Company
Engineers who stay for the start-up.
Taktwerk was founded in 2004 by three controls engineers tired of handing over lines they would never see run. Today we are sixty people, one workshop and a test hall big enough for a full line.
Our story
We build lines as if we had to run them ourselves.
Every project is led by the engineer who will commission it. Cabinets are wired in our own workshop, software is tested against a simulated plant, and the whole line runs in our hall before it ever reaches yours.
That is slower on paper and much faster on your floor: fewer surprises at start-up, shorter shutdowns and a team that already knows your machine when the service desk rings.
60
engineers and technicians
2,400 m²
workshop and test hall
240+
lines and cells commissioned
14
countries with a running Taktwerk line
Milestones
Twenty-two years, one line at a time.
From a two-room office with a soldering station to a test hall that fits a complete production line.
2004
Founded
Three controls engineers, one van and a first retrofit for a local press shop.
2009
First robot cell
A palletising cell for a dairy. It still runs, with its original program.
2014
Test hall
1,200 m² to build and test complete lines before they ship.
2019
24/7 service desk
Remote access and an on-call rota that answers within two hours.
2024
Sixty people
Mechanical, electrical, software and robotics under one roof.
Standards we work to
Documented the way your auditors expect.
Every handover includes source code, electrical drawings, a risk assessment and validation records. Replace these examples with your own certificates.
QMS
Quality management
A documented quality system aligned with ISO 9001, audited every year.
IEC 61131-3
PLC programming
Structured, commented code in the standard languages, with a shared library.
ISO 13849
Functional safety
Safety functions designed, calculated and validated with full records.
IEC 62443
Industrial security
Zones, conduits and remote access designed with your IT team from day one.
Leadership
The people who sign the drawings.
Every one of them still spends time on site. Ask for any of them by name.
ML
Mara Lindqvist
Head of Controls
PLC and safety architecture, 19 years in food and packaging lines.
IO
Idris Okafor
Functional Safety Lead
Risk assessments and validation. Has never lost an argument about a light curtain.
ED
Elena Duarte
Retrofit Lead
Turns 1990s relay cabinets into documented, modern controls.
SP
Sun-hee Park
Robotics Lead
Simulation, offline programming and gripper design for 60+ cells.
TM
Tobias Marr
Plant Software Lead
SCADA, edge gateways and the data path to MES and ERP.
PH
Paul Hennig
Senior PLC Engineer
Writes ladder logic that the night shift can read at 3 a.m.
Next step
Come and see a line running in our hall.
We run factory acceptance tests most weeks. Book a visit and watch one with the engineers who built it.