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CONNECTING THE WORLD OF INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

We are a member organization developing global communication and interoperability standards to empower unified data-driven decision-making across process, hybrid, and factory markets.

Our Technologies Deliver Open Connectivity

Enabling sensor-to-cloud data collaboration

    Industrial Communications

    Modern industrial communication enables seamless data exchange between field devices and control systems—supporting real-time monitoring, automation, and smarter decision-making across operations. Technologies like HART and FOUNDATION Fieldbus enhance connectivity, ensure data accuracy, and improve operational efficiency with support for multi-vendor interoperability. Advancements such as HART-IP and WirelessHART extend this value: HART-IP delivers high-speed Ethernet-based communication for remote access and IT/OT integration, while WirelessHART enables secure, scalable wireless networking through a self-organizing mesh. SafeHART builds on the trusted HART protocol to support functional safety requirements, including IEC 61508, making it ideal for safety instrumented systems (SIS) while allowing reuse of existing infrastructure. Together, these technologies empower digital transformation by enabling predictive maintenance, remote diagnostics, and real-time insights—helping industrial environments become safer, smarter, and more connected.

    Device Integration and Management

    Intelligent device management standards are crucial for streamlining operations and enhancing interoperability in complex manufacturing environments. These standards, particularly FDI and FDT/DTM, address the challenges of integrating diverse devices from multiple vendors across various protocols within OT engineering applications (DSC, PLC, AMS, configuration tools, etc.), enhancing intelligent device and lifecycle management initiatives.

    Enterprise Connectivity

    To complete your digital transformation architecture, you need both physical and semantically meaningful protocol-independent information models. Based on the OPC UA information model, PA-DIM standardizes how device data is structured and shared, making it easily accessible for analytics, monitoring, and optimization. Ethernet-APL provides high-speed, two-wire, Ethernet-based communication with power and data over a single cable, that is installable in hazardous areas. These collaborative technologies bridge the gap between OT and IT, delivering real-time insights and enabling more intelligent decision-making that can significantly enhance the entire automation ecosystem.

    Plant of the Year Awards

    Our technologies innovating the industrial automation landscape

    Daikin's - Kashima Plant

    Daikin estimates that in the year leading to receiving the award the company saved approximately USD $525,000 through predictive AI detection that combines process data and HART-enabled devices.

    Daikin's - Kashima Plant

    Dow’s Texas - Chemical

    If one’s seeking to understand the difference that data-based decision-making can make in process performance, one need look no further than Dow’s Texas Operations (TXO), on the Gulf Coast in Freeport.

    Dow’s Texas - Chemical

    HMEL’s Guru Gobind Singh Refinery

    Strategically positioned in Bathinda, Punjab, HMEL’s Guru Gobind Singh refinery is an industrial anchor for the economic development of northern India. The $5 billion USD, the 225,000-bpd refinery uses FCG technologies to make the facility run at its optimal while reducing costs.

    HMEL

    Wanhua Chemical Group

    Chemical materials producer makes full use of FieldComm Group FOUNDATION Fieldbus, HART and WirelessHART technologies in large-scale operation.

    Wanhua Chemical Group

    Chevron Phillips Chemical

    Reducing the time for site acceptance testing (SAT), faster commissioning and loop-check, and record time for production startup were key savings generated by using HART and FOUNDATION Fieldbus.

    Chevron Phillips Chemical

    MOL Danube - Refinery

    In one of the all-time greatest cases of not resting on laurels, MOL Danube Refinery near Budapest has become the first repeat winner of FieldComm Group (FCG) Plant of the Year Award in its almost 15-year history.

    MOL Danube Refinery

    Chevron Phillips Chemical

    Reducing the time for site acceptance testing (SAT), faster commissioning and loop-check, and record time for production startup were key savings generated by using HART and FOUNDATION Fieldbus.

    Chevron Phillips Chemical

    MRPL - Refinery and Petrochemical

    Utilizing installation savings and advanced diagnostics from over 9,000 FOUNDATION Fieldbus and 5,000 HART devices, MRPL saved over $6,000,000 in project cost alone!

    MRPL - Refinery and Petrochemical

    SRF Dahej - Chemical Plant

    SRF’s specialty chemical plant was named FieldComm Group’s 2025 Plant of the Year for achieving over $10.7 million in cost savings through a digital transformation that integrated HART, FOUNDATION Fieldbus, and WirelessHART technologies. By leveraging IIoT, data-driven analytics, and predictive maintenance, the facility enhanced efficiency and safety, while advancing a roadmap to adopt Ethernet-APL for future connectivity.

    SRF Dahej Chemical Plant

    Latest News

    FCI

    Field Communication Insider - Summer Newsletter 2026

    Jun 11, 2026

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    Explore the latest on Ethernet-APL, WirelessHART, FDI, PA-DIM, cybersecurity, digital transformation success stories, and the launch of the 2026 Plant of the Year search.
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    HART

    Revised HART DD Library - 2026 Release 1

    Jun 3, 2026

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    Posted in: News
    The following EDDs have been included in this release of the HART DD Library, now a component of FDIsync Library.
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    Ted-Masters

    The Future is Open, Connected, and Intelligent

    May 26, 2026

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    Posted in: Editorial
    In this editorial, FieldComm Group explores how technologies such as Ethernet-APL, FDI, PA-DIM, and the HART ecosystem are working together to enable secure data access...
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    Upcoming Events

    Jul
    13

    HART Communication Seminar - Presented by FCG-Japan

    in person

    Join us for an in-person seminar focusing on HART Communication technology at Waseda University.
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    Jul
    20

    Working Group Meeting - Hiroshima, Japan

    in person

    FieldComm Group will host its second of three Working Group (WG) meetings of 2026 in Hiroshima, Japan on July 20-24, 2026. All members are invited!
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    Aug
    4

    Field Device Integration seminar - Presented by FCG-Japan

    online

    Join us for an online technical seminar focusing on on Field Device Integration.
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