SPS - Smart Production Solutions
SPS – Smart Production Solutions – is where the heart of automation beats. Year after year, it brings together the world’s leading providers of smart and digital automation technologies, showcasing innovative solutions that address today’s industrial challenges and anticipate tomorrow’s demands. With a strong focus on the convergence of IT and OT, this year’s edition promises cutting-edge insights into the interconnected, intelligent, and secure factories of the future. The event is a must-attend for automation professionals, machine builders, OEMs, software developers, and digitalization leaders seeking reliable, scalable, and secure solutions for their production environments.
Wibu-Systems: Enabling Trust in Automation
As the global leader in software protection, licensing, and security technologies, Wibu-Systems empowers industrial stakeholders to protect digital assets, enforce versatile licensing models, and secure revenue streams. Our flagship technology, CodeMeter, bridges operational and digital technologies, making it the natural companion for SPS attendees navigating the fusion of smart automation and cybersecurity. With a firm commitment to innovation, compliance, and trust, Wibu-Systems stands at the nexus of industrial software monetization and secure digital transformation.
Technology Highlights at Our Booth
Secure Licensing for Small Devices
Modern automation is driven by distributed intelligence, including small embedded systems with minimal resources. Wibu-Systems addresses the specific challenges of licensing functionality on such constrained devices with a combination of CodeMeter Embedded and CmASIC. We have also developed a lightweight library tailored for microcontrollers, focused on the core functions required for license and signature verification, and paired it with an optimized license format specifically engineered for resource-constrained environments.
This unique setup enables bare-metal integration, offering robust security with minimal overhead. Our Custom Licensing Adapter and hybrid activation workflows ensure seamless integration into existing license infrastructures – ideal for vendors already using CodeMeter License Central. Whether secured via digital signatures, cryptographic tokens, or CodeMoving for critical code segments, our solution enables scalable licensing, even on proprietary systems with limited OS support.
A powerful fit for device makers seeking unified licensing across their entire product portfolio.
CodeMeter License Portal: Versatile License Management
Our browser-based CodeMeter License Portal extends the power of CodeMeter License Central with an intuitive, customizable interface for managing licenses and subscriptions. It enables fine-grained user roles and rights management, article group configurations, ticket allocations, and fully automated subscription handling. Whether used internally or exposed to your ecosystem of partners and customers, the Portal supports seamless integration with third-party systems like ERP, CRM, or e-commerce platforms. It becomes your central point of control for scalable, flexible, and transparent license operations across diverse user groups and product lines.
Deep PLC Integration for the Automation Market
CodeMeter’s embedded capabilities shine in the world of programmable logic controllers. At SPS, we will demonstrate how leading PLC vendors have embedded CodeMeter to enable secure software protection, enforce licensing, and monetize new digital business models:
- B&R Automation: With Technology Guarding, B&R integrates CodeMeter and secure hardware modules directly into its controllers. This native integration enables secure deployment and dynamic licensing of both in-house and third-party applications.
- Phoenix Contact: CodeMeter is a trusted component in the PLCnext ecosystem, ensuring secure development and flexible licensing from PC WORX Engineer to the PLCnext Store.
- Rockwell Automation: Rockwell software utilizes CodeMeter to protect IP across the entire value chain, from engineering data and source code to runtime licenses on controllers, through advanced encryption, granular license models, and secure web portals.
App Stores & Docker-Ready Licensing
Industrial software is increasingly being delivered via app stores and containerized environments. Wibu-Systems meets this trend with flexible licensing solutions that fully support Docker and similar container technologies. By decoupling license creation and activation from hardware constraints, we empower software developers and automation vendors to distribute applications in isolated, reproducible environments with uncompromised IP protection. This makes CodeMeter the ideal companion for modern industrial marketplaces, including successful integrations like those with Hilscher and FLECS. Our technology protects applications, enables pay-per-use models, and secures revenue flows in container-based deployments.
Thought Leadership at the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance Booth
Join us for an insightful talk on “Securing and Scaling Online Marketplaces for Industrial Automation”. Discover how Wibu-Systems aligns with the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance’s vision to build secure, interoperable digital ecosystems. Explore architectural models, licensing workflows, and how our technology enables compliance with the upcoming EU Cyber Resilience Act. Real-world examples will illustrate how embedded and edge devices can be protected while integrating with third-party platforms, paving the way for trustworthy, revenue-generating industrial marketplaces.
Unlocking Security and Innovation
"Security is not the cost of innovation – it's the catalyst that turns great ideas into sustainable business."
Visit us at SPS and experience how Wibu-Systems transforms industrial software protection and monetization with future-ready, secure licensing solutions.