Beckhoff Automation announces new Silicon Valley technical center
Beckhoff Automation, Savage, Minn., opened the doors to its regional sales and support office in San Jose, Calif. The Beckhoff team based there will provide direct sales, engineering and training services to manufacturers across California. The technical center is scheduled to open in December.
Located within close driving distance from locations throughout the San Francisco Bay area and local major airports, the new technical center features approximately 13,000 square feet of total office space, including sales offices, engineering labs, a customer training room and an innovation showroom with advanced PC- and EtherCAT-based automation technologies available for interaction and learning. A special area of focus is Industry 4.0, with concepts demonstrating Smart Factory architectures, industrial cloud-based systems and OPC-UA connectivity for secure “shop floor to top floor” data management.