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2017
Understanding
in order to change
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Measurement solutions for
the challenges of our times
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Direct path to test results
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Industry 4.0 starts with us
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Measuring the oceans
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Pushing the limits
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Local roots, global network
A Kistler Tech Center Germany
A Kistler Tech Center China
A Kistler Tech Center USA
• Installation
• Calibration
• Repair
• Field Service
• Engineering
• Support/Hotline
• Customized Products
• Resident Service
• Installation
• Calibration
• Field Service
• Application Support
• System Integration
• Customized Products
• Installation
• Calibration
• Field Service
• Application Support
Kistler Tech Center
Kistler Sales Center
Kistler Production Center
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Tech Center
Production Center
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Mobility or security, digitization or climate
change – as diverse as the challenges of
our times are, they have one thing in
common: all call for innovative solutions.
People, too, are needed who single-mindedly
seek new possibilities within their areas of
influence. And who do not give up until they
have grasped the situation and found
ground-breaking solutions.
A Kistler Tech Center Japan
• Calibration
• Training/Consulting
• Support/Hotline
Kistler develops technologies for a world
full of potential. New comprehensive
services bring the company very close to
its customers to capitalize on the benefits
of networked digitized production
(Industry 4.0), to forge ahead with
the development of greener vehicles that
enhance road safety. And to plumb the
ocean's depths for answers to the urgent
questions in climate research.
Rolf Sonderegger
CEO Kistler Group
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Life-savers
behind-the-scene
Direct path to test results
Crash tests play a major role in making car traffic safer and
drastically reducing the number of injured occupants. Kistler
contributes substantially with its innovative measurement
solutions. Our DTI (Digital Transducer Interface) technology,
which is deployed as standard in crash tests worldwide, ensures
swift and efficient test setup and maximum process reliability –
thus achieving totally dependable measurement data for the
development of safer vehicles.
Our measurement solutions enable the intuitive setup of a
perfectly coordinated measuring chain, allowing our customers
to perform more tests in less time with maximum reliability. Only
one cable is needed to configure sensors, transmit and synchronize
measurement data and supply power. Automatic sensor detection
makes configuration even easier, while the installation position,
calibration values and relevant physical variables are automatically
detected by Kistler measurement software. DTI technology is
now also used in vehicle dynamics and operational stability tests.
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' Investing passion and know-how, we have
succeeded in developing a technology that
achieves maximum measuring reliability in
automotive engineering. We are glad that
our work helps enhance road safety. '
Dr. Thomas Wagner
Head of Division
Automotive Research & Test
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Industry 4.0 starts with us
Ground-breaking production within the context of Industry 4.0
starts with data acquisition and can be roughly divided into three
stages: Smart Machine, Smart Production and Smart Services.
Kistler technologies cover all three stages.
In injection molding production, for instance, Kistler sensors built
into the tool enable process monitoring, transparency and thus
greater controlling efficiency (Smart Machine). By converging
captured data in a virtual production environment, Kistler is not
only capable of monitoring individual injection molding machines,
but can also network and manage production across several sites
(Smart Production). Finally, Smart Services – controlling all production
data in the cloud – may still be a long way off in most cases. Yet
Kistler already possesses the relevant mature technologies. If the
benefits of a worldwide networked production surmount current
data protection guidelines and the fears that exist in connection
with this issue, in the future production managers will be notified
immediately via app or email in the event of process fluctuations
or a rise in spoilage rates and will be able to take direct action.
' As new Head of the Industrial Process
Control Division, I personally, and our
customers, devote all our energies to
getting the most out of Industry 4.0.
Mature technologies network all stages
of industrial production so that they can
be controlled across several sites. '
Frank Peter Kirgis
Head of Division
Industrial Process Control
Intelligent
measurement
solutions for
smart factories
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Precise data for
climate research
Measuring the oceans
' With their outstanding measuring
accuracy, Kistler sensors lay the
foundation for measuring the world's
oceans. Kistler thus actively helps in
improving our understanding of the
ocean ecosystem. '
As an ecosystem, the ocean plays a key role in the Earth's climate
balance. As part of the international 'Argo' research project, around
the globe automated measuring robots at a depth of around
2 000 meters furnish us with an up-to-date picture of key ocean
characteristics like temperature and salinity. The robots have various
high-tech sensors on board, including Kistler pressure sensors for
determining operating depth. These sensors offer high measurement
accuracy, exceptional long-term stability and high resistance to
corrosion from seawater. Thanks to their exceptional quality and
resilience, Kistler pressure sensors aid in establishing a sound data
basis for climate research and thus a better understanding of
global warming.
In 2017, the researchers aim to delve even deeper, down to
7 000 meters, to trawl more valuable data from the ocean in
the 'Deep Argo' follow-up project. Kistler pressure sensors can
withstand enormous pressure under water and will be used
again for this purpose.
Marc Schaad
CTO and Head of Division
Sensor Technology
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Pushing the limits
'At Kistler, we don't deal in empty
words: We do indeed shape the
future.'
' I enjoy bringing people from the
international Kistler family together
and help them connect to share their
knowledge. '
Dr. Walter Looser
Head of Test & Measurement and
Product Lines
Marine Dumont
Global Business Driver
Test & Measurement
' I never cease to be impressed by
the high status innovation enjoys
at Kistler. '
Martin Notter
Head of Vocational Foundation
Training
Sales 2006 – 2016
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The Kistler Group is on a growth course: last year revenue
rose by 9 percent to around CHF 358 million. Aiming to stay
abreast of this formidable dynamic growth, Kistler seeks
innovative people, who feel at ease in a dynamic, fast-changing
international environment.
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As a manufacturer of high-precision sensors, we have learned
to concentrate on the smallest details. The same applies for our
employees. At Kistler, their experience and expertise are appreciated
and promoted in a targeted manner.
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Join our team – and help us to shape the innovations of the
future. We look forward to hearing from you.
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More than 1 600 employees at 58 locations worldwide are
dedicated to developing new measurement solutions and offer
individual application-specific support at the local level. Ever
since Kistler was founded in 1959, the company has grown
hand-in-hand with its customers. Around 10 percent of revenue
is reinvested in innovation and research – with the aim of
delivering better results for every customer.
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