Users of automation technology in the process industry met at the 77th Namur Annual General Meeting on the 6th and 7th November 2014 in Bad Neuenahr for discussions with invited experts and managers from manufacturers and associations. Namur had invited them this time to discuss the issue of "Decentralised intelligence-New ways in process automation", a motto which merges seamlessly with topics discussed in relation to In- dustry 4.0. Atthe beginning of the two-day event, over 570 participants were first informed by Dr. Wilhelm Often (Evonik).the reelected Chairperson, of the results of the association's activities during the current year. Dr. Thomas Tauchnitz (Sanofi-Aventis) gave a brief introduction to the topic and Dr. Thomas Steckenreiter (Bayer) introduced the sponsor Wago. Wago unveiled its product portfolio and new Dima technology in an impressive presentation from Sven Hohorst, Ulrich Hempen and Dr. Thomas Albers. Dima is a new automation concept for decentralised intelligent modular systems in which any modules can be linked very flexibly via module descriptions to the control level in an open format.
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