Josh Crayton

Semiconductor Industry Manager
Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG

Biography

Josh Crayton is the US industry manager for the Semiconductor Industry at Beckhoff Automation.

Josh possesses more than two decades of experience in industrial automation where he’s focused on delivering multi-axis, deterministic motion control systems.  Over the years he’s earn the trust of leading semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment manufacturers by helping them solve demanding wafer transport and process control challenges.  His focus is to introduce Beckhoff’s broad portfolio of EtherCAT connected PC-based devices and innovative control technology to help wafer fabrication equipment partners design and deliver to market smarter, more efficient, more resilient, and lower cost next generation tools.

Company Profile

Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG

Beckhoff is a German company, founded in 1980 by Mr. Hans Beckhoff.  Beckhoff has grown into a global automation leader with subsidiaries operating in 75 countries.

 Beckhoff is renowned for innovation and has contributed significantly with the adoption of groundbreaking technologies such as EtherCAT, an astonishingly fast fieldbus system, which in 2007 was approved as a semiconductor industry standard SEMI E54.20.

 Beckhoff develops open automation systems built upon proven PC-based control technology.  The product range spans from industrial PCs to an extensive portfolio of I/O devices and fieldbus components, to innovative drive technology, modern automation software, control cabinet-free automation, novel planar transportation systems, and hardware for machine vision.

Leading Wafer Equipment Manufacturers adopt Beckhoff new automation technology for innovative, smart tools, resilient against security incursions, to shrink the machine footprint and to drive down cost.

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