Sustainable and safe to success.
Machinery and plant engineering, software development, material handling and technical services. Four areas, one standard: solutions that hold up in operation, not just on paper.
Tell us what you need to move.
One sentence is enough – weight, environment, industry. We suggest the right device and name the engineer to talk to.
Four areas. One standard.
Specialised in depth, connected across the board. What begins in design does not stop at a departmental boundary here — it ends with documentation, inspection and operation.
Machinery & Plant Engineering
Design, machinery and plant construction from a single source – complemented by process calculations that make every sizing decision sound and traceable.
Software Development
Part of the company since day one: CAD-related desktop applications, database-driven web applications, and rapidFOX – a SaaS product of our own.
Material Handling
Lifting equipment, manipulators and balancers that make heavy loads light – sized for the workstation they stand at. Maintained, inspected and modified regardless of make.
Services
Change service, documentation and inspections – plus real estate management. Services that relieve your department without you having to hire.
Lifting Equipment Maintenance
Maintenance is the one form of upkeep you get to schedule yourself. Everything else happens when it happens – usually in the shift where it suits least. We maintain lifting equipment and manipulators of any make across Germany, Austria and Switzerland, to a plan derived from how you use the unit rather than from a standard interval.
- Basis
- DIN 31051
- Makes
- independent
- Area
- DACH
- Maintenance plan from operating hours and environment, not from a rule of thumb
- Chains, ropes, hooks, brakes, joints and guides all covered
- Pneumatics: service unit, valves, hoses, leakage
Which lifting device suits your workstation?
Load, reach, environment, cycle time — from a few details our device finder suggests the right manipulators and balancers. After that you speak to an engineer, not to a catalogue.
rapidFOX
An Entracon product brand
We build software the way we build machines.
Software development has been part of Entracon since day one — not a bought-in division. With rapidFOX we run our own helpdesk system: in the browser and as a native iOS app, with AI kept in-house and servers in Germany.
Mail · Chat · Form · Call-back
Web & native iOS app
Servers in Germany
in-house, no OpenAI
It is in our logo. It applies in every project.
“Sustainable and safe to success” is not a headline here, it is a question of engineering: a pump at the right duty point, a plant that can be repaired instead of replaced, and a workplace where people stay healthy.
Energy & resources
The greatest lever lies in the sizing. A pump running permanently at the edge of its curve consumes many times its purchase price over its service life.
Safety & health
The second half of our claim. Safety is what allows a plant to run for decades – and the people working on it to stay healthy.
Longevity over replacement
The most sustainable plant is the one that never has to be replaced. We keep existing plants alive: with maintained drawings, plannable servicing and conversions instead of new purchases.
Digital instead of paper
One 3D scan replaces ten site visits. A clean digital archive replaces the one in the basement. Going digital saves us paper – but above all journeys and duplicated work.
At home wherever things are made.
Every industry has its standards and its unwritten rules. We know both.
Automotive
Hold the takt without spending a back.
To the industryMetal & machinery
Bring the workpiece to the machine, not the back.
To the industryPlastics & mould making
Setup time is machine time. And tools are expensive.
To the industryFood industry
Hygienic, wash-down proof – and still sensitive.
To the industryChemicals & pharma
Where standard units are not allowed in.
To the industryLogistics & packaging
The last hour of the shift should look like the first.
To the industryWood & building materials
Large, heavy, delicate – and still one person.
To the industryEnergy & environment
Maintenance is where the accidents happen.
To the industrySteel & metallurgy
Built for the environment where others give up.
To the industryFoundry and forge
Where it is hot, dusty and heavy, the execution decides.
To the industryGlass and ceramics
Breakage is not scrap. Breakage is an injury.
To the industryPaper and print
The machine stands until the reel is hanging.
To the industryElectrical and electronics
Heavy and delicate at once – that is the combination.
To the industryMedical technology
Where every step is documented, the device is part of it.
To the industryAerospace
Light is not easy. Large and light is hard.
To the industryRail and commercial vehicles
The workstation is twenty metres long.
To the industryKnowledge that helps even without an order.
When a lifting aid becomes mandatory, why the tilting moment matters more than the payload, which zone calls for which unit — written down by the engineers who size the equipment.
Expansion loop or expansion joint?
It is not only the movement that counts – but also where the forces go.
Read the articlePipe stress analysis or good engineering practice (RAGAGEP)?
Not every pipe needs a complex calculation model. What matters is whether its mechanical safety can be assessed unambiguously with proven rules – or whether the interaction of temperature, weight, supports and external loads makes a pipe stress analysis necessary.
Read the articlePiping vibration – causes and countermeasures
Allow thermal movement. Limit vibration deliberately.
Read the articleThe people behind Entracon.
You talk to the people who decide. Short paths are not a slogan here — they are a matter of company size.
„I bring my technical expertise to precise, innovative solutions in plant construction, digital design and process automation. With a deep understanding of engineering processes, simulation and digital modelling, I drive technological innovation and develop sustainable, forward-looking solutions for our customers."
Dr.-Ing. Philipp Schwittek
Managing Director
„I have been with Entracon for 25 years, the last 15 as managing director – long enough to watch technologies come and go. What remains is one question: does the solution hold up in operation? I start from the real requirement – from what is actually needed on the shop floor, in the office and at the customer's site – and translate it into digital processes. Not the other way round. That is exactly how our software development produced rapidFOX as a product in its own right."
Carsten Scholze
Managing Director
„I specialise in process management and in connecting IT with the physical world. My focus is on integrating digital solutions seamlessly into existing workflows, increasing efficiency, transparency and profitability. I bring the same approach to my responsibility for our real estate management."
Tobias Schwittek
Authorised Officer
Let's talk about your project.
One short conversation usually settles more than three quotations. Call or write — you will reach an engineer directly.