WAGO

WAGO contact details

Head office

Hansastraße 27
32423 Minden
Germany

Telephone +49 571 887-0

Website wago.com/gb

WAGO Limited (UK)

Unit 1, Handley Road
Houlton
Rugby, Warwickshire CV23 1GA
United Kingdom

Telephone +44 1788 568008

Email uksales@wago.com

Web wago.com/gb/legal-information/site-notice

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Contact details as published by WAGO GmbH & Co. KG, checked 2026-10-30. Specify Motion is not affiliated with WAGO GmbH & Co. KG.

WAGO product lines

Who WAGO is

WAGO is a German company best known for spring pressure electrical connection technology, starting with the rail-mount terminal block. Alongside connection products it makes interface electronics and automation technology, and it is in automation that WAGO matters to motion and machine engineers. Its I/O System 750 has been on the market since 1995, and its PFC and CC100 controllers run CODESYS for machine and process control.

This profile concentrates on WAGO’s I/O systems and controllers. On a motion project, that hardware typically sits around the servo axes: distributed I/O for sensors and actuators, a PLC that sequences the machine, or a controller that talks to servo drives over a fieldbus.

History and ownership

The company traces its origins to 1950, when brothers-in-law Heinrich Nagel and Friedrich Hohorst learned of a patent for a screwless leaf-spring terminal block. They bought the patent rights and founded WAGO Klemmenwerk GmbH in Minden on 27 April 1951. The first rail-mount terminal blocks with spring clamp connection for standard DIN rails followed in 1957, and WAGO went on to introduce CAGE CLAMP spring connection.

International expansion included WAGO UK and WAGO Japan in 1990 and a production site in Sondershausen from 1991. In 1993 WAGO and Beckhoff jointly developed a modular, fieldbus-independent I/O system, and at the 1995 Hanover Fair WAGO launched its 750 Series, which it describes as the world’s first modular I/O system with couplers for different fieldbus technologies.

WAGO remains family-owned and headquartered in Minden. The operating company is WAGO GmbH & Co. KG at Hansastraße 27.

Automation products

I/O systems

The WAGO I/O System 750/753 is fieldbus-independent: the same DIN-rail I/O modules, wired with CAGE CLAMP connections, sit behind a coupler for the chosen network or behind a WAGO controller. WAGO lists more than 500 modules, including functional safety and Ex i modules. The 750 XTR range, with the PFC200 XTR controller, is rated -40 to +70 °C without extra protection, vibration-proof to 5 g, isolated to 5 kV impulse voltage and approved to 5,000 m altitude, for energy, rail and marine equipment. I/O System Field 765 adds IP67 machine-mounted I/O with IO-Link.

Controllers

The PFC200 is a Linux-based PLC with a 1 GHz Cortex-A8, 512 MB RAM, two Ethernet ports and RS-232/485, programmed in CODESYS V2 or the CODESYS V3-based e!RUNTIME, and also in C/C++. It has a built-in firewall and VPN and supports all 750/753 modules. The PFC300 moves up to a 64-bit dual-core Cortex-A53 at 1.4 GHz with 2 GB DDR4, 32 GB eMMC, two gigabit Ethernet ports and CODESYS V3.5, with Docker support. The Compact Controller 100 puts 8 digital inputs, 4 digital outputs, 2 analogue inputs, 2 analogue outputs and 2 RTD inputs into a compact DIN-rail housing, again programmed in CODESYS V3. PFC100 and Edge Controller models complete the range.

See our motion controllers hub for how a PLC and a dedicated motion controller divide the work on a machine.

Choosing between WAGO controllers

For a small machine with a handful of signals, the CC100’s integrated I/O avoids a separate rack, and 750 couplers extend it later. When the machine needs many I/O points, telecontrol protocols or a mature installed base, the PFC200 with 750 modules is the usual starting point. The PFC300 suits applications that need more processing, memory and gigabit networking, such as data logging, containerised software or heavier visualisation. Where ambient temperature, vibration or altitude are extreme, specify the XTR versions from the outset rather than adding cabinet heating or cooling later.

Technologies and standards

WAGO’s automation range is built around open standards: IEC 61131-3 programming in CODESYS, Linux as the controller operating system, and fieldbus independence in the I/O system. Its PFC controllers also support telecontrol protocols such as IEC 60870-5-101/103/104, IEC 61850 and DNP3, which suits energy and utility installations as well as machines.

Industries served

WAGO’s XTR range is built for extreme ambient conditions and has been through marine approval testing, and its telecontrol protocols address energy and utility assets. For motion engineers, the typical use is distributed I/O and machine sequencing alongside servo axes in packaging and handling equipment; see our packaging and food page.

Global and UK presence

WAGO operates worldwide from Minden. In the UK, WAGO Limited is at Unit 1, Handley Road, Houlton, Rugby CV23 1GA, registered under company number 2495884, with a sales phone line and uksales@wago.com. UK engineers can contact WAGO Limited directly for sales and support.

Sourcing WAGO parts through Specify Motion

Specify Motion is independent of WAGO and is not affiliated with it. We can help you source WAGO I/O and controllers alongside the motion components of a machine, or propose equivalent parts from our supply network on published figures where a second source makes sense. The find a replacement form is the quickest way to send us a part number or nameplate.

WAGO history: key dates

1. 1951WAGO Klemmenwerk GmbH founded in Minden on 27 April by Heinrich Nagel and Friedrich Hohorst
2. 1957First rail-mount terminal blocks with spring clamp connection for standard DIN rails
3. 1990WAGO UK and WAGO Japan established
4. 1993WAGO and Beckhoff jointly develop a modular, fieldbus-independent I/O system
5. 1995WAGO I/O System 750 launched at the Hanover Fair

WAGO controllers, plcs and hmis

Remote I/O

WAGO I/O System 750/753

Fieldbus-independent modular DIN-rail I/O system with more than 500 modules, including functional safety and Ex i modules, used with fieldbus couplers or WAGO PFC controllers.

Remote I/O

WAGO 750 XTR and PFC200 XTR

Extreme-environment versions of the 750 I/O system and PFC200 controller rated -40 to +70 °C without extra protection, vibration-proof to 5 g, 5 kV impulse isolation and approved to 5,000 m altitude.

PLC

PFC200 controller

Linux-based PLC for the 750/753 I/O system with 1 GHz Cortex-A8, 512 MB RAM, two Ethernet ports and RS-232/485, programmed in CODESYS (IEC 61131-3) with built-in firewall and VPN.

PLC

PFC300 controller

64-bit dual-core (Cortex-A53, 1.4 GHz) PLC with 2 GB DDR4, 32 GB eMMC, two gigabit Ethernet ports, RS-485 and USB-C, running CODESYS V3.5 on Linux with Docker support.

PLC

Compact Controller 100 (CC100)

Compact DIN-rail controller with integrated I/O (8 DI, 4 DO, 2 AI, 2 AO, 2 RTD), two Ethernet ports, optional CANopen and CODESYS V3 programming, expandable via 750 couplers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the WAGO website?

The website is wago.com, with a UK edition at wago.com/gb. It covers electrical interconnections, interface electronics and automation technology, with an online catalogue of I/O modules, PLCs and controllers, touch panels, switches and software, plus company history, contact and legal pages.

What is WAGO's UK phone number?

WAGO Limited in the UK publishes 01788 568008 (+44 1788 568008 from abroad), fax 01788 568050 and uksales@wago.com. Its UK pages give office hours of 8.45 am to 5 pm Monday to Thursday and 8.45 am to 4 pm on Friday.

Where is WAGO's headquarters?

WAGO's head office is WAGO GmbH & Co. KG, Hansastraße 27, 32423 Minden, Germany, telephone +49 571 887-0. The company was founded in Minden in 1951 and describes itself as a family-owned company headquartered there.

Who owns WAGO?

WAGO is a family-owned company. It was founded in 1951 by brothers-in-law Heinrich Nagel and Friedrich Hohorst, who bought the patent rights to a screwless leaf-spring terminal block. WAGO is a registered trademark of WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, according to the UK site notice.

Does WAGO have a UK office?

Yes. WAGO Limited is at Unit 1, Handley Road, Houlton, Rugby, Warwickshire CV23 1GA, registered in England under company number 2495884. WAGO's history records that its UK company was established in 1990, and it handles UK sales and support.

What does WAGO make?

WAGO is best known for spring pressure terminal blocks and connectors, including CAGE CLAMP. In automation it makes the I/O System 750/753, 750 XTR for extreme environments, IP67 Field I/O, PFC100, PFC200 and PFC300 PLCs, the CC100 compact controller, Edge Controllers, touch panels, industrial switches and interface electronics.

Sources

1. WAGO: Our company (GB)
2. WAGO: Our company (global)
3. WAGO GB: Site notice
4. WAGO: WAGO GmbH & Co. KG partner page
5. WAGO: History, the 1950s
6. WAGO: History, the 1990s
7. WAGO GB: WAGO worldwide
8. WAGO: Discover PLCs
9. WAGO: Discover I/O systems
10. WAGO: PFC200 controller
11. WAGO: PFC200 XTR
12. WAGO: PFC300
13. WAGO: Compact Controller 100

Figures are summarised from the sources above and from manufacturers' published data on the date shown. Always confirm against the current datasheet for your exact part.