Beckhoff at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2011

The SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2011 ended with a successful balance: this year's SPS/IPC/DRIVES, from 22 – 24 November 2011 in Nuremberg, set an attendance record once again with over 56,000 trade visitors. There were also a record number of exhibitors, with 1429 participants.
With its international team of employees, Beckhoff welcomed its customers and visitors to the automation meeting place and presented its complete range of products. A large number
of new items were shown for the first time on an area of over 1000 m². One of the highlights of the trade show appearance was the release of TwinCAT 3, the latest generation of the software for PC-based control technology. Apart from that, attention was also focused on the new
CX2000 Embedded PC series, the AM8000 servomotor series with single-cable solution and the new Panel generation with multi-touch capability.
The trade show presentation in Hall 7 was accompanied by a programme of lectures on current technology topics. Beckhoff was additionally represented at several Booths at the SPS 2011: Apart from the main Booth, Beckhoff was also to be found at the Booths of technology organisations and associations. For example, Microsoft and Beckhoff exhibited a modern control solution with continuous system communication – from the sensor into the Cloud.