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He was denied one great wish: “I would like to be invited to the 100th anniversary of Phoenix Contact.” Don Springer said this in the winter of 2004, when he…

Torsten Janwlecke has won the vote for Manager of the Year 2021. The Business Area President DC and Chief Operating Officer has now been honored in the “Electromechanics” category. It…

Frank Possel-Dölken has taken over the chairmanship of the steering committee of the Platform Industry 4.0. The Chief Digital Officer of Phoenix Contact took over the role in rotation from…

25 years of Phoenix Contact at the Bad Pyrmont site – basically, it all started with a trip to the Netherlands in the 1980s. One of the managing directors at…

With the growth of renewable energies, the limits of wind power plants are pushing further and further into regions that are not without their pitfalls in terms of climate. When…

They belong to Switzerland like watches, banks and the Alps – tunnels. Hardly any other country is as adept in the art of perforating its innermost parts as the Swiss.…

The Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA) was launched on March 2. The organization was founded by 23 founding members from the electrical, mechanical engineering, software and user industries with the…

A driverless transport system connects the automated small parts warehouse at the Blomberg site with workstations in production, thus ensuring optimized material flows. When the robot starts driving, no one…

Additive manufacturing of zinc alloy Zamak 5 in series possible for the first time. New possibilities for manufacturing prototypes or small series. Zamak 5 is a standard material for zinc…

The smell of cookies is in the air at our Training Center in Schieder-Schwalenberg. Normally our trainees and dual students work here in our own training workshop. The smell of…

The Canadian colleagues from Phoenix Contact have decided on a very special promotion for this year’s Advent season. They are supporting a campaign that started in Germany. Sebastian and Johanna…

The product range of Phoenix Contact E-Mobility gets a new name: CHARX will stand for charging technology from Phoenix Contact. Instead of the “Product xy from Phoenix Contact E-Mobility”, the…

There are many ways to present the topic of security in a boring way. It starts with the parental “Watch out for yourself”, continues with school admonitions and musty instructions…

Plug-in hybrids are vehicles that have both a combustion engine and an electric motor on board, equipped with tank and battery. One can either use conventional fuels or travel purely…

The independent test and inspection institute Phoenix Testlab can certainly be called a pioneer in the world of electrical engineering. It is now officially one of the “Milestones in electronics“.…