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The OPC Foundation is dedicated to ensuring interoperability in automation by creating and maintaining open specifications that standardize the communication of acquired process data, alarm and event records, historical data, and batch data to multi-vendor enterprise systems and between production devices. Production devices include sensors, instruments, PLCs, RTUs, DCSs, HMIs, historians, trending subsystems, alarm subsystems, and more as used in the process industry, manufacturing, and in acquiring and transporting oil, gas, and minerals. The Vision of the OPC Foundation is to provide the best technology, specifications, certification and processes to enable companies to build products and services that demonstrate multiplatform multi-vendor secure reliable interoperability.  OPC Foundation members benefit by being able to take advantage of the technology and marketing necessary to become the leaders in the industry supporting industrial standards for industrial automation and beyond.

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A look at how the OPC UA and MQTT industrial communications methods enable interoperability between automation devices and systems.
June 24, 2022
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U.S. Government issues warning about new cyberthreats that impact control systems and SCADA devices across industries.
May 13, 2022
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The FDT Group’s platform-independent development tools enable unobstructed communication from sensors to the cloud. Watch this Take Five video to find out more.
Aug. 20, 2021
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Tom Burke, OPC Foundation President, discusses information integration and device communications featuring embedded OPC UA.
Dec. 6, 2012
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Gary Mitchell, Co-founder and Editor in Chief, recaps the inaugural OPC Technology Summit held in Orlando, Fla., October 17-18. Mintchell discusses OPC technology advances and...
Oct. 25, 2012
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Tom Burke, president and executive director of the OPC Foundation delivers the latest information on device to controller interoperability.
June 22, 2012

Blogs

Today’s Digital Transformation Reality
Dana Inc. and Streamline Innovations show how digital transformations can start today in the discrete and process industries using Ignition to overcome legacy infrastructure’s...
Sept. 20, 2019
Industry 4.0 with a pharma focus
Knowing that IoT software and services in pharma are expected to reach $2.5 billion by 2020, this builder of pharmaceutical packaging machinery is rolling out a robust Industry...
June 10, 2019
The Future of Industrial Networking
During the Automation World Conference & Expo, a panel of technology experts discussed how advanced networking technologies will lead to open, standards-based communication from...
May 22, 2019
Is a Universal Industrial Network Coming Soon?
A new paper from ARC Advisory Group explores the potential of creating a universal industrial network through the combination of OPC UA and time-sensitive networking.
Feb. 25, 2019
2019: The Year of the Industrial Network Protocol
The OPC Foundation, CC-Link Partner Association and ODVA have all made announcements about major moves planned for 2019, indicating serious movement toward greater device and ...
Nov. 28, 2018
Siemens' TSN Strategy via Profinet and OPC UA
Siemens' real-time networking strategy will rely heavily on Time Sensitive Networking to deliver data from field devices to the cloud, connect machinery from multiple vendors ...
July 3, 2018
How to Use OPC UA for Secure Communications
A new white paper from the OPC Foundation provides details for end users, system integrators, device vendors and OEMs on how to secure industrial data exchanges with OPC UA.
Jan. 18, 2018
Clearing Up Some IIoT Communication Confusion
With so many open communication standards for automation networks now widely available, some users have begun to wonder whether they should use OPC UA, MQTT or AMQP. The answer...
Nov. 9, 2017
Behind the Industrial Technology Integration Scenes
How FDT Group and OPC Foundation are collaborating to help automation suppliers connect edge devices with manufacturing, enterprise and cloud-based applications.
Aug. 1, 2017
A Serialization Standard for the Plant
OPEN-SCS is solving how to seamlessly exchange serialization data between packaging lines by leveraging existing plant floor standards. The group promises that their work will...
March 16, 2017

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The OPC Foundation says this addition is a significant step forward in ensuring the interoperability of industrial automation and IoT systems by allowing IT applications to access...
May 9, 2023
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Ethernet-APL to become more widely available, ownership of the Process Automation Device Information Model expands, and development of a single standard for an interoperable OPC...
Sept. 1, 2022
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This installment in our series on key industrial network technologies explains why fieldbus and 4-20mA communications remain relevant despite the proliferation of Ethernet-based...
Aug. 2, 2022
Fieldbus organizations like the EtherCAT Technology Group acknowledge the value of OPC UA and see it as a complementary standard in industrial control networking. Courtesy: EtherCAT Technology Group
This second installment in a four-part series on key industrial network technologies explains why OPC UA continues to be recognized as the global interoperability method of choice...
May 17, 2022
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The U.S. government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency issues new alert about attacks targeting ICS/SCADA devices.
April 14, 2022
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New specifications address OPC UA information models and networking services, while the OPC UA Cloud Library provides information model access for applications.
Dec. 16, 2021
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BMW explains how OPC UA has helped the company improve communication, data exchange, and interoperability among assets, systems, and locations.
June 24, 2021
This illustration highlights the focus of the OPC UA FX initiative around controller-to-controller and controller-to-device communications in the areas of determinism, motion, I/O, instruments, and safety. Source: OPC Foundation.
Support for 5G wireless, controller-to-device and device-to-device communications, time-sensitive networking, and Ethernet advanced physical layer are among the highlights of ...
June 24, 2021
Industrial IoT architectures typically comprise out of a production asset level, edge level and cloud level. Source: Open Manufacturing Platform
A new white paper from the Open Manufacturing Platform highlights production asset level connectivity issues, with a focus on OPC UA and MQTT.
Dec. 17, 2020
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As the TSN standard nears completion, excitement is growing over the prospect of bringing IT and OT closer together. Industrial protocol associations have been working hard with...
Aug. 14, 2020

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Highlighting its role in the development of new industrial process and discrete communications, the OPC Foundation has joined the advanced physical layer for industrial Ethernet...
July 28, 2020
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FieldComm Group explains the role of a new information model from NAMUR and an emerging two-wire Ethernet protocol for process automation applications.
Feb. 19, 2020
Profinet Safety, Security, and TSN Announcements
At Hannover Messe 2019, Profibus & Profinet International highlighted its ongoing work with the OPC Foundation around TSN, OPC UA’s use of ProfiSafe, and a new white paper designed...
April 11, 2019
OPC Foundation Announces Fall Seminar Tour
A series of events across the U.S. and Canada this fall highlight the features and real world applications of the OPC UA industrial automation communication protocol.
Aug. 25, 2017
Ethernet installations are growing fast, but about a quarter of Automation World survey respondents say they have no plans to move away from serial devices anytime soon.
Nov. 22, 2016
Taking on the Interoperability Challenge
From new collaborative specifications to messaging middleware, industry groups and technology suppliers are scrambling to design a seamless way to integrate the Industrial Internet...
Nov. 22, 2016
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FDT® and OPC UA pair to expand enterprise connectivity
Oct. 31, 2016
Industrial Internet of Things Standards In the Works
OMAC, OPC Foundation and PLCopen collaborate on specifications that will allow their existing automation standards to share IIoT information.
Aug. 29, 2016
What the Developing Microsoft /OPC UA Relationship Means to You
The release of a new OPC UA open-source reference stack from Microsoft will speed the ability to connect plant floor devices of all types for greater interoperability.
June 28, 2016
Eliminating Indecision About the Internet of Things
OPC Foundation and Object Management Group announce a cooperative agreement to integrate their data communication technologies.
April 19, 2016
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Automation strategies are evolving in the face of a competitive global economy. The systems that control our industrial infrastructure are becoming increasingly integrated and...
April 18, 2016
The Road to Serialization Standardization
The Open-SCS working group has taken on the enormous task of developing an interoperability standard for healthcare serialization compliance. Here’s why what they are doing is...
April 5, 2016
Keeping Up with the Internet of Things
If you thought the Internet of Things has been moving fast so far, buckle up, because all indications show that we are only seeing the first glimpses of a plethora of new technologies...
March 1, 2016
Internet of Things Interoperability and Security
A look at the role of OPC UA in providing device and system interoperability and security needed for successful Internet of Things applications.
Nov. 10, 2015
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The FDT standard has a unique position in the automation architecture. It sits at the intersection of the variety of networks attached to intelligent devices and the higher level...
Oct. 31, 2015
Bosch Rexroth and National Instruments Partner on Motion Control
A matched control and drive system designed for automating the test and measurement of machinery combines National Instruments’ controller and programming environment with Bosch...
Aug. 28, 2015
Internet of Things’ Organizational Confusion
As industry begins to better understand the Internet of Things, there remains some confusion about the role of industry organizations supporting the concept and how they relate...
July 23, 2015
Manufacturers are examining different network architectures to drive plant efficiencies, and the OPC UA standard is providing sc
Manufacturers are examining different network architectures to drive plant efficiencies, and the OPC UA standard is providing scalable results all the way to the enterprise suite...
June 29, 2015
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The availability of the Field Device Integration developer tools signals a new era of device interoperability in process automation.
March 24, 2015
As new groups touting next-generation manufacturing sprout up around the world, the automation industry scrambles to create comm
As new groups touting next-generation manufacturing sprout up around the world, the automation industry scrambles to create common communication standards to enable interoperability...
Feb. 20, 2015
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New platforms for moving data from shop-floor devices to enterprise systems gives manufacturers better control of all operations.
Jan. 24, 2015
Want to Build Your own SCADA? Here’s a Guideline.
Despite the plethora of SCADA systems on the market, there remains a great deal of interest in building customized versions. However, with all the connectivity necessary for modern...
Sept. 18, 2014
Industry 4.0 and OPC UA
As an initiative to strategically connect IT and automation, Industry 4.0 puts interoperability technologies such as OPC UA front and center.
July 3, 2014
We’ve been discussing the idea of things talking for many years. Now technologies and use cases are finally starting to coalesce into the ‘next big thing’ for improving manufacturing...
July 3, 2013
Kuka Robots Communicate with FDT
KUKA Robotics explains its use of FDT to address complex robot bus scenarios across multiple gateways.
June 6, 2013
OPC UA Technology Update, Roadmap and Certification Top the Agenda
April 8, 2013
Consumer Technology Drives Automation
If anything is clear about the future of factory and process automation, it’s that interaction with industrial devices will likely differ little from how we interact with our ...
Feb. 14, 2013
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At the recent OPC Technology Summit, safety and security issues featured prominently in several of the presentations. OPC UA has a critical role in delivering secure, safe and...
Dec. 3, 2012
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Speaker after speaker outlined technology benefits and solutions, calling OPC UA “the glue that binds innovative devices together.”
Dec. 3, 2012
Would you attend a conference where the speakers were CEOs, CTOs, VP Engineering and the like of supplier companies? More important, would you pay to attend such a conference?...
Oct. 24, 2012
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Do you want to learn more about OPC technology? Then register for one of the OPC events hosted by the OPC Foundation in the U.S. and Europe this October.
Sept. 6, 2012
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Tom Burke, President of the OPC Foundation, discusses the business value OPC UA presents for interoperability and information integration for the oil and gas industry.
Sept. 6, 2012
The strict segregation of safety systems and process control is just plain wrong these days. Automation suppliers have developed strategies for integrating what until now have...
Sept. 4, 2012
The connectivity technology OPC UA embedded on a chip instead delivered via a PC server is redefining industrial automation architectures.
May 30, 2012