OPC Foundation News & Articles

OPC Foundation Launches New Working Group 'OPC UA for AI,' Revolutionizing Manufacturing Solutions

  • April 30, 2024
  • News

The OPC Foundation, a global organization dedicated to interoperability in industrial automation, announces the formation of a new working group focused on leveraging Artificial Intelligence.

OPC Foundation Launches OPC UA Cloud Initiative

  • April 29, 2024
  • News

Cloud providers and large manufacturers support the new initiative to enhance interoperability within IT and cloud environments leveraging OPC UA.

Vending and Coffee Machine Industry Chooses OPC UA for Standardized, Secure Information Exchange

  • April 26, 2024
  • News

The OPC Foundation and the European Vending & Coffee Service Association announce a new joint working group called “OPC UA for Vending, Office Coffee Service & Automated Retail Working Group."

OPC UA Connects the Industry to the Metaverse

  • November 15, 2023
  • News

Metaverse concept and real world examples for Digital Twins in industrial automation have been published.

ANIE Automazione and OPC Foundation Cooperate on the Adaption of OPC UA

  • May 30, 2023
  • News

ANIE Automazione and OPC Foundation are proud to announce a comprehensive collaboration program, focusing on the technology transfer and for further adoption of OPC UA in the Italian market.

OPC Foundation Extends OPC UA with Standardized REST-Interface

  • April 18, 2023
  • News

OPC UA via HTTP REST allows IT-Applications access to OPC UA applications and their data described in over 90+ standardized domain-specific information models.

Bitkom and the OPC Foundation Establish and Implement Interoperable Interfaces for Industry 4.0

  • April 17, 2023
  • News

The digital association Bitkom e.V. and the OPC Foundation announced a collaboration at Hannover Messe 2023.

The OPC Foundation Welcomes Procter & Gamble as 900th Member

  • February 8, 2023
  • News

Procter & Gamble is a global leader in the Smart Manufacturing domain through its efforts to drive innovation by using digital technologies, including OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA), in a concept they call “constructive disruption.”

OPC Foundation Showcases Industrial Digitalization Integrated Architecture at SPS 2022

  • by Bill Lydon
  • December 9, 2022
  • Feature

The OPC Foundation continues to prove it is the strongest and broadest open multivendor standards ecosystem for building integrated digital manufacturing businesses. 

Industrial Ethernet Security Harmonization Group (IESHG) Publishes First Whitepaper

  • December 6, 2022
  • News

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.