India Marketing Committee established

The Fieldbus Foundation has announced the establishment of an India marketing committee. The organisation, which is made up of representatives of leading process automation companies, will promote adoption of Foundation™ fieldbus technology throughout the Indian market. The Fieldbus Foundation India Marketing Committee (FF-IMC) will organise a wide range of fieldbus-related activities, including training seminars, trade show displays, and end user demonstrations. The Fieldbus Foundation India Marketing Committee was formally launched at a meeting held on 23 May at Chancery Pavilion in Bangalore, India. Companies participating in the committee include: ABB, Baliga-Kerpen, Belden, Chemtrols-Fuji/Eckardt, Chino-Laxsons-Smar, Dresser Valves, Emerson Process Management, Endress+Hauser, Honeywell, Invensys, Joseph Leslie Drager, Larson & Toubro-Hima, MTL, Pepperl+Fuchs, R. Stahl, Rockwell Automation, Turck, and Yokogawa. The initial activity of the FF-IMC will be staging Foundation fieldbus educational events for end users, EPCs and consultants in Mumbai and Delhi, India, during the last week of August 2007.