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 […]
