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PC control for Polo engine production

Over the last five years nearly all the assembly lines in the engine assembly area at the VW factory at Uitenhage in South Africa have been converted on the basis of PC-based control technology from Beckhoff ...

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Competitive through the latest automation
Until 10 years ago, most mains connection cables were manufactured manually. Since then, the majority of manufacturing has been shifted to low-wage countries ...
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Software PLC takes center stage
Cardboard production is generally a mature technology. Gains are only made through improvements in logistics, and above all through rapid processing with no malfunctions ...

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Biotechnology and modern laboratory automation
The company accelab GmbH based in Kusterdingen, Germany, deals with solutions for accelerating laboratory processes ...

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Ethernet inside – Lightbus outside
Since 1989 the Beckhoff Lightbus has been used around the world in a very wide variety of applications. Immunity from interference and high transmission speed mean that fibre optics are ideal for fieldbus systems such as Motion Control tasks with fast cycle times, or for applications ...

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Safety and protected investment
Users of drive technology are primarily looking for manufacturers to provide greater safety in their products and well-protected investment, according to participants in a discussion of drive technology with “Aktuelle Technik” ...

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Beckhoff at the go.automation.days 2002
At the beginning of September, Beckhoff Automation AG presented themselves at the go.automation.days, the International automation trade exhibition in Basel ...
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Beckhoff Austria: New representation in Lower Austria
The newly founded Beckhoff subsidiary in Austria, expanded by adding a branch in Berndorf, south of Vienna. Beckhoff’s goal is to provide comprehensive customer support everywhere in the Austrian ...

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Coming soon: Beckhoff Italien
The expansion of Beckhoff’s international sales network continues. The new target of the export activities is Italy with its strong machine construction and plant engineering base ... More
The course is set for the future
Beckhoff is set to expand and concentrate on business activities in the central and eastern European market. During the Hanover Fair in Germany, the company signed an exclusive distributor contract with Dyger s.r.o ... More
Expansion leads to central and eastern European markets
“In addition to direct sales of our technologies, beyond the products themselves we offer our customers application support,” says Zbigniew Piatek, Managing Director of Beckhoff Poland ...

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Presence in Scandinavia strengthened
The automation specialist Beckhoff and the Swedish distributor TR Electronics Sweden AB have a longstanding successful co-operation. The success has resulted in establishing a Beckhoff’s Automation AB subsidiary in Stockholm ...

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Beckhoff Finland: Latest technologies at the Tekniikka 2002
Tekniikka 2002, one of the largest automation fairs in Scandinavia, took place September 25-27, in Jyväskylä, central Finland ...

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Beckhoff expands its business in China
Since the “Beckhoff China” representative office was opened in April of 2001, the company’s presence in the Chinese market has grown dramatically. Forecasted sales for 2002 are on target to double last year’s sales ... More
PC-based controller technology on production equipment for PVC
doors and windows
In co-operation with Industrial Software Co., Ltd (INSOFT), a system integrator based in Shanghai, Beckhoff have implemented a fully automatic production plant for PVC doors and windows... More