for automation technology – from the first concept to product development through series production, or for any of the intermediate phases. There are numerous possibilities for cooperation, ranging from a one-off contract development to long-term cooperation in development.
Fig.: Jochen Bihl (left) – Managing Director at Bihl+Wiedemann, and Christian Wolf – Managing Director at Turck, are pleased about a positive cooperation
Cooperation in Partnership as the Basis for Success
If you take a close look at the history of Bihl+Wiedemann, working in partnership, even with direct market competitors, has been part of our corporate strategy from the very beginning. While development services for other manufacturers were initially a key factor for developing and creating one's own products, they are now an excellent opportunity to subject one's own company's development expertise to permanent benchmark tests from external sources. Of course, cooperative ventures – especially between competitors – are always something very confidential and entail quite a few challenges. However, they also offer all participants the chance to create products and solutions in a short time, which would often probably not even exist without joint efforts.
The Opportunities of Customer-Oriented Cooperation
Cooperative ventures often start with the desire of machine builders or users to obtain products that combine the core areas of expertise of two or more companies. By bundling the respective core areas of expertise, it is not uncommon for new products and solutions to emerge that not only bring competitive advantages to the cooperation partners, but frequently also open up new sales opportunities.
Cooperative Collaboration with Turck
One example of successful development cooperation is Turck's hybrid safety/standard block I/O module TBPN, which is a world's first. In this case, together with the automation specialist Turck, we have succeeded in combining their standard and IO-Link ports with our safety electronics for safe inputs and outputs, including the associated safety software, to create a multifunctional, robust Profinet/Profisafe I/O module in IP65/67/69k.