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Even higher speed for EtherCAT – interview with Hans Beckhoff
Interview mit Hans Beckhoff In an interview with Ronald Heinze, chief editor of “openautomation,” managing director Hans Beckhoff reports current trends and highlights at the SPS/IPC/DRIVES in Nuremberg, Germany and comments on the state of the EtherCAT development ...

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Beckhoff joins the OPC European Steering Committee (ESC)
Stefan Hoppe OPC is an open automation interface standard and stands for “Openness, Productivity & Collaboration”. OPC simplifies the integration of automation components from different manufacturers in PC-applications such as visualization systems or office applications ... More
At Beckhoff, training has a long tradition
Bei Beckhoff hat Ausbildung Tradition In September 2004, a total of 25 high school graduates started their career in one of the Elektro Beckhoff GmbH businesses. Beckhoff regards qualified training of apprentices as a social responsibility, but also as the basis for its own economic future ... More