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In July 2003, the management of Beckhoff USA was handed over to Graham Harris. Gerd Hoppe, the previous
managing director of Beckhoff USA, who had established the branch from early 1999, returned to
the Beckhoff head office in Germany. Mr. Harris, an automation specialist who came to Beckhoff from Rockwell
Automation in 2002, had previously been Vice President for Sales and Marketing, with responsibility for
the distributed I/O business. Originally from Scotland, he emigrated to the USA after his engineering degree from
the University of Glasgow. Mr. Harris has 25 years of experience in product development, marketing and sales
of industrial controllers, and distributed I/Os. “This is a new and interesting position, and a key position for
the expansion of the Beckhoff presence as an innovative automation manufacturer offering technologically
oriented products and solutions for OEM and end users in the USA.” As the second largest market in the world
after Europe, the US market offers optimum preconditions for the innovative solutions from Beckhoff, with
the direct sale of products meeting the exacting requirements of US customers in terms of support and engineering.
Harris intends to push ahead with further expansion for Beckhoff in the North American market. “Customers reduce costs and increase their productivity through the use of innovative products from Beckhoff based on open standards,” explained Harris. To cope with the expected growth, Beckhoff hired three new staff for technical support and sales for their offices in Southern California and the head office in Minneapolis.
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