Our team in North America

    Local Experts in a Global Team

    Hilscher North America, headquartered in the greater Chicago area, USA, was the first international subsidiary of Hilscher, marking a significant expansion into the Americas. Combining development, sales, and technical support, our team plays a vital role in delivering cutting-edge industrial communication solutions tailored to the needs of local customers across North and South America.

    As a trusted partner in the automation industry, Hilscher North America provides seamless integration of fieldbus and Real-Time Ethernet technologies, ensuring reliable machine-to-machine communication across industries. Our core product offerings include the multiprotocol netX technology, embedded modules, cifX PC cards, industrial gateways, and the edge management platform netFIELD.

    One of our key advantages is local inventory, ensuring fast, off-the-shelf availability of our most in-demand products. With over 80% of our orders shipping directly from our Chicago-based stock, we provide rapid delivery across the Americas, reducing lead times and keeping our customers’ operations running smoothly.

    With a strong regional presence and a dedicated team of industrial communication experts, Hilscher North America supports a wide range of industries, from manufacturing and automotive to robotics and industrial IoT. Our commitment to fast, expert-level support helps customers implement efficient, scalable, and future-proof automation solutions.

    Our global team

    Through continuous innovation and a deep understanding of industrial communication protocols, Hilscher North America remains at the forefront of technological advancements, working directly with headquarters ensuring that customers benefit from secure, high-performance connectivity solutions. As part of a global organization with over four hundred employees in many countries, we bring worldwide expertise with a local focus, making us the preferred choice for industrial networking in North America. 
    Hilscher’s core netX, enable manufacturers and automation specialists to build scalable, interoperable, and future-proof industrial communication systems. Our commitment to archiving supporting tools ensures that successful projects remain a valuable resource, driving innovation and efficiency in industrial automation.

    Insights from Hilscher in North America

    Orange Precision Measurement and Hilscher Triumph with Milestone Deployment of Multiple Industrial Protocols
    Enabled a U.S. beverage manufacturer maintaining and upgrading its legacy drives on DeviceNet, with Hilscher’s netTAP50
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    Orange Precision Measurement has managed to expand its portfolio to support three Real-Time Ethernet protocols and one fieldbus protocol enabled by our netX 90 communication controller. This is a significant achievement in the industrial automation sector, offering unprecedented flexibility and interoperability for Orange Precision Measurement’s customers in manufacturing and process control environments.

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    Drive replacements on DeviceNet systems can present maintenance personnel with an array of challenges and frustration. Typically, multiple software packages, code modifications,  and firmware revisions need to be managed to make these systems work correctly.
    Through relationships with Hilscher NA, Siemens has developed a simple solution to easily replace failed AB drives on DeviceNet with no modifications to the PLC or DeviceNet code and configuration. Modules come pre-programmed and are ready for connection to the SINAMICS drives family.

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      Hilscher North America, Inc.

      Our industrial communication experts from Chicago equip state-of-the-art production facilities in the United States of America with multiprotocol communication technology.

      Hilscher North America, Inc.
      2525 Cabot Drive, Suite 200
      Lisle, IL 60532

      2525 Cabot Drive, Suite 200
      60532
      Lisle
      United States

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