May 2024

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PLCopen Newsletter - Issue May 2024

  1. PLCopen General Meeting 2024
  2. New work group for PLCopen Training Guidelines
  3. PLCopen Conformity & Reusability Level ST certifications
  4. PLCopen sponsors ARC's European Industry Forum

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1. PLCopen General Meeting 2024

PLCopen will have its annual General Meeting on Thursday June 27 in Gorinchem, The Netherlands. 

If your company is a member of PLCopen and you would like to participate in this meeting, please contact us
Participation by a member company is not restricted to one person. Just be aware that each member company has one vote only.

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2. New work group for PLCopen Training Guidelines

In April we had the kick-off meeting for the new work group to update the PLCopen training guidelines to comply with the 4th edition of the IEC 61131-3 standard that will be officially released at the end of this year.
You will find more information on our training guidelines on the PLCopen website.

If you are interested in joining this work group, please send an email to roeland@plcopen.org.

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3. PLCopen Conformity & Reusability Level ST certifications

We are pleased to announce that KEYENCE Corporation was granted the Certification of a system according to PLCopen Conformity Level for ST (Structured Text) for their product KV STUDIO, version 12.

And Panasonic Industry Co., Ltd was granted the Certification of a system according to PLCopen Conformity & Reusability Level for ST (Structured Text) for their product Control FPWIN Pro7, version 7.7.1.1.

For more information visit https://plcopen.org/logic-certification.

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4. PLCopen sponsors ARC's European Industry Forum

ARC organizes forums worldwide focused on thought-leading concepts that will affect your future.
ARC Forums have become the “must attend” event for leaders and decision makers in automation technology, industry and enterprise solutions.

PLCopen is sponsoring the ARC European Industry Forum which takes place from May 6-8, 2024 in Sitges (Barcelona), Spain.
For more information on this event visit ARC Industry Leadership Forum Europe.

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