i.safe MOBILE and R. STAHL sign strategic partnership agreement
June 2023
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i.safe MOBILE and R. STAHL have signed a strategic partnership agreement. The cooperation covers the mutual complementation and exchange of product portfolios in the field of explosion protection. The globally established technology and market leaders from the Main-Tauber and Hohenlohe region in Germany see the cooperation as a strong positive synergy effect for the range of products and services provided by both companies. The innovative strength of the industry specialists offers customers competent all-round support in the field of digitalisation, IIoT, Industry 4.0, and AI in hazardous areas. Both companies already supply global customers in the chemical, petroleum processing, pharmaceutical and other demanding process industries.

The project team of i.safe MOBILE and R. Stahl.
i.safe MOBILE is the innovation and world market leader for explosion-proof mobile devices and solutions while R. STAHL is the technology leader in electrical explosion protection. “Our combined expertise and the innovative power of both companies enables us to strengthen our international presence and market leadership in hazardous areas in the medium and long term,” says Martin Haaf, CEO of i.safe MOBILE. “With the mobile communication devices of i.safe MOBILE, we can offer our customers more comprehensive solutions for their automation tasks as a one-stop supplier, especially as explosion protection is a very complex and safety-relevant discipline“, adds Carsten Brenner, head of Business Unit Automation at R. STAHL.
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