The European Central Bank controls Europe's currency from Frankfurt, Germany's financial centre. Beckhoff Automation, in a bucolic corner of Westphalia, controls the bank. Or more precisely, its devices control the bank's lighting and ventilation. Other Beckhoff gizmos raise the curtain and dim the lights at Milan's Teatro alia Scala. Yet more are embedded in luxury sailboats, in dancing fountains outside Las Vegas hotels and in half the wind turbines made in China. Omnipresent but obscure, family owned but by no means puny, Beckhoff is among thousands of "hidden champions" that account for much of Germany's prowess as a manufacturer and exporter.
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机译：欧洲中央银行从德国金融中心法兰克福控制欧洲货币。位于威斯特伐利亚州一个田园风光的贝克霍夫自动化控制着这家银行。更确切地说，其设备可控制银行的照明和通风。 Beckhoff的其他小发明在米兰的Teatro alia Scala剧院拉高窗帘并使灯光昏暗。还有更多的产品嵌入豪华帆船，拉斯维加斯酒店外的跳舞喷泉以及中国制造的一半风力涡轮机中。 Beckhoff无所不在，但默默无闻，是家族所有，但绝不虚弱。Beckhoff是成千上万的“隐形冠军”之一，在德国制造商和出口商的实力上占了很大一部分。
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