3S-Smart Software Solutions was founded in 1994 by Dieter Hess and Manfred Werner who jointly manage the company today. The company’s core products are the IEC 61131-3 Development System CODESYS and the corresponding platform independent Runtime System CODESYS Control. Today, 3S-Smart Software Solutions employs over 100 specialists who develop and market the CODESYS product line. CODESYS is used in all sectors of the automation industry in all sorts of different applications by manufacturers of intelligent automation devices as well as end users (from the plant or machine building industry) and system integrators.