COPA-DATA GmbH

COPA-DATA is an Austrian industrial software company founded by Thomas Punzenberger and headquartered in Salzburg. The company builds automation software for engineering and operating manufacturing and infrastructure equipment, positioning itself as an independent vendor separate from hardware suppliers.

Its zenon software platform combines HMI/SCADA, batch control, and energy management modules, extended through the zenon Engineering Store add-on marketplace and the Straton embedded soft PLC. Zenon is deployed across food and beverage, life sciences, automotive, and energy sectors, with customers including BMW, Ford, Pfizer, and ABB.

1. Zenon Platform: Unified engineering environment covering HMI, SCADA, and batch control.

2. Energy Management: Dedicated modules for substations, renewable energy, and grid monitoring.

3. Pharma Compliance: Batch control functions built for FDA and GMP-regulated production lines.

4. Zenon Historian 360: Centralizes production and process data for reporting and analysis.

5. Straton Soft PLC: Embedded control runtime that extends zenon to edge devices.

6. Add-on Marketplace: zenon Engineering Store offers pre-built extensions for faster commissioning.