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AI from St. Pölten makes machines safe - Hanke welcomes Neuron Automation
02 June 2026

Press Release

Vienna/St. Pölten June 1, 2026 - What usually takes a safety engineer several days can be achieved by AI from St. Pölten in seconds. This means that an internationally pioneer-ing solution for functional safety - the technology that prevents machines and robots from injuring people - comes from Lower Austria. Federal Minister for Innovation, Mo-bility and Infrastructure Peter Hanke recognised this at a reception for Neuron Auto-mation. The occasion was the company's research funding from the FFG under the Frontrunner programme.

1st Place in “Products of the Year 2026”: Neuron Automation Wins with Safety Toolkit
17 April 2026

Press Release | Computer & Automation

St. Pölten, April 15, 2026 – Neuron Automation is driving a fundamental shift in functional safety: away from project-specific hardware and toward a scalable, software-defined platform approach. The company has now been recognized for this innovation. In the “Products of the Year 2026” readers’ choice awards by the trade publication Computer&Automation, Neuron Automation achieved 1st place in the “Safety & Security” category with its Safety Toolkit.

Functional Safety Becomes a Software Discipline
16 April 2026

Cover Story Special Issue | Computer & Automation

As the worlds of control systems and IT evolve at rapid speed, safety in many places is still stuck in architectures from a time when hardware was expensive and software was primarily a means to an end.
Neuron Automation is fundamentally rethinking functional safety and designing it as a standardized, scalable, software-defined platform.

Friederikos Kariotis is our new Chief Operating Officer
03 March 2026

Press Release | Computer & Automation

Neuron Automation, a functional safety specialist in industrial automation, has expanded its management team further. Friederikos Kariotis has assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) and will now be responsible for Organization and Human Resources.

Martina Hubert - Head of Business Development & Marketing
03 December 2025

Press Release | Computer & Automation

Neuron Automation, a provider of functional safety solutions for industrial automation, is expanding its leadership team with Martina Hubert. As Head of Business Development & Marketing, she will be responsible for the company’s strategic growth and market expansion.

Rethinking Functional Safety: Standardized, Scalable, Ready to Use
10 November 2025

Press Release | SPS 2025

Neuron Automation at SPS 2025: A Blueprint for Consistently Simplified Safety

For many manufacturers of control and automation components, functional safety remains one of the biggest obstacles in development: projects often take years, consume vast budgets, and demand specialized know-how. With its modular Safety Toolkit, Neuron Automation presents at SPS 2025 (Hall 7, Booth 670) a platform that makes functional safety radically simpler – standardized, scalable, and ready to use.