The Digital Twin Up Close: 51 Practice-Proven AAS Solutions at the Hannover Messe
From specifications to best practices and live demonstrations – IDTA and 13 co-exhibitors present the Asset Administration Shell in action
The Industrial Digital Twin Association e.V. (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 at the Hannover Messe is the central point of contact for everyone who wants to understand, implement or develop the AAS. Visitors have the opportunity to experience practical solutions, get opinions from experts and connect with the community. Companies that are already using the AAS successfully for more efficient and productive processes in the industry will be demonstrating innovative applications at the tradeshow. Thirteen of these solutions can be explored at the IDTA stand in hall 9, booth F27.
IDTA will be presenting the latest developments in the implementation of the AAS, its growing international dissemination, ongoing projects and best practice examples. Visitors will gain comprehensive insights into specifications and Submodels of the AAS, open source activities and the IDTA Portal, a service for AAS validation. Live at the booth, 13 co-exhibitors – Cadenas, Class.Ing, conplement, D&TS, Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, INTERX, M&M Software, Meta-Level Software together with Müller Manufacturing Consulting, Neoception, objective partner, PTC and Xitaso – will be demonstrating their individual AAS solutions for an efficient and connected industry.
A demonstrator developed by EPLAN in collaboration with further IDTA members will showcase at the IDTA stand how AAS can be used to efficiently manage data from components and from engineering for control cabinets or machines. Existing data from the component manufacturers Phoenix Contact, Siemens, Rittal, Sick, Bosch Rexroth, Festo, HARTING, Mitsubishi Electric, Lenze or WAGO will be integrated into software from EPLAN in a standardised way. Specifically, information on components for the electrical construction of a machine in EPLAN is requested by the component manufacturers as AAS and made available to the engineer. Users are informed of changes by notifications. Data from such an engineering project can then be used in other software tools such as ERP and PLM via the AAS REST API standard.
In addition, IDTA is represented at the joint stand of Plattform Industrie 4.0 in hall 8, booth D26, where it informs about the project DAVID and how the AAS supports the digital interoperability in terms of content and methodology in further projects within the initiative Manufacturing-X. In these projects, AAS serves as a key technology for seamless digitalisation and connectivity in the manufacturing industry. Together with other project partners, IDTA will be providing insights into the establishment of an open data ecosystem and the steps towards the technological and semantic standardisation.
The relevance of the AAS is also apparent from the broad industrial implementation: A total of 51 exhibits at the Hannover Messe demonstrate a wide range of applications for the standardised Digital Twin. The AAS Guide from IDTA provides an overview of these exhibits and is available in printed form at the two IDTA stands and in advance as digital version.
Additionally, experts will be presenting and discussing in numerous talks the Digital Twin and AAS at the Industry 4.0 Stage. The AAS Guide contains a compact overview of the related events.
Find the AAS Guide here or get your printed version at the IDTA booth in hall 9, F27.
