Press Release

The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) traditionally uses the first evening of the SPS trade fair 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.

And so 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 stands for the scientific users of EtherCAT and Martin Rostan from Nuremberg, who represents the inventor of the technology and the manufacturers of EtherCAT devices in the board with the company Beckhoff Automation.

The course of SPS - Smart Production Solutions 2024 itself 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 fair visitors than in the previous year despite the current tense economic situation.

The EtherCAT Technology Group is active at numerous trade fairs worldwide. All 2025 event dates will be available soon at www.ethercat.org/events.