OTIS, the well-known elevator company, is EtherCAT Technology Group member number 300. OTIS is global market leader for elevators and escalators. One of the company’s development centers is based in Korea. OTIS Elevator, Korea joined ETG in April, 2006 and was recently presented with an award as part of an EtherCAT training class in Seoul.

Demand for the EtherCAT implementation course in Korea was very strong: Within only one day, the 3-day course was fully booked with 33 participants from 15 different companies. The companies in attendance reflected Korea’s typical industrial diversity: The semiconductor and electronics manufacturing industries were represented, as well as heavy industry. EtherCAT implementation workshops take place in Europe, North America, and Asia. The ETG currently has 338 member companies from 26 countries – among them many end users – of which about half have purchased EtherCAT implementation kits.

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