Who are we?

INCOTEC Automation GmbH, was established in 1986 in Bielefeld, Germany, by Michael Sauer and Friedemann Sokoll. The company’s mission is to create innovative, high-quality, robust automation solutions for industrial applications. Making tannery automation its special subject from the beginning, Incotec has seventeen years experience in designing solutions for the leather industry.

Where are we?

The company is headquartered in Bielefeld, Blomestraße 25-27, where fourteen employees work on five hundred square meter office space, laboratory, and modern production area.

What do you make?

INCOTEC’s flagship product, TanWare, was introduced in 1987 and has been enhanced and refined since then to become the industry’s leading computer automation system. TanWare is in operation worldwide and currently controls wet processes at over twenty tanneries with more than two hundred fully automated networked control systems.

What is your business strategy?

INCOTEC’s corporate philosophy is defined by the values of partnership and a “can do” approach. Incotec aligns its interests and goals with those of its partners. We guide customers through automation projects and candidly provide expert advice at all stages. We are determined to put concepts and ideas into workable and economical solutions, even if this means to abandon conventional methods, and to find radically new ways to solve problems.

What does this mean for me?

Customers benefit from our long-term experience and from the fact that Incotec is able to provide turnkey systems from one source. Our ambition is to leave no problem unsolved and to create optimal solutions for them. To achieve this, we take ownership of our customer’s problems, creatively design and evaluate solutions, and apply proven engineering methods to perfect a chosen design. Because of our hands-on style, customers find it easy to work with us.

What else do you do?

• Planning and implementation of control systems for industrial automation.
• Design and development of customized hardware and software for machine control systems.
• Electronic circuits design, PCB layouts, and production of prototypes up to series production.
• Development of custom software for technical and commercial applications.

What do you make?

• ProfiClip field bus equipment: This modular system allows simultaneous transfer of digital or analog signals such as tank levels, temperatures, pressures, fault conditions etc. over long distances via a single 2-wire cable.
• Remote controlled energy distribution and metering system for camping grounds and marinas.
• Coprocessor board with variable interface equipment for scale linkage in merchandise management systems.
• Intelligent electronic control for Miele industrial dishwasher.
• Control system for the world’s largest scratch-off lottery ticket printing machines.