Written by Mark Cain, Industry Manager- Infrastructure (UK)
Getting started!
I have just completed my first two weeks with Phoenix Contact UK and my goodness there’s a lot to learn. With 60,000 plus products spread over six catalogues just trying to imagine presenting our offering to customers is overwhelming to say the least. To be honest I was slightly concerned about how a company could manage such a vast product portfolio. I have quickly learnt that the business is structured in such a way that each group of products has a dedicated team managing their lines and experts offering support. Getting to know the product managers is going to be a high priority!
Phoenix Contact manufactures 1000s of different PCB terminal blocks and connectors. Having a large number of options to select the ideal part for your application is great and shows the capability of phoenix Contact, but to find the part you require can be a minefield.
Firstly and fore-mostly hello to you all! This is my first blog …ever! So please bear with me! I have been on board at Phoenix Contact as their new product manager for the Combicon product range (
In early February 2017 reports started coming up about PLC ransomware attacks, meaning PLCs were being hijacked and controlled by an aggressive attacker. It turned out to be a proof of concept test that used a tool called ‘LogicLocker’. A tool that was written by a Georgia Tech firm, used to demonstrate how easy it is to control a machine. This tool would use what is known as a ‘Logic Bomb’ which fires all outputs in one go and can be used to do this cyclically.
As I head inexorably towards my 1st half century on this planet I am beginning to reflect on life and how things have changed – particularly in the last 10 years.
Reduced footprint of components in the cabinet is often a ‘nice to have’ but increasingly it is imperative. That’s why Phoenix Contact’s product development in the 