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The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade is working on creating cross industry standards and requirements for software and hardware for automated process control systems APCS This was reported by Vladimir Dozhdev Director of the Digital Technologies Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
According to him the development of new standards is necessary to create relevant solutions that will be in demand by customers in various industries. The first version of the document is planned for submission in the first quarter of 2025 when the technical requirements are ready At the moment only the terms have been developed according to.
Until 2022 APCS standards in Russia were set by world leaders such as German Siemens French Schneider Electric Japanese Yokogawa and American Honeywell and Emerson Their products were used in such areas as energy industry and transport However after the start of the APCS these companies left the Russian market ceasing customer support and selling new licenses.
At the CIPR2023 conference Digital Industry of Industrial Russia it was announced that a working group would be created to develop a domestic open automated process control system The group included major customers such as EuroChem and Severstal.