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Multiple UA 1.03 Specifications Available for Member Review

04/30/2015

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 […]

Update for IEC 62541 (OPC UA) Published

04/22/2015

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 […]

OPC Foundation and EtherCAT Technology Group Sign MOU

04/14/2015

For Immediate Release Co-operation between OPC Foundation and EtherCAT Technology Group regarding common Industrie 4.0 und Internet of Things Interfaces. OPC Foundation and EtherCAT Technology Group Sign Memorandum of Understanding at Hanover Fair. Scottsdale, AZ – April 14, 2015 – OPC UA is about scalable communication with integrated security by design up to MES / […]

OPC Announces “OPC UA Open Shared Source” Strategy

04/14/2015

OPC Announces “OPC UA Open Shared Source” Strategy OPC Foundation opens the doors to facilitate increased adoption of OPC Unified Architecture technology beyond industrial automation! For Immediate Release    Hannover, Germany – April 14, 2015 – The OPC Foundation announced that the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) specifications and technology will be made available to companies, […]

OPC Foundation and AIM Partner on AutoID Intergration

04/14/2015

For Immediate Release    OPC Foundation and AIM Partner on AutoID Integration Scottsdale, AZ – April 14, 2015 – The AIM German industrial association and the OPC Foundation have announced the introduction of the OPC AIM Companion Specification for simplifying the integration of AutoID systems with IT systems. First revealed at Hannover Messe Industrie in April […]

OPC Foundation Elects Schmid-Lutz of SAP to Board

04/14/2015

For Immediate Release    OPC Foundation Elects Schmid-Lutz of SAP to Board Scottsdale, AZ – April 14, 2015 – Veronika Schmid-Lutz, Chief Product Owner for manufacturing products at SAP SE, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the OPC Foundation. SAP was an early supporter of OPC UA and integrated the standard into its […]

Platform Industrie 4.0 Propose Reference Architecture Model of Industrie 4.0

04/14/2015

For Immediate Release    Platform Industrie 4.0 Proposes Reference Architecture Model for Industrie 4.0: OPC-UA confirmed as one and only Standard in Category “Communication layer” Scottsdale, AZ – April 14, 2015 – The Platform Industrie 4.0 (I4.0) announced at Hannover Messe 2015 a reference architecture model for Industrie 4.0 (RAMI 4.0). RAMI 4.0 is a unified […]

Stefan Hoppe Named OPC Foundation Vice President

03/30/2015

For Immediate Release Stefan Hoppe Named OPC Foundation Vice President Scottsdale, AZ – March 30, 2015 – The OPC Foundation has named Stefan Hoppe, a member of the Foundation’s Board of Directors and president of OPC Europe, as its new vice president. In this new position, Hoppe will take a global leadership role in the […]

Stefan Hoppe joins the OPC Foundation as the OPC Vice President

02/04/2015

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 […]