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WBF and ISA announce intent to affiliate
WBF - the World Batch Forum - and ISA intend to affiliate in furtherance of their missions to aid professionals and industry in the successful development and application of automation technologies
WBF - the World Batch Forum - and ISA are pleased to announce their intention to affiliate in furtherance of their missions to aid professionals and industry in the successful development and application of automation technologies The affiliation will allow both organizations to build on their respective strengths
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 12 Feb 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The two organizations are working through the final stages of the arrangements that would result in WBF functioning as independent affiliate of ISA.
Remaining steps should be completed in the first half of 2006.
The WBF mission, past activities, and future activities align well with those of ISA.
* WBF work with the implementation and adoption of batch and enterprise integration standards are an excellent complement to the standards development work done by ISA-SP88 and ISA-SP95.
* The WBF focus on satisfying the technical needs of end-users enhances the ISA mission to serve the information needs of automation professionals.
* WBF collaboration with other industry organisations complement similar ISA relationships.
"There will be no change in the basic structure or direction of WBF", says Maurice Wilkins, WBF Chairman, from Millennium Specialty Chemical, a Lyondell Company: "WBF remains an independent non-profit organisation dedicated to providing an open and non-commercial forum for the exchange of information related to the management, operation, and automation of manufacturing processes.
In the near future this affiliation with ISA will allow WBF to provide additional services to WBF members and the entire industrial community".
For ISA, Ken Baker, President, said "ISA is extremely pleased with the opportunity to affiliate with WBF: their organisation is highly respected in the automation community for their excellent work and the ISA leadership looks forward to working with the WBF leaders in advancing the automation profession around the world.".
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