TE Connectivity joins EtherCAT Technology Group

30 August 2016

TE Connectivity (TE) has joined the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) which manages the EtherCAT (Ethernet for Control Automation Technology) open real-time Ethernet-based fieldbus system.

According to Günter Feldmeier, global leader standards and consortia of TE’s Industrial business unit, involvement in ETG is essential to drive TE’s industrial communication solutions. He said: “EtherCAT’s role among industrial Ethernet providers is becoming more significant. EtherCAT’s real-time performance, flexible topology and robustness is already being taken advantage of in many applications today. As a member in EtherCAT, we are now better positioned to support these and future applications with our infrastructure components and sensors.”