November
8, Penko Engineering celebrated its 40th anniversary in Ede. It was striking
that 80% of the presentations were about the future; 20% went over the past 40
years.
Penko
has acquired a special position in the past 40 years as a manufacturer of high
precision industrial weighing equipment. During the welcome speech, General
Manager Susanne Krause addressed not only the first years when it took on very
different assignments. Especially the years in which founders Willem van Huët
and Vincent van der Wel became increasingly successful with their solutions in
the field of weighing technology, supplemented with the necessary electronics,
were the determining factor for the company. In June 2004, it became part of
ETC (Electronic Theater Controls) from Middleton, WI, USA. But weighing
technology remained number 1. Currently, this company operates in different
markets and 20 different countries.
SMART
FACTORY AND IIOT AT PENKO
An
important change that is taking place today is the huge change that internet,
smart factory and IIoT bring about. OEMs and end users are involved, working
with Penko on this development. The products of Penko are already well
established to support SMART Industry. For example, the BCS (Batch Control
System) not only uses recipe, day programs, weekly scheduling and batch
reports. Also, linking data to databases for analysis, tracking, tracing and
ERP systems are part of the BCS. This is just one of the examples of the
ever-increasing synergy of industry and IT. Another example is the solution to
store data safely without adjusting to the end-user IT infrastructure. To
safely access the data, the company provides a secure channel that works
through any browser. It also makes it possible to log sensor data wirelessly to
the cloud. This data traffic can even occur based on solar and GSM.
FUTURE
Penko
expects to be more and more active in the development of broad industrial
automation solutions in the future. Of course, weighing technology will
continue to play an important role, but other functions will also be part of
the necessary hardware and software.
THE
PHOTO
The
first issue of the history book was handed over by (left) Dick Titus, President
of ETC, to Willem van Huët and Vincent van der Wel, founders of Penko
Engineering. Vincent van der Wel is still employed by Penko and manages the interests
of the weighing industry. He is also author of the book about the company's
history.
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