倍福（Beckhoff）是一家專注于自動化新技術的德資企業，創立于1980年，總部位于德國威爾市。作為全球自動化技術的驅動者，倍福定義了自動化領域的許多標準，是國際標準的制定者和推動者。公司所生產的工業PC、現場總線模塊、驅動產品和TwinCAT自動化軟件構成了一套完整的、相互兼容的控制系統，可為各個工控領域提供開放式自動化系統和完整的解決方案。經過40年的發展和努力，倍福已在世界各地設立30多家分支機構，加上全球的合作伙伴，業務遍及70多個國家和地區。
倍福于1997年進入中國市場，中國區總部落戶于上海市北高新產業園區，現有員工280人，辦事處遍及國內26座大中城市。創新產品和解決方案廣泛應用于風力發電、半導體、光伏太陽能、電子制造、金屬加工、包裝機械、印刷機械、塑料加工、輪胎加工、木材加工、玻璃機械、物流輸送以及樓宇自動化等眾多領域。
公司傾力推廣的EtherCAT實時工業以太網于2014年成為中國國家推薦性標準，并已入編工信部的《國家智能制造標準體系建設指南》。作為一家技術驅動型公司，倍福一直注重在技術上尋求突破創新，在業內享有“創新引擎”的美譽。倍福基于PC的控制技術具有良好的開放性，它支持所有主流的工業通信協議，將IT技術、互聯網和自動化技術完美融合在一起，為實現工業4.0和智能制造奠定了堅實的技術基礎。
Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG, established in 1980, is an internationally company with global headquarters in Verl, Westphalia, Germany - with a focus on new automation technology. As the pioneer of global automation technology, Beckhoff defines many standards in the field of automation, and is the promoter of international standards. The product range covers Industrial PCs, I/O and fieldbus components, drive technology and automation software. Products that can be used as separate components or integrated into a complete and seamless control system are available for all industries. After 40 years of development and efforts Beckhoff is now represented worldwide in over 70 countries by 30 subsidiary companies and distributors.
Beckhoff has entered Chinese market since 1997 and its headquarters in China are located in Shanghai Shibei Industrial New Zone. The company currently employs 280 people across China and is presented in 26 large and medium-sized cities. Today, its innovative products and solutions are widespread in the most diverse industries and has proven themselves, for example, in wind energy, semiconductor, photovoltaic, electronic manufacturing, as well as in metalworking, packaging, printing and plastics industries, in tire processing, woodworking, glass processing, logistics and transport and intelligent building automation.
In 2014, EtherCAT real-time Ethernet has become a recommended national standard in China and has been included in “Guide to Constructing Standard System for Intelligent Manufacturing” published by MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic China). As a well-known technology-driven company, Beckhoff has always focused on seeking for breakthroughs and innovations in technology and has built a reputation industry-wide as an “innovation engine”. Due to its openness, the PC-based control technology from Beckhoff supports all mainstream industrial communication protocols and brings together the worlds of IT, Internet and automation technology. It also represents the optimum basis for implementing intelligent manufacturing and Industry 4.0 concepts.
