In the frame of their general meeting heldonline on April 2, 2024, the SPE Industrial Partner Network e. V. has elected anew Board.

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Inthe frame of their general meeting held on line on April 2, 2024, the SPEIndustrial Partner Network e. V. has elected a new Board. Frank Welzel, HARTINGElectronics, has been re-elected as Chairman of the Board. The following fourboard members representing the founding members of the SPE Industrial PartnerNetwork have been appointed to the Board: Claus Kleedörfer, TE Connectivity(Vice Chair), Wolfgang Schenk, Belden / Hirschmann Automation & Control(Treasurer), and Jochen Metz, Metz Connect (Secretary of the Board).

The members of the both, theBoard as well as the Extended Board, jointly define the strategic approach ofthe SPE Industrial Partner Network in order to further drive the implementationof the Single Pair Ethernet technology in the market – this to advance theIndustrial Ethernet of Things (IIoT). Bundling its interdisciplinary competenceand expertise, the Network has established three working groups, each with adedicated focus: technology, application / use cases, and marketing. Their taskis to develop and extend SPE-based opportunities in the industry both, onanalog and digital, national and international platforms to the benefit of theSPE community and users. The SPE Industrial Partner Network is committed tobuilding a comprehensive SPE ecosystem and drive standardization for therespective protocols, cabling, and device components.

Five years after its founding,the SPE Industrial Partner Network premieres with its new Board and a dedicatedbooth at Hannover Messe 2024, the world-leading industry show in Hanover,Germany. On April 22 through 26, 2024, the SPE Industrial Partner Networkwelcomes visitors at booth #B53 in hall 11 – right next to ZVEI’s All ElectricSociety Arena – with a set-up of interactive SPE based application and use-casedemonstrations and extensive opportunities to discuss the opportunities ofSingle Pair Ethernet in industrial context.

Via the partner network:

The SPE Industrial PartnerNetwork is based in Rahden in Westphalia and is an equal alliance of companiesthat promote Single Pair Ethernet technology as the basis for rapid andsuccessful growth of IIoT. The aim of the association is to establish SPE onthe market as a new Ethernet technology in the sense of a comprehensiveecosystem with all necessary components.

We also see ourselves as apartner of the Industrial Ethernet user groups and would like to support themin the adaptation of this new "physical layer" for PROFINET,EtherNet/IP, CC-LinkIE, for example.

The bundling of competencesof the individual companies should give users an investment security to investin this technology. Other interested companies are welcome to become newmembers. Shaping the future together - talk to us!

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