Phoenix Contact
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| Founded | Essen, Germany (1923) |
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| Founder | Hugo Knümann |
| Headquarters | Blomberg, Germany |
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Number of employees
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12,900 |
| Website | www |
Phoenix Contact manufactures industrial automation, interconnection, and interface solutions. Founded in 1923 in Essen, Germany, Phoenix Contact developed the first modular terminal block. Phoenix Contact offers products including: terminal blocks, relays, connectors, signal conditioners, power supplies, controllers & PLCs, I/O systems, Industrial Ethernet, controller system cabling, PCB terminal blocks & connectors, and surge suppression.
The global headquarters of Phoenix Contact is located in Blomberg, Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Germany. The company was founded in 1923 in Essen, Germany and in 2014, accounted for annual sales in excess of 1.77 billion Euro (approximately $2 billion USD). Phoenix Contact manufactures in over 10 nations: Germany, USA, China, India, Poland, Greece, Brazil, Turkey, Sweden and Argentina and employs 12,900 employees in 50 international subsidiaries. In 1987, Phoenix Contact introduced the fieldbus system INTERBUS. In addition, Phoenix Contact manufactures products for use with Modbus, DeviceNet, EtherNet/IP, CANopen, PROFIBUS and PROFINET networks.
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1923: In Essen, Germany, Hugo Knümann founds a commercial agency for electrical products and sells contact wire terminals for electric trams. Two floors of a rented building in Essen serve as the company headquarters: offices are on the first floor; the second story is used for assembly. Soon after, the young company becomes Phönix Elektrizitätsgesellschaft (Phoenix Electricity Company).
1928: Working together with Rhine-Westphalia Electricity Works (RWE), Hugo Knümann develops the first modular terminal block.
1937: Ursula Lampmann, later to become one of the partners, joins the company as the first commercial member of staff. For almost six decades, she continues to play an active role in the company.
1943: On March 13, the company offices near the Essen train station are destroyed in an air raid. The company headquarters move to the "Bürgerheim" restaurant in Blomberg. It is not until 1948 that part of the 30-strong company moves back to Essen.
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