Industrial control and HMI platform for manufacturing and energy automation
COPA-DATA operates zenon, a vendor-independent industrial control system built on .NET (ASP.NET Core, C#, Angular, TypeScript) and integrated with Azure DevOps and MongoDB. The platform connects to machinery and processes via industrial protocols (PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, OPC UA, IEC standards) and serves pharma, energy, automotive, and food production. Sales hiring outpaces engineering 11:7, paired with explicit pain points around expanding sales in key industrial verticals and building partner ecosystems—indicating a push to scale market coverage faster than product velocity.
COPA-DATA is a privately held Austrian software company founded in 1987 that develops zenon, an industrial control system (SCADA, HMI, IIoT) for real-time monitoring, control, and analysis across manufacturing, energy, pharma, automotive, food, and process industries. The platform operates vendor-independently across any hardware and software environment and connects to legacy and modern machinery via open industrial protocols. The company serves 5,000+ clients globally, including automotive OEMs, pharma majors, and energy infrastructure operators. Operations span seven countries (Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland, France, Spain, United States), with active hiring concentrated in sales, engineering, and customer support roles.
COPA-DATA's zenon platform is built on ASP.NET Core, C#, Angular, and TypeScript, with MongoDB for data storage, GraphQL for APIs, Docker for deployment, and Azure DevOps for CI/CD. Industrial connectivity uses PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, OPC UA, and IEC 61131-3.
Current priorities include zenon platform development, customer-specific functionality, graphical page design, software localization, sales expansion in pharma/energy/automotive verticals, partner ecosystem building, and proof-of-concept delivery for industrial clients.
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