Membership Benefits

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Companies that make the choice to become an ODVA Member gain important benefits to help them develop products quickly and efficiently.  ODVA provides the official means to stay informed about ODVA technologies and to enhance the ODVA specifications to meet evolving requirements in industry. By supporting the organization, Members help to ensure that the community of products built to ODVA technologies – such as EtherNet/IP and other CIP Networks such as DeviceNet, ControlNet, and CompoNet – will be designed based on stable, open standards and tested to common conformance standards.

ODVA Members hail from around the world and bring global views and business needs to the association. By participating in ODVA, Members receive the unique benefit of a multinational perspective that can only be gained through participation in a global organization. Global and regional marketing activities are also available to help Members increase market awareness of their products built to ODVA technologies.

ODVA membership will provide your company with many benefits, including preferred pricing on the following: 

  • Subscriptions to the Specifications and Protocol Conformance Test Software
  • Vendor IDs    
  • Classes, seminars, workshops, and interoperability events offered by ODVA 
  • Protocol Conformance Test Software 
  • Conformance test services   

ODVA Members also have exclusive participation opportunities, including: 

  • Join Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to help develop ODVA technologies and shape the future of industrial automation. Choose from many active SIGs, including physical media, system architecture, infrastructure, and vertical markets.  Learn about SIGs   
  • Promote products on ODVA Marketplace, a central hub for thousands of ODVA CONFORMANT™ products. Share photos, videos, case studies, and product info to reach solution-seeking customers. Explore Marketplace
  • Promote adoption of ODVA technologies, along with your company’s ODVA CONFORMANT products, in key regional markets through ODVA’s Regional Interest Communities (RICs) and Territory Alliance Groups (TAGs). 
  • Showcase your company’s thought leadership and innovation by presenting technical papers at ODVA’s Industry Conference & Annual Meeting of Members. ODVA members can participate in conference events, supporting the latest ODVA technology strategic initiatives and applications.  Learn about ODVA Industry Conference

Contact ODVA if you have any questions or click here to request a membership application.

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