About
Phoenix Contact develops and manufactures industrial electrical and electronic technology products that power, protect, connect and automate systems and equipment. Our products are used in many industries, including:
- Automotive
- Water/wastewater
- Transportation
- Power generation
- Oil and gas
- And many others
A global company
- Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Blomberg, Germany has annual sales exceeding 1.3 billion euro (approximately $1.8 billion)
- Founded in Germany in 1923
- 11,000 employees in 47 international subsidiaries
With a local presence
- Phoenix Contact USA, one of the first international subsidiaries, founded in 1981
- More than 500 employees in the U.S., including about 415 at U.S. headquarters near Harrisburg, Pa.
- U.S. headquarters is home to manufacturing and distribution center
- By bringing production and logistics closer to our customers, we provide shorter lead times, easier on-site reviews, faster response and increased flexibility our U.S. customers
Phoenix Contact’s formal Integrated Management System is registered to ISO quality, environmental and safety standards:
- ISO 9001:2008
- ISO 14001:2004
- OHSAS 18001:2007
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Technical Articles
Cable into the Future Industrial Ethernet with 10 Gbps
(Wire and Cable)
Today's machines and plants generally communicate using
Ethernet with 100 megabits per second (Mbps). However,
many applications, such as cameras for quality inspection,
servers to document quality...
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Client/Server Terminology for Modbus TCP
(Industrial Computing)
Modbus is a very simple protocol, and for that reason,
it is very widely used. The simplest topology consists of
a single master (or client), and a slave (server). Multiple
slaves or servers are...
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