About OACG

Welcome to the Open Automation and Control Group (OACG) website.

This is an informal group specialising in open automation and control, with particular emphasis on high availability/safety. The background of our people fits this profile exactly.

Our first company, Open Automation and Control (OAC), was formed in June 2000. It is focussed on providing software and certification services based around both international and defacto standards that are appropriate to the industrial marketplace. Standards supported include IEC61131-3 Programming Languages and IEC61508 Functional Safety and industry specific derivatives (specifically including industrial/process and rail).

Right from the beginning, we decided that one of the fundamentals of the group should be partnership and we have therefore formed partnerships in several areas. 

• Design Partners,  in order that OAC can complement a company’s R&D team, or provide a complete design service, including certification.

• Technology Partners, principally software suppliers in line with our overall goals but also chip vendors.

• Clients who we view as partners rather than just customers.