an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . april 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message turck industry industrial automation founded 1965 headquarters m lheim an der ruhr north rhine westphalia germany headquarters key people ulrich turck christian wolf hans turck gmbh & co. kg werner turck markus turck werner turck gmbh & co. kg products ca. 15.000 number of employees ca. 4.000 website http www.turck.com the turck gmbh & co. kg is one of the leading manufacturers in the field of industrial automation . 1 with approximately 4000 employees working in 27 countries and representatives in further 60 states turck makes a range of approximately 15.000 sensor fieldbus interface and connectivity products turck offers products for various applications in the fields of factory and process automation . 1 contents 1 organization 2 company s history 3 products 4 awards 5 references organization edit the turck group is mainly constituted by the two enterprises hans turck gmbh & co. kg in muelheim on the ruhr organizing marketing and sales and werner turck gmbh & co. kg in halver organizing research and development . managing directors of the hans turck gmbh & co. kg are ulrich turck son of the enterprise s cofounder hans turck and christian wolf . the werner turck gmbh & co. kg is directed by the enterprise s cofounder werner turck and his son markus turck . german subsidiaries are the turck mechatec gmbh in muelheim producing and selling control cabinets and connectivity products the turck duotec gmbh in halver und beierfeld developing and producing electronic devices and a production site in beierfeld saxony . besides the three locations in germany the turck group incorporates a total of 24 independent subsidiaries worldwide . among the biggest subsidiaries are the turck inc. in minneapolis usa switzerland mexico and the turck tianjin sensor co. ltd. in china . company s history edit at the beginning of the nineteen sixties the brothers hans and werner turck founded the company starting off with two employees a seed capital of 20.000 german marks and the idea of automating manufacturing processes through electronic components . a bit later their partner hermann hermes joined the young company . turck s early international orientation dates back to 1975 which was marked by the foundation of turck inc. in minneapolis usa . since that day the company has repeatedly proven capable of reacting flexibly to changing world markets . in 1989 turck took over a measuring instrument factory based in beierfeld saxony and thus accomplished the company s entrance into the east european markets . in 1995 a sales and production company was founded in tianjin china to ensure the company s presence on the asian market . products edit turck s automation portfolio covers approximately 15.000 sensor fieldbus interface and connectivity products . in addition to single products like sensors remote i os or quick disconnect cables for machine manufacturers or end users turck offers comprehensive solutions for more complex applications in the fields of factory and process automation like image processing radiofrequency identification rfid or pick to light applications . awards edit for its sensor fieldbus and interface technology solutions turck has been awarded several times in germany and abroad . among the awarded products are the modular fieldbus i o system bl67 usa s plant engineering product of the year gold award in 2004 2 uprox factor 1 sensors best product in 2005 according to a & d magazine and the rfid system bl ident product of the year in 2006 according to control engineering china 3 award for innovation by gongkong.com 4 references edit a b according to self declaration via http www.turck.de en 2298 . aspx http www.plantengineering.com file 2713 gold awards.pdf control engineering 07 08 2008 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