ekvip develops PLC software and automation frameworks for machine building and special-purpose manufacturing. The tech stack is heavily specialized—Beckhoff TwinCAT, CODESYS, Siemens TIA Portal, IEC 61131-3—with supporting work in Java, Kotlin, and C#. Active projects span framework library development, plant optimization, and a nascent US-market PLC business, while pain points cluster around framework scaling and establishing new geographic revenue streams.
ekvip is a 11–50 person software house headquartered in Leipzig, Germany, focused on customized automation solutions for machine builders and special-purpose machine manufacturing. The company develops reusable PLC programming frameworks, delivers control system design for industrial plants, handles commissioning and after-sales support, and offers customer-specific solutions built on proprietary framework libraries. They serve both existing production system modernization and greenfield build scenarios. Recent activity shows expansion into the US market alongside continued framework refinement in their core German and European industrial base.
Beckhoff TwinCAT 3, CODESYS, Siemens TIA Portal, and IEC 61131-3 standard are core. The stack also includes KUKA and ABB robot integration, C++, Java, Kotlin, and C# for supporting tooling.
Framework library development and maintenance, control system design for industrial plants, PLC business expansion in the US, plant software optimization, and customer-specific automation solutions across machine building and heavy industry.
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