Founded in 1945 and located in Wuppertal, Germany, K. A. Schmersal GmbH is a company specializing in the production of industrial low-voltage switches and machine control components. Through decades of continuous technological and product innovation, Schmersal has developed into a global group company with about 1,300 employees worldwide and an annual sales revenue of 170 million euros.

　　In 2014, the Qingpu base in Shanghai was completed and put into operation. Schmersal Industrial Switches Manufacturing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. built a number of new buildings on a 16,000-square-meter base park, with a production area of 9,500 square meters and a storage area of 4,000 square meters. It also includes a five-story administrative office building with an office area of 1,700 square meters. This office building was designed and constructed according to European architectural standards, equipped with first-class modern environmentally friendly and energy-saving technologies, such as a geothermal heating system.

　　The base has a total of 180 employees, producing limit switches, safety switches, elevator switches, and other equipment for the East Asian market. The development department of the base has been transforming existing products since 2008 to meet the special needs of local customers. In addition, Schmersal has its own sales outlets in major industrial centers in China.

　　The main products include Schmersal safety switches, Schmersal safety lock switches, Schmersal limit switches, Schmersal heavy-duty switches, Schmersal explosion-proof switches, Schmersal pull switches, Schmersal foot switches, Schmersal safety mat switches, Schmersal safety modules, Schmersal high-temperature resistant switches, etc. These products are widely used in various machinery manufacturing industries such as manufacturing, metallurgy, mining, textile, plastic processing, food packaging, construction, transportation, and elevator manufacturing, serving as important components of machine automation and safety protection technology.