HMS Networks
{{Short description|International software company}}
{{primary sources|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = HMS Networks AB
| logo = File:HMS Networks logo.svg
| traded_as = {{OMX|SSE43302|HMS}}
| ISIN = SE0009997018
| type = Aktiebolag
| founded = {{Start date and age|1988}} Halmstad, Sweden
| key_people = Staffan Dahlström, CEO
Charlotte Brogren, Chairman
Joakim Nideborn, CFO
| industry = Technology industry
| products = Anybus, Ewon, Intesis, Ixxat
| revenue = 268 million EUR (2024)
| num_employees = 1100
| num_employees_year = 2025
| homepage = {{URL|hms-networks.com}}
| hq_location_city = Halmstad
| hq_location_country = Sweden
| footnotes = {{cite web | title=HMS, HMS Networks, (SE0009997018) | website=Nasdaq | url=https://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com/shares/microsite?Instrument=SSE43302 | access-date=2023-12-23}}{{cite web | title=HMS Networks AB i Halmstad (556661-8954) | website=Merinfo.se | date=2023-12-23 | url=https://www.merinfo.se/foretag/HMS-Networks-AB-5566618954/2k27yoa-hffo | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-23}}{{cite web | title=About HMS Networks | website=HMS Networks 2023 | url=https://www.hms-networks.com/about | access-date=2023-12-23}}{{cite web | title=HMS History & the HMS story | website=HMS Networks | url=https://www.hms-networks.com/about/history-milestones#:~:text=HMS%20was%20founded%20in%201988,technology%20for%20measuring%20paper%20thickness. | access-date=2023-12-23}}{{cite web | title=HMS Networks Finansiella Rapporter | website=HMS Networks | date=2022-12-31 | url=https://www.hms-networks.com/sv/aktieagare/rapporter/hms-rapportarkiv | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-23}}
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HMS Networks AB is an international company in the field of Industrial Information and Communication Technology (Industrial ICT).{{Cite web |title=HMS Networks AB (publ) acquires the remaining shares of Procentec B.V. {{!}} GlobeNewswire by notified |url=https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/hms-networks-ab-publ-acquires-the-remaining-shares-of-procentec-bv?publisherId=4954260&releaseId=17930950 |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=kommunikasjon.ntb.no |language=no}} HMS is headquartered in Halmstad, Sweden{{Cite web |title=About HMS Networks and remote management |url=https://www.netbiter.com/about-hms |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=www.netbiter.com}} and is listed on the Nasdaq Nordic stock exchange,{{Cite web |title=HMS Networks: Inside Sales Engineer (Hybrid) {{!}} WayUp |url=https://www.wayup.com/i-j-HMS-Networks-783932667636118/ |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=www.wayup.com |language=en-US}} employing 1100 people with reported sales of 268 million Euro in 2024. HMS stands for "Hardware Meets Software" referring to the fact that HMS products allow industrial hardware to be connected to IoT software.{{cite web |url=http://www.hms-networks.com/home |title=HMS Networks - Hardware Meets Software |access-date=16 August 2020}}
Products
HMS manufactures and markets industrial communication products that connect industrial devices to different industrial networks and IoT systems. HMS products act as translators between robots, control systems, motors, sensors, etc. and the different industrial networks that exists in the market (fieldbuses and Industrial Ethernet). HMS also offers a portfolio of wireless products as well as remote solutions{{buzzword inline|date=October 2019}} for web-based control of field equipment such as PLCs, electric generators, machines, telecommunication base stations, building management systems and the likes.
HMS markets products under the following brands:
- Anybus. Multi-network connectivity within fieldbus and industrial Ethernet. With Anybus, one can connect any industrial device to any industrial network. Wired or wireless.{{Cite web |url=http://www.anybus.com/ |title=Anybus web site |access-date=2011-03-28 |archive-date=2023-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107182239/https://www.anybus.com/ |url-status=live }}
- Ixxat. Connectivity solutions{{buzzword inline|date=October 2019}} for embedded control, energy and automotive testing. Ixxat products enable communication inside machines and between components in various industrial fields.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ixxat.com/ |title=Ixxat web site |access-date=2013-08-08 |archive-date=2015-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025030309/http://www.ixxat.com/ |url-status=live }}
- Ewon. Remote access and management of industrial equipment. With Ewon, one can monitor and control field equipment and machinery online.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ewon.biz/ |title=Ewon web site |access-date=2017-02-23 |archive-date=2023-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107182238/https://www.ewon.biz/ |url-status=live }}
- Intesis. communication solutions{{buzzword inline|date=October 2019}} for building automation.{{Cite web |url=http://www.intesis.com/ |title=Intesis web site |access-date=2017-08-11 |archive-date=2023-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107182239/https://www.intesis.com/ |url-status=live }}
Organization and history
HMS has operations in: Sweden (Halmstad), Germany (Karlsruhe, Ravensburg, Wetzlar, Buchen), Belgium (Nivelles), Spain (Igualada, Barcelona), United States (Chicago, Boston), China (Beijing), Japan (Yokohama), The Netherlands (Hedel, Rotterdam), Italy (Milan, Brescia), France (Mulhouse), Romania (Sibiu), UK (Coventry, Singapore, UAE (Dubai), South Korea (Seoul), India (Pune), Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City). In addition, distributors in 50 countries resell the HMS products on local markets.
HMS was founded in 1988 by Nicolas Hassbjer and has been deemed "Export Company of the Year" by the Swedish Trade Council.{{cite web |url=http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/9916/a/105115 |title=Stora Exportdagen: Trender och utvecklingsmöjligheter för svensk export |trans-title=Export Day: Trends and development opportunities for Swedish exports |website=Regeringskansliet |access-date=March 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314090528/http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/9916/a/105115 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |language=Swedish}}
- Product development of Anybus products is handled by the Industrial Network Technology Division in Halmstad, Sweden.
- Product development of Ixxat products is handled by the Vehicle Communication sub-division in Ravensburg, Germany.
- Product development of Ewon products handled by the Industrial Data Solutions Division in Nivelles, Belgium.
- Product development of Intesis products handled by the Building Automation sub-division in Igualada, Spain.
References
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Category:Companies established in 1988
Category:Software companies of Sweden