Beckhoff

HQ Location	Germany
Year Founded	1980
Company Type	Private
Revenue	$100m-1b
Employees	1,001 - 10,000
Website	Open website

The purpose of Industry 4.0 is to make manufacturing more flexible, efficient and sustainable through communication and intelligence, thus increasing the competitiveness of German industry. One major component of this approach is control technology, which is still far from reaching its full potential. Improved communication methodologies and the rising convergence of information and automation technologies will deliver significant progress – something Beckhoff has always focused on with its PC-based control technology and fieldbus communication.

Beckhoff provides the foundational technologies and tools needed today to implement Industrie 4.0 concepts and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, all via PC-based control. TwinCAT engineering and control software packages are available for the creation of applications such as Big Data, pattern recognition as well as condition or power monitoring, in addition to traditional control tasks – which can sustainably increase production and engineering efficiency as a result.

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	Construction & Buildings
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	Equipment & Machinery
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	Chemicals
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	Mining
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	Transportation
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	Discrete Manufacturing
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	Quality Assurance
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	Data Acquisition & Management
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	Quality Assurance & Control
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	Mass Customization
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	Overall Equipment Effectiveness
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Data Visualization

	Predictive Maintenance
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	Remote Access & Control
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	Other frequency
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	Ethernet
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	PROFIBUS
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