Thorsis Technologies is a successful working company in the area of process and factory automation. In the field of industrial communication the engineers from Magdeburg develop and maintain communication interfaces for the fieldbus and Ethernet area. ifak system e.g. offers a noticeable portfolio for the fielbus protocols CAN, DeviceNet, Profibus and HART. In the automation area software tools and automation components for the technology standards OPC and FDT are successfully developed. The third important area belongs to the Dynamic Simulation which is linked to the marketing and further development of the simulation software SIMBA.