Product oriented, among others

• Devices for process control engineering
  • Field devices, among others: Flow meters, level meters, pressure meters, temperature meters, etc.
  • Interface technology, e.g: Interface modules, remote I/O
  • RAM and controllers
• Process analysis instruments (PAT)
  • Liquid analysers
  • Gas analysers
• Process and power plant control technology
• MES

Market-oriented, including

• Economic debate (in compliance with anti-trust law)
• Industry-oriented and product-group-oriented statistics using data from the Federal Statistical Office and the Land Statistical Offices
• Product and product group-oriented e-statistics (incoming orders, sales, unit sales, world market estimates, market surveys) on measurement technology and process automation
• Environmental technologies and resource efficiency
• Life cycle cost calculation
• Special shows and joint stands at trade fairs

Digital, e.g.

• Module Type Package (MTP)
• NAMUR Open Architecture (NOA)
• Digital Twin and management shell

Technical, e.g.

• CE marking, etc.
  • Machinery Directive
  • Low Voltage Directive
  • WEEE Directive
  • ROHS bans on substances
  • EMC Directive
  • China Compulsory Certification (CCC)
  • SIL and Functional Safety

E-protection, among others

• ATEX Directive
• IECEx
• NFL (New Legislative Framework)
• Communication technology for field devices, analysers, etc.
  • Fieldbus installation technology
  • APL (Advanced Physical Layer; Ethernet in the Field)
• Technical documentation

Chair:

Axel Lorenz

Siemens

Vice Chair:

Dr. Attila Bilgic

Krohne

Andreas Mayr

Endress+Hauser

Further boards member:

Stefan Basenach

ABB

Tassilo Thüne

Emerson

Jörg De la Motte

HIMA

Ralf Beckmann

Knick

Johannes Kalhoff

Phoenix Contact

Jessica Bethune

Schneider Electric

Markus Kniesel

VEGA

Ulrich Pichler

Yokogawa

Our cooperation partners include:

• ZVEI, Frankfurt, ZVEI Berlin, ZVEI Brüssel
• EuropElectro, Peking
• BDI
• VCI
• NAMUR
• VDMA
• ProcessNet
• VDI
• BioPhorum
• ISPE
• PNO
• IDTA
• Plattform I 4.0
• DKE
• IEC
• AHKs
• IHKs
• BMWK
• Deutsche Messe AG (Hannover Messe)
• Dechema (ACHEMA)
• Messe München (IFAT)
• Mesago (SPS)
• 5G ACIA