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How Innovators Naturally Progress To Industry 4.0

by | Apr 26, 2022

Summary

Continuing our Conversation With: Phoenix Contact, Tom is curious about how a 100-year-old family business became an I4.0 leader, Jack says that when you're an innovator, the progression is natural.

How Innovators Naturally Progress To Industry 4.0

We’re back with the second week of our Conversation With: Phoenix Contact. Continuing his discussion with CEO Jack Nehlig, Tom is curious about how Phoenix Contact, originally a small family-owned business started 100 years ago in Germany became a leader in technology. Jack talks about their natural progression, in seeking to get ahead of the competition, in developing what is next, that road would eventually lead to Industry 4.0.

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