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Since he founded Beckhoff Automation in 1980, Hans Beckhoff (70), Managing Director, has consistently focused on innovation in the automation of machines, buildings, and energy supply, among other elements. On January 29, 2025, he was honored for his entrepreneurial achievements by Handelsblatt (a German business newspaper), KPMG, and the Stiftung Familienunternehmen (the Foundation for Family Business) and inducted into the Hall of Fame for Family Businesses.
At the ceremony in Munich, Hans Beckhoff was honored in front of more than 170 family entrepreneurs. He has kept the rate of innovations at his technology company high for 45 years, which is not easy to do. He is driving the digital transformation, rather than being driven by it. Nor has he lost sight of the global challenges of our time, such as climate change. Hans Beckhoff has seen that advanced automation technology is hugely significant here; it lays the foundations for improving sustainability, along with energy and resource efficiency, in line with Beckhoff’s motto: “Engineers must save the world!”.
At the ceremony in Munich, Hans Beckhoff was honored in front of more than 170 family entrepreneurs. He has kept the rate of innovations at his technology company high for 45 years, which is not easy to do. He is driving the digital transformation, rather than being driven by it. Nor has he lost sight of the global challenges of our time, such as climate change. Hans Beckhoff has seen that advanced automation technology is hugely significant here; it lays the foundations for improving sustainability, along with energy and resource efficiency, in line with Beckhoff’s motto: “Engineers must save the world!”.
Hans Beckhoff has also passed on his enthusiasm for automation and innovation on to the next generation: his children, Frederike and Johannes Beckhoff, have held leading positions in the company for several years. 45 years after its foundation, Beckhoff Automation thus remains a family business and will continue to be so into the future.
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