After years of close collaboration, FieldComm Group and FDT Group have executed a term sheet to combine resources into a single business focused on creating device integration technology standards and products serving the user and vendor communities of industrial process, hybrid, and factory automation.
Subject to the completion of a definitive agreement, the new business will continue to support all existing FieldComm and FDT technologies, including Field Device Integration (FDI), Field Device Tool / Device Type Manager (FDT/DTM), Process Automation Device Information Model (PA-DIM), HART, and FOUNDATION Fieldbus. FieldComm will acquire all FDT technology and resources, and an independent strategic integration committee will be formed to guide future directions for protocol-independent device integration technologies.
This strengthened relationship represents a significant step forward in streamlining process automation and factory manufacturing device management, enhancing interoperability throughout the industry. The unified organization’s goal is to provide industrial device management that seamlessly bridges the present and future, ensuring support for the current installed base while facilitating evolution towards harmonized technologies.
The new arrangement will significantly empower end users and manufacturers in their quest to achieve out-of-the-box IIoT capabilities across their systems.