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Dominik Rüchardt, Head of Customer Strategy Office at PTC, has been appointed to the board of the IDTA. In a short interview, he shares his experience in the digital twin field and his aspirations for the new role.

On 7 May 2024, the official kick-off ceremony of the AAS Dataspace for Everybody took place - a pioneering platform that enables also small and medium-sized enterprises to access Data Spaces, Digital Twins and Asset Administration Shells (AAS). More than 60 representatives from research and industry came together at Fraunhofer IESE in Kaiserslautern to discuss the added value and potential applications of digital data spaces.

Representatives of ten companies from automation, mechanical engineering and software development as well as the Industrial Digital Twin Association e.V. (IDTA) are meeting at trade fair Hannover Messe to jointly initiate further steps for the broad implementation of the interoperable Digital Twin for data spaces in engineering.

Industrial Digital Twin Association e.V. (IDTA) will once again be at this year's Hannover Messe from 22 to 26 April 2024, offering a point of contact for all information relating to the Digital Twin based on the Asset Administration Shell (AAS).

Andreas Faath, Head of Machine Information Interoperability, VDMA, replaces Hartmut Rauen on the Executive Board from November 2023. In a short interview, he gives an insight into the relationship between his activities and the Digital Twin and explains why standardization is important for the VDMA and all parties involved.