At Beckhoff, automation is our calling. We empower engineers to succeed as industry leaders across all aspects of intralogistics and material handling. We help you differentiate by harnessing new technologies, embracing open standards and solving the world’s most complex problems. Founded and led by engineers, we organically create advanced automation technologies that become unique tools for your one-of-a-kind challenges in an age of digital transformation. As a global partner with U.S. headquarters in Minneapolis, we are committed to sustainability, inclusivity, and support for the people behind the automation.
Beckhoff has introduced many key technology standards embraced by most of the world’s top intralogistics equipment manufacturers, including the EtherCAT industrial Ethernet system. We offer powerful solutions that cover all areas of automation, such as PLC, motion control, robotics, mechatronics for adaptive material handling, integrated vision, machine safety, industrial communication, IoT/cloud and more. Beckhoff helps customers automate any equipment or facility found in intralogistics, including distribution centers, smart warehouses, AS/RS, AGVs and AMRs, conveyors, singulators and sorters.
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Reduced hardware and engineering costs for distributed safety applications via new generation of Beckhoff safety controllers.