Openness as a strategy for success: Competitive edge through partnerships and platforms
Phoenix Contact, Festo, and Yaskawa use the example of the open PLCnext Technology ecosystem to demonstrate how co-creation is redefining innovation, flexibility, and competition.
Open platforms are the key to the future of automation. In this livestream, Phoenix Contact, Festo, and Yaskawa demonstrate how they are banding together and setting new standards with PLCnext Technology: From modular architecture, through real-time capabilities and AI, to cybersecurity and the community. Learn about how co-creation and technological openness not only accelerate innovation, but also enable new business models and growth. Take inspiration from practical examples, exclusive insights, and the vision of how openness increases competition and customer benefit.
Information about the livestream:
- Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2025
- Time: 15:00 p.m. (CET)
- Duration: approx. 30 min
- Language: English
Speakers:
- Dr. Tobias Frank, Vice President Automation Systems at Phoenix Contact
- Helmut Deichert, Head of Product Line Controls at Festo AG & Co. KG
- Tobias Unger, General Manager European Technology Center (ETC) at Yaskawa Europe
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