Festo and Phoenix Contact: Strategic partnership

Automation Festo and Phoenix Contact enter strategic partnership

2024-05-16 Source: Phoenix Contact | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

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The two companies want to advance the industry together. For this purpose, they are relying on open solutions.

From left: Ulrich Leidecker (COO Phoenix Contact), Gerhard Borho (Board Member for Information Technology and Digitalization at Festo), Thomas Böck (Chairman of the Board at Festo) and Frank Stührenberg (CEO Phoenix Contact).(Image: Phoenix Contact) — From left: Ulrich Leidecker (COO Phoenix Contact), Gerhard Borho (Board Member for Information Technology and Digitalization at Festo), Thomas Böck (Chairman of the Board at Festo) and Frank Stührenberg (CEO Phoenix Contact).
(Image: Phoenix Contact)

Festo and Phoenix Contact have entered into a strategic partnership. According to a statement, PLC Next Technology, Phoenix Contact's open ecosystem for modern automation, will be used in future intelligent devices. The companies aim to take automation to a new level with this. The new product generation is expected to hit the market by the end of the year.

Festo particularly appreciates the openness and flexibility of PLC Next Technology. The open architecture allows individual solutions to be developed and existing systems to be seamlessly integrated. Festo and Phoenix Contact's common goal is to meet the requirements that result from the merging of IT and OT in the industry through open automation solutions. "In a rapidly changing world, it is becoming increasingly important to form partnerships and work together within the framework of open technology platforms. A paradigm shift is clearly noticeable," says Frank Stührenberg, CEO of Phoenix Contact.

Festo has been looking for a partner with an open system approach for its future direction, who provides a corresponding operating system, further develops it and wants to bring it widely into the market. "The openness of PLC Next Technology opens up the opportunity for numerous providers to offer flexible, secure and modern automation technology," says Ulrich Leidecker, COO and President of the Business Area Industrial Management and Automation at Phoenix Contact. "The technology partnership with Festo represents a milestone for the automation industry. Because the more partners participate in an open automation ecosystem, the more valuable it becomes for each individual participant."

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