Tobias Plath is the new Head of Sales

Tobias Plath is the new Head of Sales

Expansion of international sales with a focus on other European countries 

Krefeld, April 16, 2024 - Krefeld-based MBS GmbH has expanded its sales department as of March 1. Since then, Tobias Plath has been in charge of Global Business Development and Sales at the building automation specialist. "We have restructured our sales strategy and will be more active in international acquisitions than before, focusing on other European countries," says Managing Director Nils-Gunnar Fritz. "We are therefore delighted to have gained a proven expert in Tobias Plath, who will actively support us with his extensive expertise."

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Universal gateways from MBS equipped with Sparkplug driver

Universal gateways from MBS equipped with Sparkplug driver

Edge devices for cloud communication in building automation

Krefeld, May 17, 2022 - The versatile universal gateways from MBS now also have a driver for the Sparkplug bus protocol. Since the devices were equipped with an MQTT driver (Message Queue Telemetry Transport) last fall, they are already fit for use in cloud communication. The Sparkplug driver is based on this open source communication protocol and focuses on the Internet of Things and ensuring interoperability. "Property operators who use MQTT but don't want to model the data to be transferred themselves will find Sparkplug to be a suitable solution," explains Nils-Gunnar Fritz, Managing Director of MBS GmbH. "The latest extension to our universal gateways provides the right firmware for this."

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Universal gateways from MBS certified for BACnet/SC plus Revision 22

Universal gateways from MBS certified for BACnet/SC plus Revision 22

BACnet/SC plus Revision 22 certified

Tested quality for encrypted building automation

Krefeld, April 05, 2022 - The proven universal gateways from MBS have received the certificate for BACnet Secure Connect (BACnet/SC) according to revision 22. After TÜV Süd tested the hardware and issued a corresponding test report, the devices have now received the certificate from the BACnet Testing Laboratories (BTL). "Since the most widely used bus protocol for building automation was supplemented with the Secure Connect security infrastructure in revision 22 in 2019, we have successively adapted our products and services," says Nils-Gunnar Fritz, Managing Director of MBS GmbH.

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10 years MBS test laboratory

10 years MBS test laboratory

Neutral BACnet conformance tests with high quality results

Krefeld, March 15, 2022 - The BACnet test laboratory at Krefeld-based MBS GmbH is currently celebrating its tenth anniversary. In 2012, the "conformity assessment body" of the building automation specialist was certified for the first time by the German accreditation body DAkkS in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025. "The founding of the test laboratory was a logical addition to our successful activities in the BACnet sector," recalls Nils-Gunnar-Fritz, Managing Director of MBS GmbH.

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