Endress+Hauser Acquires Full Ownership of CodeWrights From Pepperl+Fuchs

Summary

Aug. 6, 2025 – Endress+Hauser is now the sole owner of the software company CodeWrights GmbH, based in Karlsruhe, Germany. The Swiss specialist in measurement and automation technology acquired the remaining 33% of the shares from the sensors and electronics manufacturer Pepperl+Fuchs with effect from 1 July 2025. Since 2002, Endress+Hauser held two-thirds of the shares, while Pepperl+Fuchs owned the remaining third.

CodeWrights was founded in 2002 as a joint venture between Endress+Hauser and Pepperl+Fuchs and employs nearly 50 people. As a service provider, the company develops customized software solutions for providers of measurement and automation technology, for example apps and cloud applications, software for industrial automation and embedded software for devices. This has contributed to CodeWrights’ profitable growth and its reputation as a trusted software partner.

Professional team and strong business model

“We are excited to assume full ownership of CodeWrights. At the same time, we would like to thank Pepperl+Fuchs for more than 20 years of constructive partnership,” said Dr Rolf Birkhofer, managing director of Endress+Hauser Digital Solutions, the Group’s product center for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). “We believe strongly in the expertise of the team and the strength of the business model. Together, we look forward to driving further growth and success.”

“We look back on decades of successful collaboration built on mutual trust and respect, for which we would like to express our genuine appreciation. We are confident that, with Endress+Hauser as the sole owner, CodeWrights is ideally positioned to drive its strategic development and realize its full potential,” said Lutz Liebers, COO for Process Automation at Pepperl+Fuchs.

No changes for customers of the service provider

“By transferring the shares, we are creating a clearer ownership structure and strengthening our company’s strategic ability to act. This decision enables faster coordination and provides new impetus for our shared growth,” added Thomas Debes, managing director, CodeWrights GmbH. He emphasizes that the acquisition will have no impact on the service provider’s day-to-day operations. “CodeWrights will continue to serve all customers with the same commitment and maintain its established service portfolio. Employees at both CodeWrights and Endress+Hauser can expect continuity in their work and collaboration.”

About the Endress+Hauser Group

Endress+Hauser is a global leader in measurement and automation technology for process and laboratory applications. The family company, headquartered in Reinach, Switzerland, achieved net sales of more than 3.7 billion euros in 2024 with a total workforce of over 17,000.

Endress+Hauser devices, solutions and services are at home in many industries. Customers thus use them to gain valuable knowledge from their applications. This enables them to improve their products, work economically and at the same time protect people and the environment.

Endress+Hauser is a reliable partner worldwide. Its own sales companies in more than 50 countries as well as representatives in another 70 countries ensure competent support. Production facilities on four continents manufacture quickly and flexibly to the highest quality standards.

Endress+Hauser was founded in 1953 by Georg H Endress and Ludwig Hauser. Ever since, the company has been pushing ahead with the development and use of innovative technologies, now helping to shape the industry’s digital transformation. More than 9,000 patents and applications protect the Group’s intellectual property.