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Bitkom and the OPC Foundation cooperate for the common goal of establishing and implementing interoperable interfaces for Industrie 4.0

04/17/2023

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 […]

Associations AutomationML e.V., IDTA, OPC Foundation and VDMA publish a joint target picture and recommendations for action for industrial interoperability

04/17/2023

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 […]

The OPC Foundation Welcomes Procter & Gamble as its 900th Member

02/06/2023

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 […]

Digital Twin Consortium and OPC Foundation Announce Liaison Agreement

02/06/2023

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 […]

The OPC Foundation releases the OPC UA Field eXchange (UAFX) Specifications

11/08/2022

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 […]

Industrial Ethernet Security Harmonization Group (IESHG) publish first whitepaper

11/08/2022

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 […]

OPC Foundation and FieldComm Group Cooperate to Develop an Instrumentation Device Profile for OPC UA Field eXchange

08/23/2022

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 […]

ISA100 WCI, NAMUR, ODVA, PI, VDMA, and ZVEI Plan to Partner with FieldComm Group and OPC Foundation to Collaboratively Develop the Process Automation Device Information Model Standard

08/23/2022

 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 […]