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A who’s who of cloud suppliers and world-famous manufacturers align interoperability requirements in IT and cloud environments based on OPC UA Scottsdale, AZ – November 12th, 2024 – Following the successful launch of the OPC Foundation Cloud Initiative in April 2024, the OPC Foundation is pleased to announce the participation of leading cloud providers and […]
Major standardization associations and initiatives partner to create the best of breed system architecture to support the upcoming Digital Product Passport (DPP) by combining the best aspects of the Asset Administration Shell and OPC UA. Nuremberg, Germany – November 12th, 2024 – The Clean Energy and Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), the Labs Network Industrie […]
OPC UA Compliance Test Tool (UACTT) Verifies Compliance of OPC UA FX controllers for Controller-to-Controller (C2C) communication Scottsdale, AZ – November 12th, 2024 – The OPC Foundation, a global organization dedicated to building industrial interoperability to exchange standardized information from the sensor to the cloud, is proud to announce the addition of OPC UA FX […]
Presentation and recording is available now! Download the PDF here https://opcfoundation.org/developer-tools/marketing-communication-presentations/opc-and-opc-ua-presentations/ The link to the recording is on the title page of the PDF Presentation and recording is available now! Download the PDF here https://opcfoundation.org/developer-tools/marketing-communication-presentations/opc-and-opc-ua-presentations/ The link to the recording is on the title page of the PDF Please also consider the previous webinar […]
Standard expands to support analyzer device types and data modeling extensions, enhancing interoperability for process applications Frankfurt, Germany, 11 June 2024 – The co-owners of Process Automation Device Information Model (PA-DIM), including FDT Group, FieldComm Group, ISA 100 WCI, NAMUR, ODVA, OPC Foundation, PROFIBUS and PROFINET International, VDMA, and ZVEI, today announced the release of […]
Cloud providers and large manufacturers support the new initiative to enhance Interoperability within IT and cloud environments leveraging OPC UA Scottsdale, AZ – April 22nd, 2024 – The OPC Foundation has unveiled a new initiative to boost interoperability across IT and cloud platforms using OPC UA, targeting applications like: data analytics using AI, Industrial […]
European Vending & Coffee Service Association and OPC Foundation start Joint Working Group Scottsdale, AZ – April 22nd, 2024 – The OPC Foundation, a global consortium that develops and maintains standards for industrial automation, together with the European Vending & Coffee Service Association (EVA) are pleased to announce the formation of a new joint working […]
Scottsdale, AZ – April 22, 2024 – The OPC Foundation, a global organization dedicated to interoperability in industrial automation, announces the formation of a new working group focused on leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI). This initiative marks a pivotal moment in the convergence of AI and manufacturing, promising to redefine how engineers interact with data […]
OPC Foundation, CESMII, and VDMA advances existing demonstrator for Product Carbon Footprint and Digital Product Passport with the Battery Passport, modelled with OPC UA Scottsdale, AZ – April 22nd, 2024 – The OPC Foundation, a global consortium tasked with the development and maintenance of industrial interoperability standards, also develops solutions to fulfill governmental regulations for […]
Nuremberg, Germany – January 24, 2023 – The OPC Foundation, a global consortium that develops and maintains standards for industrial automation, is pleased to announce the formation of a new working group to develop an I/O Device Profile for OPC UA and the extensions for the field level, named OPC UA FX (Field eXchange). The […]
Dec 7th, 2023: The presentations and recordings from OPC Foundation General Assembly Meeting 2023 are available for download. During GAM 2023 the results of the Board of Directors’ election have been announced, but also an overview on the technology and marketing activities during the 2023 year. Download PDF here – the PDF provide the URL […]
Metaverse concept and real world examples for Digital Twins in industrial automation have been published Scottsdale, AZ – November 14th , 2023 – The OPC Foundation is pleased to announce the completion and publication of its Metaverse work. After needs for a standardized Metaverse solution being raised by Dr. Holger Kenn, Microsoft, in October 2022 the […]
Scottsdale, AZ – July 1th, 2023: The OPC Foundation would like to thank all participants for their participation and all speakers for their amazing support at the “OPC Day 2023 – Interational”. With 2142 registered attendees in 2023, we saw a significant increase in the number of participants compared to last year with 1814 attendees. […]
Parma, Italy May, 23rd 2023 – ANIE Automazione and OPC Foundation are proud to announce a comprehensive collaboration program, focusing on the technology transfer and adoption of OPC UA for the Italian market. ANIE Automazione and OPC Foundation have agreed to the following activities: Realizing interoperability demos on the “field level” and “field-to-cloud” paradigms. Extensive […]
OPC UA via HTTP REST allows IT-Applications access to OPC UA applications and their data described in over 90+ standardized domain-specific information models Scottsdale – AZ, April 17, 2023 – The OPC Foundation, a global organization dedicated to the interoperability in industrial automation and the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced that it expands the […]
Hanover, April 17, 2023 – The digital association Bitkom e.V. and the OPC Foundation today announced a collaboration at Hannover Messe 2023. Together, they want to contribute to the establishment and implementation of interoperable interfaces in the context of Industrie 4.0 in a constructive exchange of views. The overall goal of the cooperation is to […]
Hanover – Germany, April 17, 2023: The associations AutomationML e.V., Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA), OPC Foundation and VDMA announce the publication of a jointly prepared discussion paper on ” Interoperabilität mit AutomationML, der Verwaltungsschale, OPC UA inklusive Companion Specifications”. The (German language only) paper is available for download from the respective organizations. Download here […]
Membership growth reflects the strong market adoption of OPC Unified Architecture Scottsdale, AZ – February 6, 2023 – The OPC Foundation is proud to welcome Procter & Gamble as the 900th OPC Foundation member. A leading consumer goods company, P&G is also a global leader in the Smart Manufacturing domain through its efforts to drive […]
Agreement to advance the use of digital twins in manufacturing across industries ORLANDO, FL – FEBRUARY 6, 2023 – Today at the ARC Forum 2023, Digital Twin Consortium® (DTC) and OPC Foundation announced a liaison agreement to accelerate the development and adoption of digital twin-enabling technologies. The DTC and the OPC Foundation have worked closely […]
Dec 8th, 2022: The presentations and recordings from OPC Foundation General Assembly Meeting 2022 are available for download. During GAM 2022 the results of the Board of Directors’ election have been announced, but also an detailed overview on the activities during the 2022 year. Download PDF here View recording here Content: OPC Foundation Organization Member […]
ABB, Microsoft, and SAP have joined forces to extend and enhance the OPC Foundation’s open-source .NET offerings Scottsdale, AZ – November 8th, 2022 – The OPC Foundation (OPCF) welcomes the launch of the “.NET User Group” initiated by three companies represented on the OPC Foundation Board of Directors ABB, Microsoft, and SAP. This group aims […]
The release of the UAFX specifications heralds the dawn of a new generation of secure, open standard based Field Level communications. Scottsdale, AZ – November 8th, 2022 – The OPC Foundation (OPCF) announces that its Field Level Communications (FLC) Initiative has released the first set of OPC UA Field eXchange (UAFX) specifications, which lay the […]
Scottsdale, AZ – November 8th, 2022 – The major Standards Development Organizations OPC Foundation, PI, ODVA and FieldComm Group announce the release of the first whitepaper of their joint working group called Industrial Ethernet Security Harmonization Group (IESHG). The IESHG meets on a regular basis to discuss security topics in the industrial automation context. The […]
Cooperation will harmonize OPC UA-based field instruments and accelerate development and adoption in automation Frankfurt, Germany – August 23rd, 2022 – The OPC Foundation (OPCF) and the FieldComm Group (FCG) are pleased to announce a collaboration to drive multi-vendor interoperability of instrumentation devices based on OPC UA and the extensions for the field level, named […]
Collaboration promises to simplify integration of OT and IT systems by optimizing process automation end users’ management of data from field devices Frankfurt, Germany – August 23, 2022 – Major standards development and end user organizations serving the process automation industry announce today ongoing collaboration work on the specification for a standardized Process Automation Device […]
Growing OPC Foundation Board of Directors member diversity reflects the expanding role OPC UA plays in OT and IT. Scottsdale, AZ – May 31st, 2022 –The OPC Foundation is proud to welcome Dr. Holger Kenn (Microsoft), Mr. Claudius Link (SAP), Mr. Andreas Faath (VDMA), Mr. Aurelien Le Sant (Schneider-Electric) and Dr. Kazuhiro Kusunoki (Mitsubishi Electric) […]
Hanover, Germany – May 30th, 2022: The Avnu Alliance, CC-Link Partner Association, ODVA, OPC Foundation, and PROFIBUS & PROFINET International jointly announce that they are collaborating to develop a single conformance test plan for the IEEE/IEC 60802 Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) profile for Industrial Automation. The test plan will be used as a base test […]
A new interface standard for the acquisition of energy consumption data in industrial manufacturing is being developed by ODVA, OPC Foundation, PI, and VDMA based on OPC UA Hanover – May 30th, 2022 – A key objective of the future mechanical and plant engineering sectors is to achieve climate-neutral production. This is backed up by […]
Cooperation between AIM, OPC Foundation and PROFIBUS&PROFINET International Scottsdale, AZ, May 24th, 2022: Everything is moving – this expression best describes the dynamics in production and logistics today. Products, robots, autonomous vehicles, and humans in between. To ensure a smooth production flow in such a mobile environment, machines and software systems need a common understanding […]
As recently reported by CISA (The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security), a set of tools have been discovered that can be used to compromise Industrial Control Systems. Unfortunately, the report also incorrectly suggested that the tools compromise OPC UA Servers. https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-103a This claim is not […]
Groupe Renault’s plan is to implement the use of OPC UA-enabled devices and equipment at all production sites worldwide, and to implement end-to-end data communication from the sensor to the machines to the cloud and back again using the OPC UA communication standard. Today, OPC UA is already being used in 17 of the 38 […]
Major IoT vendors including AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft, SAP and SIEMENS leverage secure, standardized information exchange in edge-to-cloud applications based on OPC UA Scottsdale, AZ – February 1st, 2022 – Leading Internet-of-Things (IoT) vendors are adopting OPC UA technology for edge-to-cloud applications. The growing list includes Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft, […]
This year, the 2021 General Assembly was held in combination with a press conference. During the meeting the results of the 2021 Board election were announced, but also reports on the budget, a technical and marketing overview and first technical and marketing insights for next year 2022. The material is publicly available here Recording is […]
The UA Cloud Library makes it easier than ever to find, share, explore, and use OPC UA Information Models by applications, end-users, and standards bodies. Scottsdale, AZ – December 8th, 2021 – The OPC Foundation announced the launch of the globally available UA Cloud Library co-developed with the Clean Energy and Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute […]
20 companies showcase cross-vendor interoperability of OPC UA FX specifications with the first live multi-vendor demo Scottsdale, AZ – December 8th, 2021 – Three years after its launch, the OPC Foundation’s Field Level Communications (FLC) initiative has completed the second release candidate of the OPC UA FX (Field eXchange) specifications and has started the review […]
As an OPC Foundation specification, MDIS is now freely available for market adoption and the MDIS working group is open to all interested OPC Foundation members. Scottsdale, AZ – December 08th, 2021 – The OPC Foundation (OPCF) is proud to announce that it consolidated and took over the MCS-DCS Interface Standardisation (MDIS) specification ownership. Effective […]
The OPC Foundation General Assembly Meeting 2021 will announce the results of the Board of Directors’ election, reports on budget, technical and marketing overview and provide first technical and marketing insights for 2022. Wed Dec 8th, 2021 – at 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST (4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CET) Please register here Agenda: OPC […]
A new ARC report examines the critical role OPC UA serves globally as the core data interoperability standard in process and discrete manufacturing industries and beyond Scottsdale, AZ – June 15, 2021 – The OPC Foundation is pleased to announce that the ARC Advisory Group published a report entitled “OPC UA Momentum Continues to Build.” […]
New OPC UA training content donated by the OPC Foundation offers academic institutions ready-made course material for use in their curriculums Scottsdale, AZ – June 8th, 2021 – The OPC Foundation announces the launch of its academic outreach program called OPC UAcademics. The OPC UAcademics program provides post-secondary institutes with official, up-to-date OPC UA course […]
Identify and leverage the synergies of OPC UA with 5G Serving Industrie 4.0 market with a reliable and flexible communication technology Giving system vendors new business opportunities for mobile industrial applications Scottsdale, AZ April 12th, 2021 – OPC Foundation and 5G-ACIA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperatively engage in identifying synergies associated with […]
Scottsdale / Brussels, April 7th, 2021 2021 – StandICT.eu 2023, the ICT Standardization Observatory and Support Facility in Europe, and OPC Foundation, come together with an MoU with the goal of pointing out the key-role of interoperable Standards in multiple industries and bringing fresh insights to the European ICT Standards community. StandICT.eu 2023’s mission is […]
Industrial sector customers on AWS use OPC UA-enabled tools and a portfolio of services that extend cloud functionality into industrial operations Scottsdale, AZ – Feb 08th, 2021 – Today, the OPC Foundation is proud to welcome Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN) as the latest OPC Foundation member. In the […]
Strong OPC UA market adoption continues to drive record OPC Foundation membership growth. Scottsdale, AZ – Dec 18, 2020 – The OPC Foundation is proud to welcome Inovance as the 800th OPC Foundation member. As a leading global provider of industrial automation solutions, Inovance uses agile production techniques and deep experience across all industry sectors […]
The OPC Foundation’s General Assembly Meeting (GAM) 2020 announced the results of the Board election for period 2021/2022, reported on the 2020 budget, technical and marketing overview, and provided initial technical and marketing insights for 2021. OPC Foundation members and non-members were invited to attend. The GAM web conference was held on Wed, Dec 9, […]
Initial Release Candidate completed and Technical Paper published Scottsdale, AZ – November 24th, 2020 – OPC Foundation announces today that its Field Level Communications Initiative has accomplished a significant milestone in the ongoing project by completing their initial release candidate with the focus on the Controller-to-Controller (C2C) use case. In addition, a technical paper has been […]
The extended “OPC UA for IEC61131-3” specification now supports the current 3rd edition of the IEC61131-3 standard and simplifies vendor adoption Scottsdale, AZ – November 25th, 2020 –The OPC Foundation, in collaboration with PLCopen, announced the release of v1.02 of the “OPC UA for IEC61131-3” specification. Building on the first version of the specification, the […]
The combination of OPC UA functionality and the ECLASS semantic dictionary is poised to accelerate the start of true industrial interoperability Scottsdale, AZ – November 24th, 2020 – An important step for interoperability in the field of M2M communication: the OPC Foundation and ECLASS e.V. signed a cooperation agreement. The goal of this cooperation is […]
OPC Foundation and CESMII initiated new joint working group joined by major industry players to enable manufacturers to speed up pre-built shopfloor and digitalization applications. Scottsdale, AZ – October 29th, 2020 –The OPC Foundation, in collaboration with CESMII, is pleased to announce the launch of the “OPC UA Cloud Library” Joint Working Group (JWG). The […]
Emerson also joins the OPC Foundation Field Level Communications (FLC) initiative to drive a holistic approach to sensor and device level communications across process and factory automation industries. Scottsdale, AZ – October 12th, 2020 – The OPC Foundation is proud to announce Emerson (NYSE: EMR) has joined its Board of Directors and sincerely welcomes Peter […]
LADS – Laboratory Agnostic Device Standard as new Joint Working Group between SPECTARIS, OPC Foundation and VDMA Scottsdale, AZ – August 12th, 2020 – The OPC Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the new “Laboratory Agnostic Device Standard (LADS) based on OPC UA” as a “Joint Working Group” (JWG) together with the industry […]
Google Cloud will offer OPC UA as a part of commitment to openness and industry collaboration Scottsdale, AZ – June 25th, 2020 – The OPC Foundation is proud to welcome Google Cloud as the latest addition to its 773 member community. Google Cloud delivers enterprise-grade cloud solutions that leverage Google’s technology with interoperability, leading infrastructure, […]
APL critically important for OPC UA field level strategy in Process Automation Scottsdale, AZ – June 25th, 2020 – OPC Foundation announces today that it has joined the APL project group in order to support the development and promotion of an advanced physical layer (APL) for Industrial Ethernet, suitable for use in demanding applications and […]
UACTT now offering validation for PA-DIM (Process Automation Device Integration Model), PLCopen and MDIS Scottsdale, AZ – June, 25th, 2020 – The OPC Foundation announces an updated release of the UACTT, now supporting semantics defined in companion specifications as well as extending OPC UA core functionality testing. This furthers the Foundation’s goal of multi-vendor interoperability in OPC […]
Cooperation to speed up Field Level Communications (FLC) initiative backed by proven technologies from established organizations Scottsdale, AZ – June 25th, 2020 – The OPC Foundation, ODVA and Sercos International are pleased to announce a collaboration to develop a new generation of a best-in-class motion technology for industry. This new motion technology will be initially published […]
OPC Foundation has been managed and OPC UA developed over many years in a virtual environment, bringing together experts from every continent to work to a common goal. In these extraordinary times, we are bringing these skills to our user facing activities so that work-from-home can mean work-with-OPC UA. OPC Day – International as digital […]
Michael Clark named as Director of OPC Foundation North America Scottsdale, AZ – May 4th, 2020 – The OPC Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Clark as the Director of OPC Foundation North America. Mr. Stefan Hoppe, President and Executive Director, selected Mr. Clark to serve in this capacity, to support OPC […]
Internationalization of existing OPC UA specifications and publication of new interfaces for extrusion 29 April 2020 – In 2019, EUROMAP and the OPC Foundation have established the Joint Working Group “OPC UA Plastics and Rubber Machinery”. The aim of the international group is to develop worldwide standardized interfaces for plastics and rubber machines based on […]
Mechanical and plant engineering sector propelling industry towards Industry 4.0 Scottsdale, AZ – April 2nd, 2020 – During their today’s press conference the VDMA and VDW announced to join forces to promote the use and dissemination of OPC UA standards throughout the mechanical engineering sector under the umati label. “Cross-industry and cross-technology marketing will take […]
OPC UA is a must for L’Oréal’s packaging lines machine suppliers Scottsdale, AZ – February 29th, 2020 – The OPC Foudation is pleased to welcome L’Oréal, a leading global cosmetics producer as a new OPC Foundation end user member. Beyond choosing to standardize on OPC UA as a key enabler for its IIoT era Operations […]
Foxconn Industrial Internet, a leading intelligent manufacturing solution provider standardizes on OPC UA to harness the power of the Industrial IoT. Scottsdale, AZ – November 26th, 2019 – The OPC Foundation proudly welcomes Foxconn Industrial Internet (Fii) the six hundred and ninety ninth (699th) OPC Foundation member. As one of the world’s leading intelligent manufacturing […]
The OPC Foundation General Assembly Meeting (GAM) 2019 will announce the results of the Board of Directors’ election, reports on budget, technical and marketing overview and provide first technical and marketing insights for 2020. OPC Foundation members and non-members are welcome to participate. The GAM web conference was Held on Wed, Dec 4, 2019 10:00 […]
70 companies from 10 countries have connected 110 machines and 28 value-added services at EMO Hannover 2019 via the OPC UA based umati standard Interface Scottsdale, AZ – Sept, 16th, 2019 – The OPC Foundation announces the OPC UA based unified machine tool interface (umati) Standard demonstrated at the EMO Hannover show. Created and prototyped […]
MTConnect semantic information model for machine leveraging the OPC UA Service Oriented Architecture Scottsdale, AZ, – Sept 10th, 2019 – The OPC Foundation in conjunction with the MTConnect Institute announce the release of the jointly developed “OPC Unified Architecture for MTConnect Companion Specification Part 1”. This companion specification makes the MTConnect semantic information model for […]
OPC Foundation vision for facilitating the creation of globally harmonized information models via OPC UA Companion Specifications reaches its first milestone and demonstrates path forward to true semantic interoperability Scottsdale, AZ – Sept 1st, 2019 – The OPC Foundation announces the release of the first global OPC UA Machine Vision Part 1 Companion Specification whose […]
Peter Lutz coordinates the established and working initiative Field Level communications including TSN Scottsdale, AZ – April 2nd, 2019 – The OPC Foundation is pleased to announce the nomination of Peter Lutz as the new Director of the Field Level Communication (FLC) Initiative. In his new position, he will lead and drive forward the development of […]
OPC UA connectivity and information modeling capabilities play key role in The Open Group Open Process Automation™ Forum decision to base its new O-PAS™ reference architecture on OPC UA Scottsdale, AZ – April 2nd, 2019 – The OPC Foundation is proud to announce that The Open Group Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF) based its new […]
OPC Foundation and FieldComm Group collaboration paves the way for adoption of a harmonized, OPC UA based, information model for process automation devices via PA-DIM Standard. Scottsdale, AZ – February 5th, 2019 – The OPC Foundation is pleased to announce its endorsement of the Process Automation Device Information Model (PA-DIM) standard published by the FieldComm […]
Jan 2019 | Available: Presentations from OPC Foundation General Assembly Meeting 2018 are available for download. During GAM 2018 the results of the Board of Directors’ election have been announced, but also an detailed overview on the activities during the 2018 year and the plans for 2019 have been presented. Details: Download here Content: OPC […]
The OPC UA including TSN initiative announced by OPC Foundation November 5th has already been joined by many major industrial automation suppliers Scottsdale, AZ – November 27th, 2018 – Within weeks of announcing the ‘OPC UA including TSN down to field level’ initiative, the rapid engagement of leading automation suppliers proves the resonance of this […]
Scottsdale, AZ – November 27th, 2018 – The OPC Foundation announces the election of three new directors to its Board of Directors (BoD). The new BoD members include Dr. Bernhard Eschermann, CTO of ABB Industrial Automation Division, Dr. Juergen Weinhofer, vice president of common architecture and technology for Rockwell Automation, and Fabrice Jadot, Senior Vice […]
The OPC Foundation launches an initiative to further enable OPC UA adoption throughout industrial automation by extending standardization and harmonization activities for OPC UA including TSN enabled Ethernet networks Scottsdale, AZ – November 5th, 2018 – The OPC Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its new setup to identify OPC UA and […]
Stefan Hoppe is elected President and Executive Director of the OPC Foundation after Thomas J. Burke nominates Mr. Hoppe as his successor Scottsdale, AZ – October 31, 2018 – The OPC Foundation welcomes Stefan Hoppe as its next President and Executive Director. Mr. Burke, the former President and Executive Director, nominated Mr. Hoppe as his […]
Scottsdale, AZ, Oct 18th, 2018 – In April of this year the OPC Foundation announced a new “version 2.0” IPR policy. This policy was well-received by nearly all of our 610 members, which has enabled us to welcome a variety of new members, including some large, industry-leading companies. OPC Foundation received from OPC Foundation members […]
Rapid growth of OPC Foundation shows high demand on IIoT interoperability based on OPC UA Scottsdale, AZ – September 19th, 2018 – The OPC Foundation welcomes Volkswagen, the German car manufacturing major as an OPC Foundation member. The OPC Foundation is also pleased to announce record membership growth with Volkswagen being the six hundredth active […]
OPC Foundation’s continuous improvement program extended with the addition of new Chair for its Board of Directors Scottsdale, Arizona – July 2nd, 2018 – The OPC Foundation elected Veronika Schmid-Lutz of SAP as the new Chair of the OPC Foundation’s Board of Directors. In this key position, the Chair manages the strategic and tactical directives […]
In the smart factory of the future, machines must speak the same language. The decisive factor here is the standardization of communication interfaces. Scottsdale, AZ – June 19th, 2018 – At their press conference held today at automatica 2018, the OPC UA machine vision and robotics working groups released the first versions of their companion […]
Scottsdale (AZ), May 25th – The OPC Foundation is fully supporting the GDPR regulations – we prepared our systems in time and published the “OPC Foundation Privacy Policy” (available here) and the “OPC Foundation Terms and Conditions” (available here) in time. We already send out an email to complete database and made you aware about OPC […]
Kaspersky Labs report shown to refer to outdated versions of OPC UA implementations demonstrating high iteration speed of Open Source community improvements and the strength of OPC UA security. Scottsdale, AZ – May 18th, 2018 – The Kaspersky Labs report issued on May 10th, 2018 has garnered a lot of media attention based on its […]
OPCF Foundation and ZVEI sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for mutually beneficial activities relating to “Industry 4.0” Scottsdale, AZ – April 24th, 2018 –The OPC Foundation and ZVEI (The ZVEI is German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association) have signed a MoU at Hannover Messe for joined activities relating to Industrie4.0. First focus is an OPC UA […]
VDW selects OPC UA as the vehicle for implementing coherent, harmonised networking in production operations Scottsdale, AZ – April 24th, 2018 – The OPC Foundation is pleased to announce VDW, Germany’s foremost Machine Tool Builders Association, adopted the OPC UA standard as the interoperability foundation the VDW will build its long term Industrie4.0 strategy on. […]
Scottsdale, AZ, April 24th 2018 – The MTConnect Institute and the OPC Foundation have formed a Joint Working Group (JWG) to update and revise the MTConnect-OPC UA (Unified Architecture) Companion specification. “The existing MTConnect-OPC UA companion specification established a uniform information model for integrating the two standards,” said Tim Shinbara, Secretary of the MTConnect […]
Scottsdale, AZ, April 9th 2018 – On April 3, 2018, the OPC Foundation (OPCF) Board of Directors voted unanimously to adopt a new Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy. This article describes the reasons for the new policy and identifies actions that members must take if they do not wish to be bound by the new […]
PubSub enables further adoption of OPC UA at the deepest levels of the shop-floor where controllers, sensors and embedded devices typically require optimized, low power, and low-latency communications on local networks Scottsdale, AZ, March 27th 2018 – The OPC Foundation announces the landmark release of the long-anticipated Part 14 of the OPC UA Standard known […]
ARC Advisory Group report concludes OPC UA is well positioned to serve as the data connectivity foundation for companies looking to deploy IIoT and I4.0 based solutions. Study predicts existing global OPC install base of over 45 million units expected to expand 45% annually for the next 5 years. Scottsdale, AZ, Feb 16th 2018 […]
Cooperation to develop a standardized information model for process automation devices ARC Industry Forum, Orlando, Florida, February 12, 2018 – The OPC Foundation and FieldComm Group today announced an alliance to further advance process automation system multi-vendor interoperability and simplified integration by developing a standardized process automation device information model. A joint working group between […]
Secure and seamless communication with POWERLINK and OPC UA OPC Foundation publishes OPC UA specification for POWERLINK Scottsdale, AZ, Feb 8th 2018 – An OPC UA companion specification is now available for POWERLINK according to a joint announcement by the OPC Foundation and the Ethernet POWERLINK Standardization Group (EPSG). The companion specification describes how payload […]
The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities affect pretty much anything with a chip in it. Operating system developers including Microsoft, Apple, and the Linux Group are preparing patches – the roll out of these patches might effect also existing OPC COM/DCOM scenarios. An update to Windows 10 (KB4056892) may cause COM/DCOM applications to stop working. This […]
The appliance manufacturer Miele, located in East Westphalia, with its headquarter in Gütersloh, Germany (https:\\www.miele.com) became member of the OPC-Foundation. The advantages are obvious: Scottsdale, Nov 28th 2017 – Miele has decided to consequently use the OPC UA Standard in their device manufacturing. The integrated security providing encryption and signing is comprehensively implemented throughout Miele. […]
How to realize secure data exchange and communication in industry? The OPC Foundation Security User Group answers this question by publishing its first whitepaper “Practical Security Recommendations” Scottsdale, Nov 28, 2017 – The OPC Foundation published a set of practical guidelines for the secure configuration and use of OPC UA in industry. Written for busy […]
Scottsdale Nov 28th – The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA), in association with the OPC Foundation, has announced an OPC UA companion specification for the CLPA’s new “CSP+ for Machine” technology to further ease the implementation of Industry 4.0 type applications. CSP+ for Machine is an extension of the CLPA’s existing “CSP+” (Control & Communication System […]
Germany – Nov 27, 2017 – The OPC Foundation just published the “Call for Sponsor 2018” for North America, Europe and Asia. Updated: Banner advertisement and Newsletter Updated: Events and Seminar Tour: Call for Sponsor Updated: 2017/2018 Europe and North America: OPC UA device demo wall
Microsoft partners with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Honeywell, Mitsubishi, Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider, Beckhoff, Harting and Leuze showing the Microsoft “Connected Factory” Scottsdale, Oct 03, 2017 – The OPC Foundation has delivered the first 30 of 40 “Azure IoT Suite Connected Factory” demonstration walls that will be prominently displayed internationally at the Microsoft Technology Centers. These […]
Samsung Electronics, as one of the biggest manufacturers in the world, becomes a Corporate Member for a goal of interoperable Industrial IoT edge platform powered by the OPC UA framework in its manufacturing infrastructures. Scottsdale, Sept 19, 2017 – Samsung Electronics has joined the OPC Foundation, a de-facto Industrial IoT organization providing data and protocol […]
Scottsdale Aug 23: The OPC Foundation is pleased to announce that it has joined The OpenGroup and plans to actively participate in The Open Process Automation Forum initiative. “We recognize the extraordinary value that “The Open Group” is doing and specifically the activities of The Open Process Automation Forum.” says Tom Burke, President OPC Foundation. […]
Scottsdale, July 19, 2017 – The OPC Foundation and Sercos International announce that the Sercos OPC UA Companion Specification Release is now available. This specification describes the mapping of the Sercos device model and the Sercos device profiles to OPC UA, so that functions and parameters of Sercos devices are made accessible via OPC UA […]
Hannover Messe, Germany, April 25, 2017. One of the most important things required for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is to ensure that the data and information exchange between devices and services are secure. The OPC Foundation has worked with many security validation companies and organizations to provide the highest level of security. […]
Hannover Messe, Germany, April 25, 2017: Today the OPC Foundation announced an open-source implementation of the OPC UA technology, available on GitHub to truly enable the OPC community successful adoption of OPC UA across all markets and all platforms. OPC UA is the set of standards for multivendor multiplatform secure reliable interoperability for moving /information […]
Hannover Messe, Germany, April 25, 2017. The OPC Foundation announced today an expanded certification program due to a large increase in demand by end users and suppliers to certify their OPC UA enabled products. “We opened up a new lab fourth-quarter 2016 with a new certification strategy inclusive of certification of our information models from […]
Scottsdale, March 7, 2017 – VDMA’s Robotics Division and the OPC Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop an OPC UA Robotics Companion Specification as part of the VDMA conference “Industrie 4.0 – Standards in Applications” that was held on Feb 1st, 2017 in Frankfurt, Germany. A decision was made that the best way […]
Scottsdale, AZ, March 7, 2017: The HKI Industrieverband Haus-, Heiz- und Küchentechnik e.V. and the OPC Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Stuttgart as part of the HKI Forum “Profi-Kitchen: standardized, optimized, networked.” The signatories were Andreas Helm, the representative of the HKI Working Group Communication and Head of the Association of Large […]
2017 | Block the date! The OPC Foundation announced the cities of OPC Seminar Tour 2017: International key players like Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Microsoft, Rockwell, Eaton, ICONICS, Beckhoff and National Instruments are showing their commitment and host the events in cities like San Diego, Palo Alto, Seattle, Vancouver, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia and Austin. Find […]
13 January 2017: The MCS-DCS Interface Standardisation (MDIS) network today announces the publication of an international standard on the MCS (Master Control Station) DCS (Distributed Control System) communications interface for the subsea oil & gas industry. The OPC UA based interface, developed by MDIS network members in collaboration with the OPC Foundation, has the long-term […]
Dec 2016 | Available: Presentations from OPC Foundation General Assembly Meeting 2016 are available for download. During GAM 2016 the results of the Board of Directors’ election have been announced, but also an detailed overview on the activities during the 2016 year and the plans for 2017 have been presented. Intro: https://opcfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/OPCFGAM2016-01-Introduction-and-Overview-Thomas-Burke.pdf Marketing: https://opcfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/OPCFGAM2016-02-Marketing-Update-Stefan-Hoppe.pdf Update: https://opcfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/OPCFGAM2016-03-UA-Technical-Update-Matthias-Damm.pdf […]
July 2016 | Frankfurt, Germany – “We want to make machine vision fit for Industry 4.0 and for the factory of the future. We are aiming at straightforward integration of machine vision systems into production control and IT systems via OPC Unified Architecture,” says Dr. Klaus-Henning Noffz, CEO of Silicon Software and in charge of standardization issues […]
2016 | April – At the Hannover Fair, Thomas J. Burke, President and Executive Director of the OPC Foundation and Dave Raggett, W3C lead for the Web of Things signed a Memorandum of Understanding in which both organizations agree to closely cooperate to ensure interoperability for the Internet of Things (IoT). OPC and W3C have mutual […]
2016 | April – At the Hannover Fair, Thomas J. Burke, President and Executive Director of the OPC Foundation signed multiple Memorandum of Understandings with organizations to closely cooperate in the development and marketing of shared deliverables to foster interoperability: Naomi Nakamura, Global Director Of The CC-Link Partner Association CLPA See press release here Holger […]
For Immediate Release OPC Foundation Elects Matt Vasey, Microsoft to OPC Foundation Board of Directors Scottsdale, AZ – April 07, 2016 –The OPC Foundation has elected Microsoft to the Board of Directors of the OPC Foundation, which represents many of the world’s most prominent global suppliers. The new board seat, which will be held by […]
For Immediate Release OPC Foundation Announces OPC UA Open Source Availability Scottsdale, AZ – April 6, 2016 – The OPC Foundation has announced the open source availability of the OPC UA technology. The open source repository of OPC UA is now available on the open source GitHub web site at http://github.com/opcfoundation. Open source is a […]
For Immediate Release OPC Foundation Announces support of Publish / Subscribe for OPC UA Scottsdale, AZ – April 6, 2016 – The OPC Foundation announces the addition of the publish/subscribe messaging pattern to the OPC UA specifications The first live demonstration featuring multiple vendors will be shown at the world’s largest Industrial Automation show Hanover […]
For Immediate Release OPC Foundation and Object Management Group (OMG) Announce Collaborative Strategy for the OPC UA and DDS Connectivity Standards The two standards organizations, along with the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and members of Industrie 4.0 define a position paper describing how they will cooperate with their communication technologies, OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) […]
For Immediate Release Briding the gap between communication and semantics for Industrie4.0 OPC Foundation and AutomationML released Companion Specification “AutomationML for OPC UA” Scottsdale, AZ – March 13, 2016 – The OPC Foundation, dedicated to ensuring interoperability in automation by creating and maintaining open specifications, and the AutomationML association, targeting the lossless exchange of engineering information […]
May 2016 | The OPC Foundation just updated the “Call for Sponsor 2016” for North America and Europe. In 2016 OPC Foundation will do seminars in cities like Montreal, Detroit, Chicago, Raleigh, Houston, and Silicon Valley. In Europe the most attracting events are the OPC Day Europe in Munich and SPS show in Nuremberg but also IOT […]
Dec 2015 | The OPC Foundation Board of Directors’ appointed Jim Luth as the OPC Foundation Chief Technical Officer (CTO). Mr. Luth has been actively engaged in the architecture and development of all of the OPC Foundation specifications and technology. Mr. Luth is the chairman of the OPC Unified Architecture working group, and his passion […]
Dec 2015 | KUKA joined the OPC Foundation to actively initiate the expansion of OPC UA by the Ethernet-based real-time standard TSN Meinrad Happacher, Computer & AUTOMATION spoke with Heinrich Munz, Senior Developer System Engineering at KUKA about the motives and next steps of this commitment Mr. Munz, exactly what is Kuka’s motivation in relying […]
Dec 2015 | OPC General Assembly meeting Download slides from OPC GAM here: Get Slides
Oct 2015 | The OPC UA ISA95 collaboration is an example of how companion specification can provide interoperability while decreasing engineering effort. This companion specification illustrates how OPC UA can be used to model an existing standard and provide an alternate high speed communication path for an existing standard. This webinar provide an brief description of the standard, […]
Oct 2015 | The OPC UA MDIS platform standard is an example of how companion specification can provide interoperability while decreasing engineering effort. Listen to the recording of this webinar providing a brief description of the standard, including key features and current status. A demonstration of the interoperability between subsea vendors and DCS vendors and the efficiencies provide by […]
Sept 2015 | OPC Japan Technical committee proudly announce the availability of their new book. This book is for developers for OPC Classic DA and UA. Part1 mentions OPC Classic DA and Part2 mentions OPC UA. Both parts describe fundamentals and mainly introduce how to implement OPC Client Application More details https://opcfoundation.org/resources/books/
Aug 2015 | OPC China proudly announce translated OPC UA brochure containing basic information why OPC UA is the enabler for Industrie4.0, IoT and M2M. The brochure provides introduction level but also technical and solutions as success stories. Read also the statement from Chinese company AIC about benefits of OPC UA. The new OPC UA […]
Aug 2015 | The OPC Foundation will create a new working group for IEC 61850. The main outcome of this work will be a companion specification with an OPC UA Information Model corresponding to IEC 61950-7-6, IEC 61850-7-3 and IEC 61850-7-4. A one hour Kick-Off Meeting has been scheduled for September 02, 10:00 AM EDT […]
Aug 2015 | This seminar tour will focus on the rich feature set of OPC UA and the unique ways these features are put to use in real applications. The cities are: September 23, 2015: OPC Foundation Seminar Boston hosted by MathWorks September 24, 2015: OPC Foundation Seminar Toronto at Mississauga Convention Center September 25, 2015: OPC […]
Aug 2015 | This workshop hosted by Siemens in Nueremberg Germany is “the” event for testing OPC products for interoperability and preparing them for market. Vendors can test and debug their products against one another for interoperability, compliance and reliability. IOP workshops also provide an ideal opportunity to network with your peers, learn about OPC […]
Healthcare Providers Urgently Drive the Open-SCS Initiative as a Serialization Compliance Solution Please join our webinar for an overview of this new specification work. September 3, 2015: 10:00 AM EDT USA, 4:00 PM CET Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8496286256348427522 Overview Since the 2012 Patent Cliff, generic products now make up 80% of the global healthcare market and are […]
The Open-SCS Working Group Addresses Packaging Serialization Standard to Accelerate Compliance for Healthcare Counterfeiting Regulations Addressing compliance to healthcare counterfeiting regulations, the Steering Committee of the Open Serialization Communication Standard Working Group (Open-SCS) announces the accelerated development of an industrial interoperability standard and associated requirements templates for release by the end of 2015. Since the […]
GE today announced that it is the first to implement and release a new Global Discovery Server based on the new Part 12 of the OPC UA standards. This specification enables the Industrial Internet with improved ease of connectivity across devices and equipment. The Proficy Global Discover Server (GDS) automatically discovers OPC UA devices on the […]
Apr 2015 | The OPC UA Working Group has made the following UA 1.03 Specifications available as Release Candidates, seeking membership review: UA Part 8 – Data Access UA Part 9 – Alarms and Conditions UA Part 10 – Programs UA Part 13 – Aggregates All members are encouraged to review the specifications and provide […]
An updated and enhanced edition of the IEC 62541 standard, which represents the international standard of OPC UA, was published in March by the IEC standards organization. This revised standard was developed by the IEC working group and the OPC Foundation. The new edition supports the growing preference among end-users and OEMs for control and […]
The OPC Foundation is pleased to announce that Stefan Hoppe has joined the OPC Foundation as Vice President. In this role he will be responsible from an international perspective to take OPC to the next level on both a technical and marketing perspective. Mr. Hoppe has been the President of the OPC Europe organization since 2010 and […]
OPC Day Europe Details and Registration Check out all the exciting events under the event tab on the OPC Foundation website.
The OPC Foundation Board of Directors is at full strength with the December 1st election of new board members Matthias Damm and Stefan Hoppe and the re-election of board member Russ Agrusa, for the 2015-2016 term. “We’re delighted to welcome Matthias and Stefan and to welcome back Russ to the OPC board. Each has been instrumental […]
The OPC Foundation concluded the 2014 European Interoperability Workshop (IOP) in November. There were 40 attendees representing 23 member companies with 59 products tested. This event showed the future of OPC UA with some vendors testing embedded UA Servers/Clients; some testing Cloud-based UA Clients/Servers; some testing Development toolkits; some testing Gateway devices (UA to Modbus/Fieldbus, […]
