Beijer Electronics

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Beijer Electronics is a Swedish industrial automation company that designs and manufactures human–machine interface (HMI) terminals, operator panels, industrial PCs, and automation software. Founded in 1981 in Malmö, it originally operated as a Nordic distributor for Mitsubishi Electric's automation products before developing its own product line in the 1990s. Beijer Electronics is a business entity of Ependion AB (formerly Beijer Electronics Group AB), which is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap list. Beijer Electronics was established in 1981 in Malmö to distribute Mitsubishi Electric's programmable logic controller (PLC) products in the Nordic market, at a time when PLC technology was beginning to replace older relay-based control systems in manufacturing. In the late 1980s, the company began developing its own proprietary operator panels, introducing the first MAC series of HMI terminals in 1990. The MAC series established Beijer Electronics, as a manufacturer rather than solely a distributor, and the company achieved international success with these products. In 2000, Beijer Electronics was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange after being spun off from its former parent company, G & L Beijer AB. The listing initiated a period of acquisition-driven growth. In 2007, Beijer Electronics acquired Westermo, a Swedish manufacturer of industrial Ethernet and data communication equipment, which became a separate business area (Industrial Data Communication) within the group from January 2008. In 2010, the company acquired QSI Corporation in the United States to strengthen its North American HMI presence, and took a minority stake in Taiwanese data communication firm Korenix Technology, completing the full acquisition in 2011 for approximately 130 million SEK.