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buildingSMART Germany e. V. and Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA) signed a formal cooperation agreement at Light + Building, the leading international trade fair for lighting and building technology, on 11 March 2026. The partnership aims to bring together Building Information Modelling (BIM) and the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) as complementary technologies, thereby laying the foundation for seamless digital processes in the construction and real estate industries.

In a joint initiative, Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA), Catena-X Automotive Network e.V. and members of the Battery Pass Project have developed a technological approach and a common semantic basis for the Digital Battery Passport. The solution addresses all data requirements defined in the EU Battery Regulation and transfers them into a scalable, standards-based data model.

Dr. Christoph Kelzenberg, Director Digital Innovations at Phoenix Contact, 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.

Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA) and ZVEI want to rapidly advance the adoption of the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) in industry. Both organisations have launched an industry-wide initiative to this end. 75 companies from electrical and digital industries are already supporting the project and have declared their intention to integrate the AAS into their technologies and products within approximately twelve months.

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.