Mark Whitaker

Beckhoff Automation is one of the world's leading specialists for automation and PC-based control technology. We are an owner-managed family business that employs over 5,000 people around the world, and we generated sales of 1.182 billion euros in 2021. Our headquarters are located in Verl, East Westphalia. Thanks to an additional 24 branches in Germany, 40 international subsidiaries and global cooperation partners in over 75 countries, we are always within close range of our customers so that we can provide support on-site at any time. Our passion for innovation Beckhoff is a high-tech company. Our employees develop and produce our innovative products and solutions entirely in-house, using a strong foundation of PC-based control technology. Bundling all of our skill sets within our own company is a crucial factor in our success. Our product range spans the main areas of industrial PCs, I/O and fieldbus components, drive technology, automation software, control cabinet-free automation, and hardware for machine vision. Our customers use this diversity to successfully implement pioneering concepts for controlling and automating their applications. Our mission is to develop products and automate production processes in such a way that they consume less resources and less energy than in the past. Every year, effectiveness and productivity must be increased to meet the global desire for more prosperity in an ecologically sustainable way. As we say at Beckhoff, 'Engineers must save the world!'