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Ghost drivers in production
4. March 2021
Ghost drivers in production
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…
Zinc cards
2. March 2021
Zinc cards
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…
Cookie? You bet!
8. December 2020
Cookie? You bet!
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…
Door by door a good deed
1. December 2020
Door by door a good deed
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…
New brand name for high speed technology
18. November 2020
New brand name for high speed technology
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…
Security, Safety and CE at a glance
16. November 2020
Security, Safety and CE at a glance
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…
Hope Plug-In Hybrid
6. November 2020
Hope Plug-In Hybrid
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…
Title for Testlab
3. November 2020
Title for Testlab
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“.…
Testlab lets pictures speak
29. September 2020
Testlab lets pictures speak
They carry Phoenix in their name, but are completely independent of the founder and parent company – Phoenix Testlab is an internationally recognized and sought-after company for test and inspection…
The E-Turbo construction site
23. September 2020
The E-Turbo construction site
Even Elon Musk cannot build a factory any faster – at the end of June, it was announced that Phoenix Contact E-Mobility wants to build a new production location in…
Yaskawa relies on PLCnext
15. September 2020
Yaskawa relies on PLCnext
Yaskawa is a Japanese company that is a global leader in the field of industrial robots, together with the Japanese company Fanuc. The inventor of the term “mechatronics” will in…
One for (almost) all
19. August 2020
One for (almost) all
Single Pair Ethernet is a hot potato. Transmitting both data and power with just one cable – this is not only technologically challenging, but also opens up completely new applications.…
Manager of the Year
7. July 2020
Manager of the Year
Congratulations! Professor Dr. Gunther Olesch, one of the managing directors of Phoenix Contact, was voted “Manager of the Year 2020” in the category of personnel management by the readers of…
5 G? No problem!
25. June 2020
5 G? No problem!
Phoenix Contact, Quectel and Ericsson jointly develop the first industrial 5G router for private 5G networks. Joint project of Quectel, Ericsson and Phoenix Contact With the help of the newly…
New GM in Finland
20. May 2020
New GM in Finland
Phoenix Contact enjoys a very good reputation in the country in the north of Scandinavia as an innovative manufacturer and reliable employer. The new General Manager for Finland was also…