Board change at Fieldbus Foundation

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Mar 28, 2006

Shuzo Kaihori of Yokogawa Electric replaces Teruyoshi Minaki on Fieldbus Foundation board of directors.

Shuzo Kaihori, VP of Industrial Automation Business Headquarters for Yokogawa Electric, has joined the Fieldbus Foundation board of directors.

Kaihori replaces board member Teruyoshi Minaki, who has served on the foundation's board for the past two years.

In addition to Chairman John Berra of Emerson Process Management, members now include: Kenneth Deken, Rockwell Automation; David Eisner, Honeywell; Motofumi Matsumura, Fuji; Jim Porter, DuPont; Claude Ricaud, Schneider Electric; Ron Szanyi, Exxon Mobil; Mark Taft, ABB; Hirozume Sone, Yamatake; John Eva, Invensys; and Hans-Georg Kumpfmueller, Siemens.

As the Fieldbus Foundation's newest director, Kaihori plans to take an active role in the future direction of Foundation Fieldbus.

"I am honoured to have an opportunity to join the foundation board", said Kaihori.

"Foundation Fieldbus is recognised as a worldwide automation standard and widening its application coverage, and I am looking forward to serving with my industry colleagues to help keep the technology beneficial to end users".

Fieldbus Foundation President and CEO Richard Timoney said: "Kaihori will be a valuable contributor to our organisation".

"He has extensive knowledge of control systems application and is an enthusiastic and hard-working executive".