
Retired CTO
Roland Bent, CTO of Phoenix Contact, ended his professional life on February 28. His core responsibilities will be assumed by CDO Frank Possel-Dölken from March 1, with a focus on the digitalization of Phoenix Contact.
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Roland Bent, CTO of Phoenix Contact, ended his professional life on February 28. His core responsibilities will be assumed by CDO Frank Possel-Dölken from March 1, with a focus on the digitalization of Phoenix Contact.

The agonizingly long-lasting coronavirus pandemic has also caused the job market for engineers to freeze in many places, but it has not come to a complete standstill, as a survey of recruiters shows. Will there be a race to catch up?
SPS Connect is over, but you can still access the highlights from the presentation program on demand until the end of the year. Follow exciting roundtables and specialist presentations once again!
Phoenix Contact is expanding the FL Switch 1000 series with fibre optic variants that are housed in a slimline enclosure and, according to the supplier, offer a higher port density and prioritization of data traffic for automation protocols.

In the run-up to SPS Connect, Ulrich Leidecker, Chief Operating Officer at Phoenix Contact, reviewed 2020. And gave an outlook on developments in the new year.

In this video interview, Roland Bent, CTO at Phoenix Contact, talks about the coronavirus pandemic and why interoperability and openness are so important in times of the Industrial IoT.
Phoenix Contact launches robust multi-fiber data connectors on the market. The M17 MPO (multi fiber push-on) series fiber optic connectors are particularly suitable for real-time data transmission in intelligent power networks.
Phoenix Contact at SPS Connect
With its all-in-one solutions (AIO), Phoenix Contact offers industrial PCs with a fully enclosed die-cast aluminum housing (IP65) that can be expanded modularly and integrate Profisafe functions.

SPS Connect 24.11. - 10:45 - 11:15 a.m.
The coronavirus pandemic is clearly having a massive impact on us all. Distancing rules, masks, restricted access, local quarantine measures and partial lockdowns through to a complete lockdown.
SPS Connect 24.11. - 14:00 - 14:20
In this presentation, three experts from Rittal, Eplan and Phoenix Contact will explain how digitalization is changing engineering and manufacturing processes.