{"id":28114,"date":"2019-10-31T17:35:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=28114"},"modified":"2019-10-31T17:35:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:35:36","slug":"schmersal-group-acquires-omnicon-engineering-gmbh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/schmersal-gruppe-uebernimmt-omnicon-engineering-gmbh\/","title":{"rendered":"Schmersal Group takes over omnicon engineering GmbH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>K. A. Schmersal Holding GmbH &amp; Co. KG, acquired omnicon engineering GmbH on 24 October 2019. omnicon is a service provider that advises both medium-sized and DAX-listed companies on safety-related issues and supports them in ensuring the conformity of machinery with EU machinery safety regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Engineering office<\/strong> with around 15 employees is recognised as the<strong> Member of the Schmersal Group<\/strong> continued under the previous name. The <strong>Founder Friedhelm Nowak<\/strong> will remain with the company as Managing Director.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201eThe acquisition of omnicon engineering GmbH is part of our expansion strategy and we expect to achieve greater market penetration for the services provided by our tec.nicum division,\u201c explains <strong>Philip Schmersal<\/strong>, Managing Partner of K. A. Schmersal Holding GmbH &amp; Co. KG. \u201eomnicon is an outstanding service provider that offers the complete portfolio of safety services - from risk assessment and technical documentation to hazard assessments and training. We can now offer our customers in south-west Germany in particular greater proximity and therefore shorter distances and even faster response times.\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>tec.nicum<\/strong> was established on 1 January 2016 as <strong>Services division<\/strong> of the Schmersal Group and has been recording double to triple-digit growth rates every year since then. The <strong>tec.nicum<\/strong> consists of a worldwide network of certified Functional Safety Engineers who advise machine manufacturers and operators on all matters relating to machine and occupational safety on a manufacturer-independent basis.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-1854436627\"><div id=\"packa-2871038564\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>In addition, the tec.nicum experts plan and realise complex safety solutions around the globe in close cooperation with clients. With the founding of tec.nicum, the Schmersal Group has further expanded its position as a leading international system and solution provider for machine safety.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: tec.nicum<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Schmersal Group acquired omnicon engineering GmbH on 24 October 2019. omnicon advises companies on safety-related issues.","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":28115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[43,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-28114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aus-den-unternehmen-news","8":"tag-aus-den-unternehmen","9":"tag-verpackungsmaschinen","10":"cs-entry","11":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}