Electricity and Control June 2021

INDUSTRY 4.0 + IIOT : PRODUCTS + SERVICES

The Open Integration Network

AATF Virtual Connect! 2021 Africa Automation Technology Fair 2021 will be staged virtually as AATF Virtual Connect! 7 to 9 September 2021. This was decided following feedback gathered from exhibitor and visitor surveys and consultation with industry stakeholders. The next in-person event has been rescheduled for 9 to 11 May 2023. In response to the automation industry’s request to connect and come together in 2021, Reed Exhibitions Africa created AATF Virtual Connect! which will take place in September 2021 and again in 2022. This will offer African and international industry decision makers and exhibitors a platform where they can gain industry insights and have focused meetings during the three-day event. Flow control specialist Rotork is a market-leading global provider of mission- critical flow control and instrumentation solutions for oil and gas, water and wastewater, power, and chemical, process and industrial (CPI) applications. It helps customers around the world to increase operational efficiency, reduce environmental impacts, improve product quality and provide safer working environments. “This programme is a great opportunity to collaborate How can field instruments and components be easily integrated into automation systems? The answer to this question is becoming increasingly important as digitalisation of industrial produc- tion progresses. The Endress+Hauser Open Integration partner program unites 13 manu- facturers that want to ensure the streamlined interaction of their complementary products. Recently flow control specialist Rotork joined the partner network. “Having Rotork join our partner programme provides us with additional expertise in actuators, instrumentation and the larger flow control market,” says Jörg Reinkensmeier, Marketing Manager at Endress+Hauser. “We will exploit this potential together with all our Open Integration partners, giving our customers freedom of choice.” The Open Integration cooperation partners test and document the integration of their offerings and how digitalisation may be fully used within typical process automation applications. Users benefit in two ways: by being able to combine the best-of-breed products for specific plant operations as well as fast and smooth commissioning. Automation technology suppliers value the advantages of the Open Integration programme as well, as they can ensure the fine tuning of the combined offering well in advance of installation and commissioning at customers’ sites.

Armin Nagel, Head of Sales CPI EMEA at Rotork. [Source: Rotork]

The partner programme aims to provide added value for customers by ensuring the seamless integration of intelligent assets. [Source: Rotork]

towards common customer benefits in a pre- sales stage and to extend our scope as a trusted partner in the market. The reliability and quality that we have come to expect from Endress+Hauser is also a key driver at Rotork. The company, and I personally, look forward to working together to help our partners provide premium flow control solutions,” said Armin Nagel, Head of Sales CPI EMEA at Rotork.

Jörg Reinkensmeier, Marketing Manager at Endress+Hauser.

The Open Integration Network To date 13 companies have joined Endress+Hauser’s partner programme. Members are well known suppliers of control technology, fieldbus infrastructure, measurement technology or actuator technology, such as Auma Riester, Bürkert, Festo, Flowserve, Hima Paul Hildebrandt, Honeywell Process Solutions, Pepperl+Fuchs, Phoenix Contact, Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric, Softing Industrial Automation, Turck and from the beginning of 2021, Rotork. For more information contact Endress+Hauser. Tel: +27 (0)11 262 8000 Email: info.za.sc@endress.com Visit: www.endress.com

AATF Virtual Connect! is scheduled for September 2021.

For more information visit: www.africaautomationtechnologyfair.com

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