Dr. Thomas Holm of SALZ Automation and Patric Scholz of FLECS are well-known figures in the automation family. They are now collaborating to make their customers more flexible and future-proof. But how do East Westphalia’s technology and Allgäu’s mesh? We paid them a visit.
When Patric Scholz of FLECS from Kempten in the Allgäu talks about SALZ Automation, he quickly becomes enthusiastic. “Thomas Holm and his team have understood the future of automation. They rely on a Linux platform, which of course fits perfectly with us,” laughs Scholz. “I’m glad to hear that,” jokes Dr. Thomas Holm, “that you see it that way and we’re on the right track.” The mood is relaxed; FLECS and SALZ Automation are doing business together, developing together, and Scholz and Holm agree: The automation of the near future is based on openness and flexibility; the control system must continuously adapt to new tasks for the customer.
FLECS and SALZ Automation are not just a match due to their Linux approach. Both companies employ people who have gained a lot of experience in the world of automation in their previous professional stations. “And our goals align. We want to break through the limitations of industrial automation,” explains Holm, who noticed Scholz and his small team even before his time at SALZ Automation. “Many were amazed, and so was I,” he recalls. Today, both sit over coffee in the Kempten startup center.
