Frank Stührenberg to hand over the role of Chief Executive Officer of Phoenix Contact to Dirk Görlitzer

2024-06-17

Frank Stührenberg, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Phoenix Contact, will retire at the end of December 2024 after 33 years with the company. He will be succeeded by Dirk Görlitzer, General Manager and Chief Operating Officer (COO) since 2020. To ensure a smooth transition, Frank Stührenberg and Dirk Görlitzer will share the role of Chief Executive Officer from July 1. Frank Stührenberg will remain associated with the Phoenix Contact Group in the future as chairman of the supervisory board of the newly founded company Phoenix Contact E-Mobility Holding SE.

Solutions for a sustainable process industry at ACHEMA 2024

2024-05-21

The process industry is facing various challenges – including the need for higher efficiency and flexibility in modularization, cost reductions in processes, and the use of sustainable resources for system operations. Based on the development of technology standards and modularization approaches, Phoenix Contact will be presenting suitable solutions with regard to energy efficiency and carbon reductions at the ACHEMA trade fair in Hall 11.1, Booth A31.

Free expert presentations: “My production – smart – safe – transparent”

2024-05-21

Extending the useful life of proven machines and their networking can generate data transparency and lead to higher efficiency. The Phoenix Contact 2024 roadshow series features free presentations by experts at 10 different locations in Germany, providing valuable insights and inspiration for in-house production.

Phoenix Contact is extending its production network for the North American market

2024-05-13

Phoenix Contact is planning a new building for electronic and electromechanical production in Mexico to meet the growth potential of the North American market. To this end, Phoenix Contact Production S.A. de C.V. was founded back in February.

On the way to intelligent safety of machinery: project consortium from OWL successfully completes the “AutoS²” project

2024-03-21

The project consortium it’s OWL, in which Phoenix Contact worked together with the Fraunhofer Institute and other companies, successfully completed the joint research project on the automation of hazard and risk assessments.

New product label supports automated goods receipt

2024-01-22

To further optimize logistics processes, Phoenix Contact is introducing new product labels that simplify automated goods receipt and goods issue for its customers.

Phoenix Contact plans an extensive investment program for medium to long-term growth

2023-11-14

During a press conference at the SPS automation trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, Ulrich Leidecker, Chief Operating Officer of Phoenix Contact, spoke about the company’s economic development, which, after two years of above-average growth, has been characterized by a significant decline in incoming orders since the second quarter of 2023. It is currently forecast that Phoenix Contact will close the 2023 fiscal year with a fall in revenue of around two percent compared to the previous year and a total revenue of three-and-a-half billion euros.

Vision of the future brought to life in the All Electric Society Park

2023-09-26

A new entrance has been built on an area of around 7,600 m² along the access road to Phoenix Contact’s Blomberg site.

Vote now: The Signal Conditioner App from Phoenix Contact has been nominated for the Automation App Award 2023

2023-09-26

The Signal Conditioner App from Phoenix Contact has been nominated for the Automation App Award 2023 in the category “Engineering and Robotics”.

Vote now: The highly compact MINI Analog Pro Ex i signal conditioners with SIL 3 are a finalist for the Best of Industry Award

2023-09-26

The highly compact MINI Analog Pro Ex i signal conditioners with SIL 3 have made it onto the shortlist in the “MCR/process automation” category of the “Best of Industry Awards”.

Officially certified by the VDE: CHARX control modular AC charging controllers for charging that is compliant with calibration laws

2023-06-28

In mid-June, the VDE Testing and Certification Institute invited us to Offenbach, Germany – for the official presentation of the examination certificate for billing compliant with calibration laws, specifically German measurement and calibration law, for the CHARX control modular AC charging controller from Phoenix Contact.

Phoenix Contact plans most extensive investment program in company history

2023-04-28

At a press conference, CEO Frank Stührenberg talked about the highest growth in the company’s 100-year history and announced the extent of the new investment program.

Phoenix Contact E-Mobility GmbH celebrates its ten-year-anniversary

2023-03-03

2023 is a special year for Phoenix Contact – the company can look back on 100 years of passion for technology and innovation this year. Part of this success story is also the establishment of the E-Mobility subsidiary in 2013.

"The Beehyve", PLCnext Technology‘s community project, launches Slack as collaboration platform

2023-02-28

“The Beehyve” is a community project based on Phoenix Contact‘s PLCnext Technology. Effective immediately, the project is live on the Slack collaboration platform.

PLCnext Technology ranked “Best in Class” by PAC Innovation Radar

2022-11-08

International market analysis and consulting firm PAC Innovation Radar has ranked Phoenix Contact’s open PLCnext Technology ecosystem as “Best in Class” with an overall score of 1.91 in the category “Open Digital Platforms for Machine-edge-centric Industrial IoT in Europe 2022”.

Comprehensive monitoring of all critical points of a wind turbine generator

2022-09-21

Phoenix Contact continues to expand its collaboration with Wölfel Winds Systems.

Phoenix Contact launches a more sustainable product portfolio

2022-06-14

Based on a technology project conducted over several years, in which Phoenix Contact defined lead-free* alternative materials and put them to the test, the Group is now working quickly to convert its connector portfolio.

Energy Solution Partner Program

2022-04-19

Phoenix Contact has established globally selected Energy Solution Partners who have extensive expertise in the company’s products and systems. This enables solar power solutions to be adapted to individual customer requirements worldwide.

VIVAWEST and Phoenix Contact use digital building management to reduce energy consumption and operating costs

2022-01-20

After successfully launching digital building management with 400 heating systems, VIVAWEST has joined up with Phoenix Contact to expand this pilot project. A total of 300 additional heating systems are now equipped with a central controller.

Phoenix Contact awarded IEC 62443 certificate for PLCnext Control by TÜV SÜD

2021-12-06

Phoenix Contact is the first company to receive a certification for a controller (PLC) in accordance with IEC 62443-4-1 ML 3 Full Process Profile in combination with IEC 62443-4-2. This confirms that the secure development life cycle was fully applied in developing the PLCnext Control devices.

Press conference at SPS – smart production solutions

2021-11-26

At the SPS trade fair, held from November 23–25, 2021, Ulrich Leidecker, President of Industrial Management and Automation, spoke at a press conference about the development of Phoenix Contact’s business situation in 2021.

Official inauguration of the new Phoenix Contact E-Mobility production site in Poland

2021-10-12

The new Phoenix Contact E-Mobility production facility in the Rzeszów-Dworzysko Science and Technology Park was officially inaugurated on October 7, 2021, in the presence of the mayor, Konrad Fijołek.

Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures invests in OT cybersecurity

2021-10-01

Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures, the corporate venture capital company of the Phoenix Contact Group, has invested in high-tech startup SIGA as part of a new round of financing.

Phoenix Contact is “opening doors with the mouse”

2021-09-23

Phoenix Contact is taking part in the action day “Opening doors with the mouse” on October 3, 2021. Children will be guided through the Bad Pyrmont production site via a virtual 360° tour.

Groundbreaking ceremony in Blomberg: Phoenix Contact builds an energy-efficient facility for machine building

2021-08-25

August 24, 2021 marked the groundbreaking for the new building that Phoenix Contact will build at the end of the Flachsmarktstraße by 2023.