Beckhoff
Slight plus in a year of crisis
Beckhoff was able to slightly increase its turnover in the past financial year and expects strong growth. The Verl-based company is therefore continuing to expand its production capacities.
Hans Beckhoff, managing owner of the company of the same name.
© BeckhoffBeckhoff recorded a slight increase in sales of 2% to EUR 923 million (2019: EUR 903 million) in the past 2020 financial year and expects double-digit growth rates for the current year. The number of employees worldwide increased by 3.5% to 4,500. Investments in research and development amounted to 70 million euros.
"For 2021, there are signs of very positive business development with current double-digit growth rates, and the global economy is on a very dynamic growth path in many areas! Expanding our production capacities and increasing productivity is therefore particularly important this year. We will also continue to invest heavily in research and development and training," says Hans Beckhoff, managing owner, summarizing the planned activities for the current financial year.
For the regions of Germany and Europe, the company recorded a single-digit decline, which is mainly due to the decline in deliveries to series machine construction. According to the company, this is primarily due to the capital goods sector. North America achieved a result on a par with the previous year.
In order to cope with the expected growth in the current financial year, the company is planning to increase production capacity by up to 30% in individual product areas.
You might also be interested in
The billion is cracked!
For the first time in its almost 42-year history, Beckhoff Automation exceeded one billion euros in sales. With a total global result of 1.182 billion euros, the company increased its turnover by around 28% compared to the previous year 2020.
read more...Frequency analysis without programming
The Twincat Analytics software from Beckhoff offers a complete workflow from data acquisition, data storage and analysis to the dashboard for continuous machine monitoring.
read more...Interview with Dr. Fabian Bause, Beckhoff
"AI is an evolutionary process"
Beckhoff has integrated machine learning into its TwinCAT 3 controllers and gained experience. In this interview, Dr. Fabian Bause, Product Manager Twin-CAT, explains how machine learning can be used profitably.
read more...Integrate S7 controllers into PC-based control
A new add-on now provides the additional option of communicating easily with S7 controllers from Siemens using the 'Twincat' automation software from Beckhoff.
read more...XPlanar: floating, contactless, intelligent
With XPlanar, Beckhoff opens up new degrees of freedom in product handling: free-floating planar movers move over individually arranged planar tiles on freely programmable travel paths.
read more..."We expect strong growth"
40 years of Beckhoff - an anniversary that is somewhat lost in the coronavirus year 2020. Hans Beckhoff explains the economic impact of the pandemic on the company in a virtual press conference.
read more...The e-paper of issue 07/2024
Read in the current issue of Computer&Automation how ChatGPT can provide support in the conception phase, how LLMs are used in code analysis and whether TSN can be considered as a backbone for virtualized control systems.
read more...Consistent multicore and multitask support
Beckhoff relies on consistent multicore and multitask support in its current 'TwinCAT MC3' Motion Control generation. Thanks to its modular architecture, axes implemented with 'TwinCAT NC2' can also be seamlessly integrated.
read more...Consistent Multi-Core and Multitask Support
Beckhoff relies on consistent multicore and multitask support in its current 'TwinCAT MC3' Motion Control generation. Thanks to its modular architecture, axes implemented with 'TwinCAT NC2' can also be seamlessly integrated.
read more...