Hans Beckhoff demonstrated PC Control technology – made in Germany – to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Hans Beckhoff demonstrated PC Control technology – made in Germany – to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

XFC technology increases profitability and improves the ecobalance

German chancellor Angela Merkel visited Beckhoff at
Hanover Fair

On her round tour of this year’s Hanover Fair, to mark the opening of the industrial trade fair on 21 April 2008, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Beckhoff at the booth in the Application Park. Managing Director Hans Beckhoff explained the trendsetting “eXtreme Fast Control Technology” to Dr. Merkel.

The graduate physicist Hans Beckhoff presented the XFC fast control technology to the German Chancellor as a technological highlight. Angela Merkel was accompanied by Annette Schavan, German Minister of Education and Research; Christian Wulff, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony; and Sepp D. Heckmann, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Deutsche Messe AG.

“Beckhoff is the world leader in the field of high-speed machine controllers. The XFC technology introduced by Beckhoff currently allows an improvement in the reaction rate of a machine controller by a factor of 10”, explains Hans Beckhoff.

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