# Yaskawa and Phoenix Contact partner to develop PLC platform

Yaskawa and Phoenix Contact agreed a partnership to develop a next-generation machine controller and PLC platform using Phoenix Contact's PLCnext Technology, with Phoenix Contact licensing its PLCnext runtime environment to Yaskawa.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2020-10-09
- Status: announced
- Products: programmable logic controller platform, machine controller
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Yaskawa](https://endata.com/companies/16432.md) (partner)
- [Phoenix Contact](https://endata.com/companies/17065.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [roboticsandautomationnews.com](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2020/10/09/yaskawa-and-phoenix-contact-partner-to-develop-new-plc-platform/37207/), 2020-10-09: "Yaskawa, a manufacturer of motion control, robotics, and variable speed drives, and Phoenix Contact, a manufacturer of automation solutions, have agreed a partnership to develop a new programmable logic controller platform."

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