EtherCAT Technology Group Members Elect Board of Directors at SPS 2024

Summary

NUREMBERG, Germany - Dec. 12, 2024 - The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) traditionally uses the first evening of the SPS trade show in Nuremberg, Germany, as an opportunity to hold its Membership Assembly–every two years, the board of the EtherCAT user organization is also re-elected as part of this event. This year, all three board members were unanimously re-elected.

The ETG is pleased to announce the following board members for the next two years:

• Dmitry Dzilno from Applied Materials in Santa Clara, California, represents a major user of EtherCAT technology.
• Dr. Gerhard Grunwald from the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen-Weßling represents EtherCAT users in science and research.
• Martin Rostan from Nuremberg represents the inventor of the technology and the manufacturers of EtherCAT devices in the board with the company Beckhoff Automation.

The general activities at SPS - Smart Production Solutions 2024 also gave the EtherCAT Technology Group cause for celebration. Together with 51 co-exhibitors, the ETG presented over 500 EtherCAT products at its joint booth in Hall 5 and was able to make more contacts with trade show visitors than in the previous year despite the current tense economic situation.

The EtherCAT Technology Group is active at numerous trade shows worldwide. All 2025 event dates will be available soon.
 

About EtherCAT Technology Group

The EtherCAT Technology Group is an organization in which key user companies from various industries and leading automation suppliers join forces to support, promote and advance the EtherCAT technology. With over 7,950 members from 75 countries the EtherCAT Technology Group has become the largest fieldbus organization in the world. Founded in November 2003, it is also the fastest growing fieldbus organization.
 

About EtherCAT

EtherCAT is the Industrial Ethernet technology which stands for high-performance, low-cost, easy to use with a flexible topology. It was introduced in 2003 and has been an international IEC standard and a SEMI standard since 2007. EtherCAT is an open technology: anyone can implement or use it.