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Top 10 Brands of HMI Worldwide

HMI is the abbreviation of human machine interface, which is also known as user interface. It is the medium of interaction and information exchange between the system and users. It can complete the work of information transformation between the internal form of machinery and the acceptable form of human beings. Wherever there’s human-computer information exchange, there’s HMI.

Brands Specializing in HMI

1. Pro-face

Figure 1: Pro-face HMI product with brief company description

Pro-face International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is a company invested by Digital Electronics Corporation of Japan. With its innovative technology concept and leading technology awareness, Pro-face International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. provides global customers with programmable HMIs, industrial tablet computer, graphic logic control and industrial information terminal products. The company helps users improve the overall production and operation efficiency. With HMI products occupying a very high market share in Asia, America and Europe, Pro-face is a global leader in the HMI industry.

2. HITECH

Figure 2: 5.7 inches HITECH HMI PWS5610T-S

HITECH is a brand in Taiwan and is called Hetek in Chinese mainland. It is the brand of Taiwan HITECH Electronics Co., Ltd. founded in 1981, the company initially manufactured electronic watches for pens. In order to transform HITECH into a technology-oriented company, the company began to develop and manufacture LCD modules in 1984. At that time, HITECH was the first manufacturer in Taiwan to successfully develop LCD modules. In 1990, HITECH set up a new Research & Development department to actively invest in the research and development of human machine interface (HMI) applied in the field of industrial automation. HITECH is the first manufacturer in Taiwan to develop industrial HMI products by combining embedded system technology with LCD module. After years of efforts, HITECH has established its own HMI brand - HITECH PWS series, with sale bases all over the world, including Asia, the United States and Europe. Now it has been acquired by Swedish BEIJER and has been put under BEIJER.

3. Beijer

Beijer Electronics Group of Sweden is the first HMI brand in Europe, and it has won the best IF design award of global industrial design for three years continuously. Beijer adopts aluminum magnesium alloy shell design, which is thin and has strong anti-interference ability. Its HMI screens are of 64ktft true color display with beautiful and clear picture, and the embedded WinCE operating system has powerful function and high reliability. The protection grade of the front panel is IP66, and it has passed various certification of UL, DNV, and RoHS.