Hardware meets Software™

HMS stands for Hardware meets Software. Our technology enables industrial hardware to communicate and share information with software and systems.
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This is HMS Networks

What WE DO:

We create products that enable industrial equipment to communicate and share information. 

WHAT HMS STANDS FOR:

HMS stands for Hardware Meets Software™, the two core components of our solutions.

OUR MISSION: 

We enable valuable data and insights from industrial equipment, allowing our customers to increase productivity and sustainability.

OUR PLAYING FIELD:

HMS operates within Industrial ICT. ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology.

WHO WE ARE:

700 skilled and passionate professionals in 16 countries around the world, working with developing, manufacturing and selling products at the forefront of technology.

Quick facts about HMS


What we do: We create products that enable industrial equipment to communicate and share information.
 
What HMS stands for:

HMS stands for Hardware Meets Software™, the two core components of our solutions.
Vision: To become the World’s greatest industrial ICT company. (ICT = Information & Communication Technology.)
 
Mission:

We enable valuable data and insights from industrial equipment allowing our customers to increase productivity and sustainability.
Brands:
 Anybus, Ewon, Intesis, Ixxat
(HMS also owns Owasys)
 
Operations in:

18 countries: 
Sweden
Germany
Belgium
Spain 
USA 
China
Japan 
The Netherlands
Italy 
France 
Romania
UK
Singapore
UAE
South Korea 
India 
Australia 
Vietnam 
Distributors:

 In more than 50 countries
Installations:

 More than 9 million at companies such as Siemens, Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electrics, Toshiba, Sony, Panasonic, ABB, Hitachi, etc.
 
Employees: 1200
 
Founded: 1988
 
Head office: Halmstad, Sweden
 
 ISO-certification
ISO9001:2015. 

More about HMS certifications
Corporate governance: CEO: Staffan Dahlström
Chairman of the Board: Charlotte Brogren
HMS Corporate Management Team
HMS Board of Directors
 
Corporate values: We put Heart, Mind and Soul (HMS) into what we do.
 
Revenue (2023)

3 025 MSEK (267 M EUR, 290 M USD)


 
Share information: Listed on NASDAQ-OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm in the category Large Cap.