John Kowal elected to OMAC Board of Directors

B＆R Industrial Automation，Inc。总裁Marc Ostertag解释说：“ OMAC活动是制造业未来的投资。”

科瓦尔（Kowal）作为贸易协会主任的工作促进了OMAC论文中指定的IEC 61491运动网络标准的贸易协会主任的工作，追溯了他在OMAC至1995年初的参与。科瓦尔说：“ OMAC通过其志愿者提供相关解决方案的绝对决心成功了。”“我很荣幸能获得这个机会。”

Kowal's previous standards activities include:

• 促销1988年企业网络活动，这是地图/顶级计划的插件
  
• Demonstration of computer integrated telephony over Asynchronous Transfer Mode network at Networld+Interop in 1996
  
• 促进1991年特殊利益小组威胁的经过验证的ANSI ANSI消防安全标准
  
• Support for PLCopen and the IEC61131-3 programming language standard, including participation in development of a text on soft logic
  
• 在1999 - 2000年建立OMAC包装工作组，在该工作委员会任职并担任促销主任多年
  
• 自从Make2pack成立以来，参与了PackMl为ISA TR88.02标准的计划

"I'm also grateful to my company for recognizing the vital need to develop and implement these standards, and for encouraging participation globally. In turn, I would strongly recommend that the manufacturing community actively contribute funding and specify the OMAC guidelines alongside visionaries from the likes of Boeing, General Motors, John Deere, Nestlé, Pepsico, P&G and SABMiller."

他撰写了许多文章，并参加了国家制造周，ARC自动化论坛，汉诺威博览会，包装自动化论坛，Pack Expo会议和各种实地巴士活动，OMAC新闻发布会和公司技术座谈会。

Kowal also currently serves on two Packaging Machinery Manufacturers' Institute committees, Trade Show Strategies and Global Marketing. PMMI has consistently supported OMAC's packaging initiatives through its trade show, education and editorial outlets.

B&R's Uwe Keiter, End User Business Development Manager based in Germany, was recently named to the Executive Committee of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup in recognition of the company's and Keiter's contributions. B&R's Marcus Sanhoeffner formerly held this position. Keiter is organizing an OMAC Packaging Workgroup press event in Frankfurt/Main in April.

市场开发经理Kowal和Tom Jensen最近加入了B＆R工业自动化，组成了公司的新包装小组。詹森（Jensen）撰写了第一批用于PackML的免费软件实施CD，为PackML和Make2pack贡献了数百个小时，并在PMMI教育与劳动力发展委员会任职。

Marc Ostertag, President of B&R Industrial Automation, concluded that "Uwe's, John's and Tom's OMAC activities support our customers and end users who seek the business solutions enabled by state-of-the-art, standards-based automation platforms. OMAC activities are an investment in manufacturing's future."

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