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The Platformer
20. March 2024
The Platformer
When it comes to building complex structures that are supported on top of each other in wafer-thin layers, additive manufacturing comes into play. At Phoenix Contact, the name Protiq comes…
The HR Manager
12. March 2024
The HR Manager
HR departments are now called Human Relations. And employees in these departments no longer have to be rigid and conservative. In times of skills shortages and working from home, the…
The Abseilers
4. March 2024
The Abseilers
Anyone who wants to teach wind turbine generators their power-generating manners has to go right to the top from time to time to install or check that everything is in…
The Building Instructor
16. February 2024
The Building Instructor
The Kenny’s Auto-Center is one of the most renowned car dealerships in Switzerland. The company is not only known for its automobile stars, but also for its invitation to exquisite…
The Beehyve – powered by Swarmintelligence
22. January 2024
The Beehyve – powered by Swarmintelligence
The first bee summer at the Bad Pyrmont site is over. While the bees are already waiting for their first outing of the new year, the human makers of the…
The Inventor
17. January 2024
The Inventor
Patents are a good indicator of a company’s innovative strength. Since the days of Josef Eisert, Phoenix Contact has been a constant source of inventions that have revolutionized the world…
Young researchers visit Phoenix Contact
14. December 2023
Young researchers visit Phoenix Contact
It has been around for 25 years: “xplore“, the international education and technology competition from Phoenix Contact. Pupils, students, trainees and young professionals from all over the world develop innovations…
Lubmin – the energy community
22. November 2023
Lubmin – the energy community
With over 2,000 inhabitants, the title of seaside resort, miles of sandy beaches on the German Baltic Sea coast and a wildly eventful energy history with plenty of ups and…
The hot curves of the Limmat
6. November 2023
The hot curves of the Limmat
The Celts already knew how to use its healing powers long before the Romans built the ancient Aquae Helveticae here – in Baden an der Limmat there are the oldest…
LoRaWAN and the rhinos
19. May 2023
LoRaWAN and the rhinos
Lukas Schefer and Manuel Behlen dared to get close to the really fat pachyderms in the African bush. And thanks to LoRaWAN and Phoenix Contact technology, they haven’t lost contact…
2010s – The robe of the Phoenix
28. April 2023
2010s – The robe of the Phoenix
Continuity and recognizability are strengths of a brand core. And good architecture is a shining business card for a company. Why the Brandstetters never get bored when it comes to…
1980s – The German democtratic abroad
31. March 2023
1980s – The German democtratic abroad
With perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev initiated an epochal change starting in 1986, which initially shook the internal conditions of the then Soviet Union, but ultimately led to the fall of the…
1940s – Came to stay
22. March 2023
1940s – Came to stay
Phoenix Contact has settled in the city of carnations twice. From the former emergency solution developed in the last almost 80 years a real love affair. Even the current mayor,…
Tunnel under the jungle
13. December 2022
Tunnel under the jungle
In the Brazilian state of São Paulo, the Rodovia dos Tamoios serpentine road winds through the Serra do Mar mountain range. In the middle of it is Brazil’s longest tunnel.…
Think global, act local
28. November 2022
Think global, act local
Phoenix Contact and its subsidiaries – since the 1980s, what was once a regional industrial company has become a global player with a philosophy all its own that ensures sustainable…