German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Beckhoff at the Hannover Messe

By OEM Update Editorial June 2, 2022 12:24 pm IST

For the traditional opening tour of the Hannover Messe on May 30, 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also visited the Verl-based company Beckhoff Automation.

The German Chancellor was accompanied by about 80 other guests and around 100 journalists. After welcoming the prominent delegation and briefly introducing the company, Hans Beckhoff explained the wide range of PC-based control and drive technology. With it, the automation company offers a universally applicable basic technology for the “Industrial Transformation”, the leading theme of the Hannover Messe. New Automation Technology from Beckhoff comprises the product segments industrial PC, fieldbus components, drive technology, automation software and control cabinet-free automation (MX-System). The latest innovation is the modular MX-System, which is a pluggable system solution that can completely replace the conventional control cabinet and thus opens up completely new, highly efficient and sustainable paths in plant automation.