HMS Industrial Networks is an international company within industrial communications headquartered in Halmstad, Sweden. HMS is listed on the OMX-Nordic Stock Exchange, employs over 200 people in ten countries and reported sales of 36 million EUR in 2010.

What HMS does

HMS manufactures and markets network interfaces (modules and gateways) which connect industrial devices to different industrial networks. Simplified, you could say that the HMS products act as translators between robots, control systems, motors, sensors, etc. and the different industrial networks that exist on the market (fieldbuses

Fieldbus

Fieldbus is the name of a family of industrial computer network protocols used for real-time distributed control, now standardized as IEC 61158....

 and Industrial Ethernet

Industrial Ethernet

Industrial Ethernet refers to the use of the Ethernet family of computer network technologies in an industrial environment, for automation and process control. A number of techniques are used to adapt Ethernet for the needs of industrial processes, which require real time behavior...

)

HMS markets products in the following categories:

• Embedded solutions. Network cards embedded into the customer’s machine or device offering connectivity to any industrial network. Marketed under the brand Anybus.

• Gateway solutions. Stand-alone communication gateways for system integration offering connectivity between a device and a network, or network-to-network. Marketed under the brand Anybus.

• Remote Management. Solutions which enable users to monitor and control their devices remotely. Marketed under the brand Netbiter.

Examples of HMS products.

Organization and history

HMS has operations in ten countries: (Sweden (Halmstad - HQ), Germany (Karlsruhe), USA (Chicago), Japan (Shin-Yokohama), Denmark (Copenhagen), China (Beijing), Italy (Milano), France (Mulhouse), UK (Coventry), and India (Pune). In addition, distributors in 50 countries resell the HMS products on local markets.

HMS was founded in 1988 by Nicolas Hassbjer (hence HMS = Hassbjer MicroSystems) and has been deemed "Export Company of the Year" by the Swedish Trade Council.