Beckhoff Automation
| Private (GmbH & Co. KG) | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Automation |
| Founded 📆 | 1980 |
| Founder 👔 | Hans Beckhoff |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Verl, Germany |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Hans Beckhoff (Managing Director) |
| Products 📟 | Industrial PCs, Fieldbus components, Drive technology, Automation software |
| Revenue🤑 | €1.33 billion (2024)[1] |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 5,500 (2024)[1] |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Beckhoff Automation is a German manufacturer of automation technology headquartered in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The company specializes in PC-based control systems and is considered one of the market leaders in industrial computer technology.[2] It is also known for the development of the real-time Ethernet fieldbus system EtherCAT.[3]
Founded in 1980 by Hans Beckhoff, the company operates as a family-owned business.[4] While the company experienced long-term growth, it reported a revenue decline to €1.33 billion in the 2024 fiscal year following global market shifts.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Deutlicher Umsatzeinbruch bei Beckhoff im Kreis Gütersloh" [Significant drop in sales at Beckhoff in the Gütersloh district]. Neue Westfälische (in Deutsch). 2024-08-05.
- ↑ Häuser, Gerrit (2020-02-18). "Wie Beckhoff zum drittgrößten Hersteller von Industriecomputern wurde" [How Beckhoff became the third-largest manufacturer of industrial computers]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in Deutsch).
- ↑ "Innovationspreis für den Daniel Düsentrieb der Automatisierungstechnik" [Innovation prize for the Gyro Gearloose of automation technology] (in Deutsch). VDI nachrichten. 2024-05-28.
- ↑ "Hall of Fame: Wie Beckhoff Automation seit 45 Jahren innovativ bleibt" [Hall of Fame: How Beckhoff Automation has remained innovative for 45 years]. Handelsblatt (in Deutsch). 2024-01-15.
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