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At the trade fair for the automation industry, SPS from 25 to 27 November 2025 in Nuremberg, IDTA will inform visitors about how the AAS enables structured and interoperable data exchange along the entire value chain. In Hall 5, Stand 358, IDTA, together with partners from the industry, will demonstrate how asset data is described and connected in a secure data space and how this creates a consistent, secure and connected data ecosystem.

Daniel Lindemann, Senior Vice President Systems & Solutions at Lenze, has been appointed to the IDTA board. In a short interview, he talks about his experience in the field of Digital Twins and automation and his ambitions for his new role. What is your professional background and how does your work overlap with the Digital

IDTA has published a new bundle of the AAS Specifications, the information model of the Asset Administration Shell (AAS), which forms the basis for the standardised Digital Twin in the industry. The most significant innovation is the newly published part of the specification, ‘Part 4: Security’.

buildingSMART Germany and Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA) have jointly published the guideline “BIM building model for the integration of machines, building services and external devices using the Asset Administration Shell”. This practice-oriented guide describes in detail for the first time how Building Information Modelling (BIM) and the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) can be successfully integrated.

IDTA informs about all current news on the Digital Twin based on the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) at the Hannover Messe from 31 March to 4 April 2025. The IDTA stand in hall 9, F27 at the Hannover Messe is the central point of contact for everyone who wants to understand, implement or develop the AAS.