西克SICK AG是全球领先的传感器和分析仪器系统制造商，是工业自动化领域的技术和市场领导者之一。

西克（SICK）成立于1946年，公司名称取自于公司创始人欧文·西克博士（Dr. Erwin Sick）的姓氏，总公司位于德国西南部的瓦尔德基尔希市（Waldkirch）。

SICK 成立于 1946 的企业，拥有 50 多家子公司和股权投资公司以及众多代理机构，足迹遍及世界各地。2017 财政年度，SICK 在全球拥有 9,000 多名员工，集团年收入近 15 亿欧元。

自动化的坚固基石：SICK 传感器

从工厂自动化到物流自动化再到过程自动化，SICK 都是传感器领域内顶尖的生产商。作为技术及市场的领军人，SICK 以其传感器和工业应用解决方案为安全有效地控制流程创造最优的基础，防止发生人身事故并且避免环境污染。

SICK 的历史是一部成功的创新史 - 我们会把这个成功故事在未来继续下去。

以客户为中心 - SICK的成功秘诀

创新型产品本身并不能决定一个企业的成功。相反它依赖于这些创新形成的产品与优秀的客户；因为衡量新产品的准绳是其在市场上的成功。SICK的成功基于始终如一地贯彻这一理念：SICK通过符合客户要求的专有技术，来预测未来的发展。我们的客户能够从以下方面受益，例如相同性能下的紧凑型结构，传感器的耐用性，减少操作步骤或者加速生产过程。

SICK - 传感器的智能。

我们努力的重点是，发展针对于客户应用领域的智能化方案。为了实现这一目标，SICK一直不断的开发新的技术，使传感器不仅能感知事物，还可以智能控制流程和沟通复杂的网络与其他部件。

SICK AG是全球领先的传感器和分析仪器系统制造商，是工业自动化领域的技术和市场领导者之一。

在中国，西克中国（广州市西克传感器公司）负责传感器业务（工厂自动化及物流自动化），西克麦哈克（北京）仪器有限公司负责分析仪器系统制造业务（过程自动化）。

西克中国成立于1994年，为SICK在亚洲的重要分支机构之一。历经多年的发展与积累，SICK中国已成为极具影响力的智能传感器解决方案供应商，产品广泛应用于各行各业，包括包装，食品饮料，机床，汽车，物流，交通，机场，钢铁，电子，纺织等行业。目前总部设在广州，上海，北京，青岛，香港等地设有分支机构，并形成了辐射全国各主要区域的机构体系和业务网络。

Sick AG (or SICK, as spelled by the company), based in Waldkirch (Breisgau), Germany, is a global manufacturer of sensors and sensor solutions for industrial applications. The company is active in the areas of factory and logistics automation and process automation. The company employs around 7,000 employees worldwide and achieved sales of EUR 1.1 billion in 2014.

The company is particularly well known for its laser scanners, which are used as sensors in the fields of facility protection (security), ports and robotics. Five LIDARs produced by the Sick AG were used for short-range detection on Stanley, the autonomous car that won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge; they can be seen on the roof of the vehicle. SICK/IBEO LIDARs were also used for obstacle avoidance, mapping and pedestrian tracking on WAMbot, the autonomous vehicle that came 4th in the MAGIC 2010 competition. Out of the 6,302 persons working for SICK AG in 2013, 3,836 were employed in Germany, with an average number of 239 trainees per year (as at December 31, 2012). SICK AG has ranked among Germany's best employers for several years.

History
Sick AG was founded in 1946 by Erwin Sick (1909-1988); he had received a license from the then US-managed local government to operate his engineering firm.

The economic breakthrough came in 1952 with the volume production of the accident-prevention light curtain, presented at the International Machine-Tool Trade Fair in Hanover. In 1956, the company moved from Vaterstetten to Waldkirch (Breisgau). SICK AG has a global presence with almost 50 subsidiaries and participations as well as numerous sales agencies. According to the company’s own statements, it invests about 9% of its sales revenue in research and development each year.

Products
The company’s product portfolio includes photoelectric sensors, light grids, inductive, capacitive and magnetic sensors, opto-electronic protective devices, vision sensors, detection, ranging and identification solutions such as bar code scanners and RFID readers, analyzers for gas and liquid analysis as well as gas flow measuring devices.