19/07/2024
The webinar “AEF toward the future” was organized by FederUnacoma and held in the morning of July 1st with the purpose to introduce the new AEF…
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19/07/2024
In June 2024, the AEF and ISO TC23 SC19 organized a full week of meetings in conjunction with the Japanese Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers…
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#Technical updates
19/07/2024
The AEF kicked off the Information Day in Tokyo, Japan with great support from JAMMA on the local organization!
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19/07/2024
The overall goal of AEFs project “Autonomy in Ag” is to face the current challenges of autonomous machines with standards and technologies for…
#Organisation
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19/07/2024
On May 6th-8th 2024 the AEF was invited to participate in the Celebration of Modern Agriculture on the National Mall in Washington DC.
#Events
19/07/2024
AEF tool chain presented during first Workshop Day on April 18, 2024.
#Events
19/07/2024
The next European Plugfest will take place from September 16 to 20, 2024 in Bologna, Italy at the Savoia Hotel. This will be the fourth time at this…
#Events
#Plugfest
19/07/2024
These companies have recently joined the AEF.
#Organisation
19/07/2024
AEF Fall Plugfest, VDI International Conference on Agricultural Engineering LAND.TECHNIK, EIMA
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#Plugfest
28/03/2024
The AEF Steering Committee approved the project charter and the wish to start engagement in autonomy. The goal of the new “Autonomy in Ag” (AUT)…
#Project team activities
28/03/2024
The AEF Steering Committee, as well as AEF Team Leaders and Deputies met at CNH in St. Valentin, Austria for three days.
#Events
27/03/2024
The Future of Food & Farming
The Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) will exhibit at the "Celebration of Modern Agriculture on the…
#Events
27/03/2024
The week from February 26 to March 1, 2024 was for the HSI experts packed with meetings in a room far from the exhibit floor, first with ISO meetings…
#Events
#Plugfest
#Project team activities
27/03/2024
The INFO project is driven by three main use cases: What are the capabilities of my machine? What is the right product (e.g. a baler) for the…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
#Technical updates
27/03/2024
Three month after the Kick-off meeting, the AEF is pleased to announce that the DCS Team has a deputy: Dennis Schäfer.
#Organisation
#Project team activities
27/03/2024
The AEF Guideline “AEF 005 ISOBUS Alignment of ISOBUS systems with ISO 25119” has been released as RIG 3.
#Project team activities
#Standards guidelines
27/03/2024
These companies have recently joined the AEF.
#Organisation
27/03/2024
Ag on the Mall, ASABE AIM, AEF Fall Plugfest, VDI International Conference on Agricultural Engineering LAND.TECHNIK, EIMA, ...
#Events
#Plugfest
25/03/2024
From February 27 – March 1, 2024 the AEF North American Plugfest was held in Houston Texas.
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#Plugfest
25/03/2024
The Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF), a global non-profit organization founded to improve cross-manufacturer compatibility in…
#Events
15/02/2024
The Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF), was recognized by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) with a…
#Events
15/02/2024
On February 12-14 the AEF was a sponsor of the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference (AETC) 2024.
#Events
12/02/2024
On Thursday 08 February 2024, the first International Agricultural Autonomy Symposium took place as part of the schedule of events at the World FIRA…
#Events
08/02/2024
The Agricultural Interoperability Network (AgIN) project team made its debut in 2024, rapidly resuming work after winter break without significant…
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01/02/2024
Panel discussion about agricultural dataspaces and Artificial Intelligence during the Green Week in Berlin on January 25, 2024.
#Events
27/01/2024
The leading international event for agricultural robotics and autonomous solutions will open its eighth edition from 6 to 8 February at the…
#Events
15/01/2024
The AEF started scheduling a new educational series called Tech Talks on a monthly basis in 2020. AEF Tech Talks are short, condensed introductions to…
#Events
15/12/2023
Houston, a major city in Texas will be the destination of the next AEF Plugfest again in conjunction with Commodity Classicom. Setting up the George…
#Events
#Organisation
#Plugfest
14/12/2023
Autonomy in Agriculture – where does the AEF fit? This was the title for the second AEF Autonomy Day which was held on November 29 at the FederUnacoma…
#Events
14/12/2023
AGRITECHNICA - The world's leading trade fair for agricultural machinery took place from November 12 to 18 at the Hannover Messe showgrounds. AEF was…
#Events
14/12/2023
Wireless infield Communication – Road Safety
Wireless in-field communication (WIC) serves as a crucial facilitator for seamless and interoperable…
#Events
14/12/2023
AEF celebrates 10th anniversary of ISOBUS Conformance Test and Database
With the AEF ISOBUS Database, AEF has been ensuring transparency of ISOBUS…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
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14/12/2023
A few weeks ago, the AEF kicked off the new project team Digital Camera Systems or DCS for short. More than 25 participants from various AEF member…
#Project team activities
14/12/2023
One of the first tasks after the founding of the AEF was to make ISOBUS (ISO 11783) easier to understand for the whole industry. This led to the…
#Organisation
14/12/2023
AEF member companies enjoy complimentary access to our web-based training courses. These instructional videos cover technical fundamentals across…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
#Organisation
14/12/2023
Green Week, ASABE Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference (AETC), AEF Plugfests ...
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#Plugfest
23/11/2023
The leadership at AEF decided after 2021 to offer a reduction of the AEF membership fee to interested companies that may be considering involvement in…
#Organisation
31/10/2023
What is "AgIN"?
The Agricultural Interoperabilty Network [AgIN] is a dataspace that provides a framework to foster collaboration between agricultural…
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
26/10/2023
AEF Booth at Agritechnica
As in previous years, the AEF will also be present with a booth at Agritechnica in Hannover (Germany) this year.…
#Events
#Project team activities
26/10/2023
The LAND.TECHNIK International Conference on Agricultural Engineering is the official opening event of AGRITECHNICA. During the two day conference…
#Events
26/10/2023
The Agricultural Interoperability Network (AgIN) has been selected on the shortlist for the DLG-Agrifuture Concept Winner 2023, for pioneering…
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
26/10/2023
AEF’s “Enhanced Road safety for agricultural vehicles" is a nominee of the a SYSTEMS & COMPONENTS TROPHY – Engineers‘ Choice 2023.
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
26/10/2023
The AEF participated in the Innovation Village which showed high-tech innovative agricultural equipment during a summit organized by the European Ag…
#Events
23/10/2023
From the September 18 – 22, 2023 the AEF European Plugfest took place in Antibes, France at the Juan-les-Pins Conference Centre.
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#Plugfest
23/10/2023
iVT Technology Expo Chicago is a growing heavy vehicle engineering conference held annually in the US the last week of August. The technology expo…
#Events
23/10/2023
In recent months, the AgIN Team has accelerated work to build an interoperability network for the agricultural industry. Several subgroups were formed…
#Organisation
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23/10/2023
These companies joined the AEF.
#Organisation
23/10/2023
VDI conference ”Ag Eng”, Agritechnica,...
#Events
#Plugfest
13/07/2023
The University of Nebraska Tractor Test Lab celebrated its century of testing tractors on July 8, 2023 on the east campus. A representation of tested…
#Events
13/07/2023
The ASABE’s Annual International Meeting took place from July 9 – 12 in Omaha, Nebraska.
#Events
13/07/2023
In just a few weeks, from September 18 to 22, 2023, the next AEF Fall Plugfest will take place at Congress Center of Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France,…
#Events
#Plugfest
13/07/2023
AEF Steering Committee and Team Leaders meet at AGCO.
#Events
13/07/2023
On the 22nd of June 2023 Anita Sennett, the AEF Secretary attended (and documented) her last AEF Steering Committee meeting before commencing her…
#Events
#Organisation
13/07/2023
The AEF is very happy to welcome Birgit Wagner as a new member of the AEF team, based in Gütersloh, Germany.
#Organisation
12/07/2023
Thank you Georg Happich and Welcome Derek Smith (TIM 2).
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12/07/2023
The AEF Guideline AEF 023, AEF 040, AEF 043.
#Standards guidelines
12/07/2023
These companies joined the AEF.
#Organisation
12/07/2023
AEF Fall Plugfest, VDI conference ”Ag Eng”, Agritechnica,...
#Events
#Plugfest
27/04/2023
Planning for the next AEF Fall Plugfest is already underway. After a successful Plugfest in North America in March this year, the next European…
#Events
#Plugfest
26/04/2023
“What is the Agricultural Interoperable Network” was the title of Norbert Schlingmann’s presentation during the VDI conference “Smart Farming” on…
#Events
#Technical updates
26/04/2023
In March 2023 the AEF was invited to participate as HARTING connector company hosted its annual discussion regarding the advancements of industrial…
#Events
26/04/2023
Due to having AEF Plugfest at the Commodity Classic trade show, AEF has had several opportunities to grow our media coverage in North America. These…
#Events
26/04/2023
The annual AEF North American Plugfest was back at the Commodity Classic in 2023.
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#Plugfest
26/04/2023
On February 12-14 the AEF was a sponsor of the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference (AETC) 2023. This annual event is hosted by the American…
#Events
26/04/2023
From the 7th to the 9th of February the 7th World FIRA took place at the AGROBIOPOLE, just south of Toulouse in France. This new three day format…
#Events
26/04/2023
The AEF TIM functionality, launched in 2019, is the first functionality using a standardized, certified communication between tractor and implement.…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
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#Technical updates
26/04/2023
The AEF is very happy to welcome Marcel Urban as a new member of the AEF team, based in Gütersloh, Germany.
#Organisation
26/04/2023
The AEF teams consist of volunteers coming from our member companies who engage for AEF beside their regular job. To successfully work on projects…
#Events
26/04/2023
ASABE AIM, AEF Fall Plugfest 2023, VDI conference ”Landtechnik”, Agritechnica
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#Plugfest
16/11/2022
AEF Board Sets Focus on Collaboration, Plugfest Electrified by Record Attendance.
At its recent General Assembly meeting in Bologna, Italy, the…
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#Plugfest
16/11/2022
Successful Plugfest is back on stage in Europe after the North American one in New Orleans in March 2022. More than 330 participants enjoyed the…
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#Plugfest
16/11/2022
Peter has been a member of the AEF Steering Committee since the beginning and was elected as Vice-Chairman in 2008. Then as Rainer Hofmann stepped…
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16/11/2022
AEF thanks Rainer and Peter for their active engagement and wishes a well-deserved retirement.
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16/11/2022
Jan-Hendrik Wölker has left AEF as of end of October to pursue other interests. He started in 2012 working for the company Fuhrhop & Partner…
#Events
#Organisation
16/11/2022
AEF has grown, even during the last couple of years, and with that growth comes the challenge of effective collaboration between the many teams. All…
#Events
16/11/2022
The AEF Project Team UT3 has been working on the next generation of the AEF Conformance Test for Universal Terminal UT3. Already in use during the…
#Technical updates
16/11/2022
Orlando, a major city dedicated to amusement! In central Florida you will find a destination packed with amusement parks and world renowned family…
#Events
#Plugfest
16/11/2022
After a long break due to the Covid pandemic, the postponed SIMA show took place in Paris Nord - Villepinte / France from November 6 through 10 2022.…
#Events
16/11/2022
From the 9th to the 13th of November the 45th EIMA show took place in Bologna, Italy. The record number of 327,100 visitors certainly enjoyed the…
#Events
16/11/2022
iVT Technology Expo Chicago was the first time this show was held in the US. The technology expo focuses on bringing together component manufacturers…
#Events
16/11/2022
These companies joined the AEF
#Organisation
16/11/2022
AgEng-LAND.TECHNIK, International Green Week, Tech Week, AETC Conference
, AEF Plugfests 2023
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#Plugfest
27/09/2022
In just a few weeks, from October 17 to 21, the next AEF Fall Plugfest will take place at the Savoia Hotel in Bologna, Italy. We are very much looking…
#Events
#Plugfest
27/09/2022
Autonomy in Agriculture Day, the AEF and AEM Ag Technology Leadership Group examine how to collaborate and take on the challenges of autonomous…
#Events
27/09/2022
After two years of virtual events, the ASABE’s Annual International Meeting returned to an “in person” event which took place from the 17th to the…
#Events
27/09/2022
Operators working with the TaskController in the field sometimes have issues while importing ISO-XML taskdata in different terminals. This could be…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
#Technical updates
27/09/2022
AEF is pleased to announce that Ryan Milligan has been approved as AEF Team Lead Deputy of the Communications and Marketing Team (C&M) and happy to…
#Organisation
27/09/2022
Guideline AEF 007 RIG 2.0 ISOBUS – ISOBUS Automation
The Functional Safety Team has successfully released a new version of the Guideline AEF 007 that…
#Project team activities
#Standards guidelines
26/09/2022
These companies joined the AEF
#Organisation
26/09/2022
Upcoming events in 2022
#Plugfest
#Events
21/06/2022
Autonomy in Agriculture Day, the AEF and AEM Ag Technology Leadership Group examine how to collaborate and take on the challenges of autonomous…
#Events
#Organisation
30/03/2022
Next generation ISOBUS is roughly 4,000 times faster than the original ISOBUS technology.
#AEF ISOBUS Database
#Technical updates
30/03/2022
After the cancellations of the last few Plugfests due to the pandemic, this was the first face to face AEF Plugfest since September 2019.
#Plugfest
#Events
30/03/2022
The Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) has exhibited at the "Celebration of Modern Agriculture on the National Mall" event in…
#Events
30/03/2022
Last month on February 12-14 the AEF was a sponsor of the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference (AETC) 2022.
#Events
30/03/2022
In March 2021, AgGateway and the AEF signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on initiatives to increase the seamless exchange of…
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
30/03/2022
The AEF Project Team Universal Terminal UT3 is currently working on the development of the next generation of the UT Conformance Test. This new…
#Project team activities
30/03/2022
A subgroup of physical layer experts from the High Speed ISOBUS team (HSI) created AEF RIG 042 “High Speed Implement Bus – Physical layer – PHY and…
#Project team activities
#Standards guidelines
30/03/2022
These companies joined the AEF
#Organisation
30/03/2022
Upcoming events in 2022
#Events
#Plugfest
11/02/2022
Our wish is, and has always been, that engineers attend the plugfest in person however due to the continuing COVID situation and the variation in…
#Events
#Plugfest
15/12/2021
AEF Vice-Chair Andrew Olliver and General Manager Norbert Schlingmann, were speakers at the AgGateway Annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, USA on…
#Events
15/12/2021
AEF was present at the EIMA 2021 show in Bologna with a booth in cooperation with REI and FederUnacoma. Information about AEF products were provided,…
#Events
15/12/2021
Visit New Orleans, Lousiana, for March 9 – 11, 2022 Plugfest
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#Plugfest
15/12/2021
The preparations for the AEF Spring Plugfest in New Orleans, which will take place from March 9 to 11, 2022 are already in full swing.
#Events
#Plugfest
15/12/2021
The AEF as pacemaker for ISOBUS Functional Safety
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#Technical updates
15/12/2021
AEF is pleased to introduce two new projects to its members: Task Controller 2 and Agricultural Interoperability Network.
#Project team activities
15/12/2021
High Speed Implement Bus – Physical Layer – Communication channel and breakaway connectors published
#Project team activities
#Standards guidelines
15/12/2021
These companies joined the AEF
#Organisation
15/12/2021
Upcoming events in 2022
#Events
#Plugfest
02/11/2021
Ag equipment dealers, manufacturers, farmers to easily view ISOBUS compatible products across brands
#AEF ISOBUS Database
#Technical updates
11/10/2021
On the 22nd and 23rd of September the AEF Steering Committee held a face to face meeting in the centre of Frankfurt. Apart from the regular monthly…
#Events
#Organisation
11/10/2021
The 2021 AEF General Assembly took place in the afternoon of the 23rd of September and, just like the 2020 edition, was another virtual event, the…
#Events
#Organisation
11/10/2021
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, no physical AEF Plugfest events could take place. This encouraged the AEF, in cooperation with Vector Informatik, to…
#Events
#Plugfest
11/10/2021
Most people have become tired of all the bad news we hear every day. It has been a difficult time for everyone. The leadership at AEF thought it would…
#Organisation
11/10/2021
The AEF Data Management team is looking into additional use cases for transport operations. But some important elements are still missing. The…
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
11/10/2021
In 2017 the AEF released the TC-BAS Conformance Test for FMIS. With the upcoming release 2021R2, planned for the 1st of November, the AEF Conformance…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
11/10/2021
The next EIMA, an International Agricultural and Gardening Machinery Exhibition takes place from October 19 thru 23, 2021 in Bologna, Italy.
#Events
11/10/2021
After 11 years of a long and effective collaboration, it was decided to end the relationship as of September 30, 2021. This collaboration had a long…
#Organisation
11/10/2021
Communication & Marketing – Thank you Andrew Olliver and welcome Alfred Kornes and Klaus-Herbert Rolf
#Organisation
05/07/2021
Due to on-going concern over the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and related travel restrictions,
the AEF decided to cancel the 2021 Fall Plugfest…
#Events
#Plugfest
05/07/2021
Jürgen Hollstein will retire end of July this year and will be succeeded by Stefan Stahlmecke as new representative from John Deere.
#Organisation
05/07/2021
Peter Münch has left his AEF team leader position in June this year. Since the beginning of the AEF, he has been in charge of the functional safety…
#Organisation
05/07/2021
AEF is very pleased to introduce Jason Roesbeke from CNH Industrial, based in Bruges, Belgium as another Deputy Team Lead for the Expert Team Data…
#Organisation
05/07/2021
Following on from last summer’s updates and thanks to the continual feedback from the AEF Service Council, the Database Service team have been hard at…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
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#Technical updates
05/07/2021
FMIS Conformance Test
As with all conformance tests and certified compatibility our goal in the end is satisfied customers.
In today's agricultural…
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
05/07/2021
The AEF Conformance Test for the new AEF Functionality File Server is released.
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
05/07/2021
In April 2021, the AEF organized a proof of concept to demonstrate the latest developments in Wireless-Infield-Communication together with the…
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
05/07/2021
The AEF Security Team is looking for expertise from AEF companies in the following areas:
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05/07/2021
MC Elettronica is a company specializing in design of sensors and “high tech” electronic components for agricultural machines, dedicated to PRECISION…
#Organisation
05/07/2021
Agricon is a full-service provider for precision farming solutions. It offers a wide range of products dedicated to improve crop production from the…
#Organisation
05/07/2021
Neways Electronics International N.V. is active in the international EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Services) market. As System Innovator and life…
#Organisation
05/07/2021
Image Line is an Italian company – included in Italian official registry for innovative SMEs – that develops softwares, web portals and databases for…
#Organisation
05/07/2021
When it comes to pioneering automation and digitization technology, the ifm group of companies is your ideal partner. Since its foundation in 1969 ifm…
#Organisation
29/03/2021
AEF secretary Mark Benishek retired end of last year and was succeeded by Anita Sennett representing the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)…
#Organisation
29/03/2021
As announced during the virtual AEF General Assembly in October 2020 by Peter Hieronymus, a dedicated team of seasoned AEF members was tasked with…
#Organisation
29/03/2021
AEF announces plans are underway for the next Plugfest in Stuttgart, Germany. The dates are set for September 20 to 24, 2021. We are excited at the…
#Events
#Plugfest
29/03/2021
FederUnacoma, the Italian Association of Ag. Machine Manufacturers, has always taken an active role in supporting the AEF through the years. Although…
#Organisation
29/03/2021
Exactly 20 years ago at Agritechnica 2001 the first ISOBUS systems were demonstrated with the Universal Terminal application (even though the first…
#Events
#Organisation
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
29/03/2021
During 2020 the AEF Communications and Marketing North American Sub Group worked on a group of sponsored articles that ran on the Precision Farming…
#Organisation
29/03/2021
With so many different manufacturers creating a wide scope of agricultural products available on the market today, this is a fairly common problem for…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
29/03/2021
Whether you are a salesperson or service tech, the ISOBUS Database will become an essential part of your toolbox. It provides important ISOBUS…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
29/03/2021
In a market offering so many different tractors and implements, how can you make the right choice? Now more than ever, when considering the precision…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
#Organisation
#Press releases
29/03/2021
Every day, farm tractors and implements are connected together and the electrical connectors are engaged.
#AEF ISOBUS Database
#Plugfest
#Project team activities
#Press releases
29/03/2021
How do you get a group of ag software engineers excited? Most engineers have similar traits. They want to provide new and better designs, and the best…
#Events
#Plugfest
29/03/2021
Tractor Implement Management, or what we call “TIM,” is a cross-product and cross-manufacturer ISOBUS solution where the implement controls certain…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
29/03/2021
M2M, also known as “Machine-to-Machine Communication,” is exactly what it sounds like. It stands for two machines “communicating” together.
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
29/03/2021
So, what is under the ISOBUS Hood:
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#Technical updates
29/03/2021
AEF is very happy to present the new Security Team Lead: Bradley Nielsen from CNH Industrial, based in Burr Ridge, Illinois, agreed to take over the…
#Organisation
29/03/2021
AEF is happy to present the new WIC Deputy Team Lead: Tobias Nothdurft from AGCO, based in Marktoberdorf, Germany, agreed to take over the tasks from…
#Organisation
29/03/2021
Materna is a full service provider in the premium segment successfully implementing IT projects for the industry sector, business customers and the…
#Organisation
29/03/2021
Junkkari Oy is a family owned company located in Finland, established over 60 years ago and is part of the MSK Group Oy.
#Organisation
22/01/2021
AgGateway and the Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on initiatives to…
#Organisation
#Technical updates
15/12/2020
The first ever virtual AEF General Assembly took place on Thursday the 15th of October. The AEF Chairperson, Peter van der Vlugt opened the meeting…
#Events
#Organisation
15/12/2020
As mentioned above, during this year’s Chair Group (CG) election meeting resulted in a change of the Vice-Chairperson. Marcello Mongiardo as the…
#Organisation
15/12/2020
Core Membership changes
At the last AEF General Assembly held October 15, 2020, leadership addressed a change request to the Core membership. The…
#Organisation
15/12/2020
… our new AEF office team member Stefanie Schemmink.
#Organisation
15/12/2020
In 2020 the AEF started scheduling a new educational series called Tech Talks on a monthly basis. AEF Tech Talks are short condensed introductions to…
#Events
#Organisation
#Technical updates
15/12/2020
On November the 11th and 12th the AEF had the honour of presenting two sessions during the EIMA Digital Preview (EDP). The EDP was a purely online…
#Events
15/12/2020
On 28th of October 2020 the third AEF Service Council took place in Warendorf, Germany. The event – aimed at dealer service and sales staff as well as…
#Events
#Organisation
15/12/2020
Project activities for the UT 3 ISOBUS functionality conformance test have received much interest for the past few years. In January 2020 a face to…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
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#Technical updates
15/12/2020
A new lead is sought for the AEF Security Expert Team. This is a diverse team made up of security professionals from both OEMs and security…
#Organisation
06/11/2020
The latest version of the AEF ISOBUS Database was released in the middle of summer and included the highly anticipated changes to the Product Upload…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
#Technical updates
06/11/2020
Τhe overall goal of the Horizon 2020 project “ATLAS” is the development of an open digital Network through which information and services become…
#Organisation
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
06/11/2020
The current AEF Conformance Test environment was developed based on a now outdated version of National Instruments TestStand. (To be precise we are…
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
06/11/2020
Once again, the AEF were presenting at the 2020 ASABE Annual International Meeting (AIM). The event took place from the 13th to the 15th of July and,…
#Events
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
06/11/2020
The AGROSALON took place from the 6th to the 9th of October in Moscow and thanks to the grateful assistance of the Agriculture Engineering team at…
#Events
06/11/2020
The Covid-19 emergency has defined a new economic and social geography with global restrictions. The international trade shows worldwide have been…
#Events
02/06/2020
Smart agricultural machines, sensors and data processing services have assisted farmers by providing an abundance of information that help optimize…
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
02/06/2020
As highlighted in the AEF ISOBUS Database Improvements Press Release issued before Agritechnica last year, Self-Certification is here! But what…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
02/06/2020
Last year in October a new AEF team was formed, composed of security experts from several AEF member companies. Norbert Schlingmann, General Manager…
#Organisation
02/06/2020
Following on from the very successful High Speed ISOBUS presentation given at the Landtechnik conference in November last year, this edition of the…
#Project team activities
#Technical updates
02/06/2020
After our disappointment at having to cancel the AEF Spring Plugfest in Lincoln due to on-going concern over the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and…
#Events
#Plugfest
02/06/2020
Sjaak Bontje 1956 – 2020
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02/06/2020
This EFDI guideline provides an extensible communication system concept and defines rules for adding new functionalities to cover specific use cases…
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#Standards guidelines
08/04/2020
The European Commission is funding the development of an open digital platform for interoperability between agricultural machinery, sensors and data…
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06/03/2020
Since AEF’s development of the Tractor Implement Management (TIM) was launched in December 2019, the first products supporting the TIM functionality…
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06/03/2020
Tractor Implement Management (TIM) receives two awards in February: ASABE AE50 Award and AEM Davidson Prize in the US.
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06/03/2020
As well as the recently announced AEF membership changes involving Kubota Corporation and Kverneland Group, the start of 2020 has ushered in one more…
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06/03/2020
In parallel to ATLAS, AEF is a partner in a second EU funded project named agROBOfood.
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06/03/2020
The ISOBUS event held in Reggio Emilia (Italy) on December 13th 2019 titled “Agriculture looks to the future” was a great success.
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06/03/2020
Last month on February 10-12 the AEF was a sponsor of the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference (AETC) 2020. This annual event is hosted every…
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06/03/2020
As of December 1, 2019, the AEF has a new project team leader for the ISOBUS Automation Group: Jasper Jeninga, Team Leader at CLAAS based in Bad…
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06/03/2020
The AEF is happy to introduce Ronny Preußer as new deputy team lead for project team Service & Diagnostics.
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06/03/2020
Since February, 12, 2020 Hara Spathi has joined the AEF as project manager for the ATLAS program. ATLAS focuses on the standardization of data…
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12/02/2020
Mark Benishek AEF Secretary, General Manager Norbert Schlingmann and Chairman Peter van der Vlugt received the AE50 award during the ASABE…
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12/02/2020
After 11 years of Kverneland Group’s direct engagement as AEF founding - and core member, the mother company Kubota Corporation has taken over the AEF…
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19/12/2019
After the successful release and roll out of the AEF TIM conformance test some days ago to certification test laboratories, we are happy to announce…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
#Technical updates
17/12/2019
Agritechnica 2019 took place from the 10th to the 16th of November at the Hannover Messe and once again the AEF was present with a booth in Hall 15.…
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17/12/2019
The AEF was well represented with three different presentations at the 77th Landtechnik AgEng Conference which took place on Friday the 8th and…
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16/12/2019
The AEF is pleased to be a recipient of an AE50 award of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for 2020 for the…
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13/12/2019
In the "Agricultural Interoperability and Analysis System (ATLAS)" project leading manufacturers of agricultural technology are working together with…
#Project team activities
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13/12/2019
Which implement can be operated with the tractor’s ISOBUS terminal? Which functionalities are supported by the combination of vehicles? Can the farmer…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
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13/12/2019
From the 14th to the 17th of October the Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Agriculture took place at the Punjab Agricultural University in…
#Events
13/12/2019
Last October 2019, Norbert Schlingmann, AEF General Manager, was invited to speak at a conference in Moscow entitled “Universal control and monitoring…
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13/12/2019
In January 2019, the 3rd revision of ISO 11783 – Part 2: Physical Layer has been published. As you may know this part of the ISO standard details the…
#Project team activities
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13/12/2019
As with all projects, at some point they come to completion. This is true with the project, Tractor Implement Management (TIM), which was released…
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30/09/2019
From the 17th to the 19th of September the AEF European Plugfest took place in Antibes, France at the very new Juan-les-Pins Conference Centre. With…
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30/09/2019
In addition to the Plugfest event, project team meetings and the AEF General Assembly, the AEF Conference event took place in the afternoon of…
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30/09/2019
The AEF is looking for a project team lead to help with an EU subsidized design project. The benefits of digital farming are increasing day by day and…
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30/09/2019
Once again the AEF was present at Union Station in St Louis, Missouri participating in the 2019 edition of InfoAg. As with previous years the AEF…
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30/09/2019
Starting in January 2020 the annual fee that manufacturers pay to access the AEF ISOBUS Conformance Test will increase to 24.300 Euro for the…
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30/09/2019
TIM (Tractor Implement Management) is a cross-product and cross-manufacturer ISOBUS solution where the implement controls certain tractor functions…
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#Technical updates
30/09/2019
During the last week of June, in one of the hottest weeks of the summer, the Steering Committee, Team Leaders and associated deputies converged on…
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30/09/2019
The first AEF Service Council took place in Warendorf at the end of December 2018. Due to the positive outcome, the participants expressed the wish to…
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27/09/2019
We are a technology company that builds connectivity solutions for machines. We provide the infrastructure to connect mobile machines with the cloud…
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27/09/2019
Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than 100 years the company has engineered the success of…
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27/08/2019
In conjunction with the Plugfest, you will have the option of seeing the Plugfest activities in action or particpate in a number of conference &…
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#Plugfest
25/07/2019
Under the title „ISOBUS Automation using TIM“ an international VDI workshop took place in the Berlin Mercure Hotel MOA on 28 June 2019. The AEF was…
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25/07/2019
AEF Sponsored and exhibited at the 2019 Annual International Meetings of the ASABE in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on July 7 – 10, 2019. The focus of…
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25/07/2019
Martijn Holten left Kverneland Mechatronics and in addition the position as deputy for AEF PT4 Service & Diagnostics in June. Since the beginning he…
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25/07/2019
Since the launch meeting in Frankfurt am Main on 16 March 2011, Harald Dietel has significantly supported the project team High Voltage (PT7) as team…
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25/07/2019
Since 24 June 2019, Mark von Bibra has joined AEF as project manager. The Australian studied in Melbourne and Singapore and worked for the last six…
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25/07/2019
To coincide with the AEF Fall Plugfest in France in September, the AEF website and the three modules of the AEF web-based training will be available…
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25/07/2019
The AEF Fall Plugfest 2019 will take place from 16 to 20 September in Antibes, France. Be there when a knowledgeable audience meets to test and…
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#Plugfest
25/07/2019
The preparations for the next AEF Plugfest which will take place from 17 to 20 September in Antibes (France) are already in full swing.
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#Plugfest
25/07/2019
On 26 September 2018, experts from several AEF member companies met to launch the new Medium Voltage (PT12) project team. After defining the project…
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#Technical updates
25/07/2019
The dealer registration is also new. In future, dealers will be able to register and log into the AEF ISOBUS database themselves. This enables them to…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
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25/07/2019
The AEF ISOBUS database allows users to learn about ISOBUS functionalities supported by both the single product and several selected products.
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25/07/2019
From September 2019, manufacturers will be able themselves to carry out a Conformance Test by taking into account defined AEF Rules in order to ensure…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
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29/05/2019
Panasonic Industry Europe GmbH is part of the global Panasonic Group and provides industrial products and services in Europe.
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29/05/2019
What is ISOBUS? How does the AEF ISOBUS Database work? What are the advantages of the AEF ISOBUS CheckTool? These and other questions are answered by…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
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#Technical updates
29/05/2019
The AEF Engineering & Implementation team has been investigating the use of Twisted Pair Physical Layer (TPPL) for use on ISOBUS systems.
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28/05/2019
Suppliers often provide their ECUs to multiple manufacturers. These ECUs are equipped with a standard software which are able to support different…
#Technical updates
22/03/2019
Orion Tecnologia e Sistemas Agrícolas Ltda is an innovative Brazilian company that designs and manufactures special spraying implements for installing…
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22/03/2019
J.Assy Agricultural specializes in technology solutions for agribusiness. They are one of Brazil’s largest investors in R & D in this industry.
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22/03/2019
From February 24th thru the 28th the 78th edition of SIMA took place at the Parc des Expositions in Paris Nord Villepinte. This year there were…
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22/03/2019
On Saturday February 23rd the third AXEMA Technical conference took place at the Parc des Expositions. The surrounding exhibition halls were busy with…
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22/03/2019
The AEF presented at the “Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference” (AETC) from February 11 to 13, 2019 in Louisville, Kentucky, with a program…
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20/03/2019
The preparations for the AEF Plugfest in spring, which will take place from 7 to 9 May in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, are already in full swing.
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01/02/2019
On 19th of December 2018 the first AEF Service Council took place in Warendorf. The event – aimed at service staff and product management of…
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01/02/2019
What does the AEF Ticket System do? How does it work? What role does it play in the context of diagnostic options in the AEF ISOBUS Database, keyword…
#AEF ISOBUS Database
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01/02/2019
SIMA 2019 will take place at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre from the 24th to the 28th of February. This will be the 78th edition of the…
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01/02/2019
TIM (tractor implement management system or device steers tractor) is an ISOBUS-based solution for a barrier-free and cross-vendor data exchange in…
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27/11/2018
The AEF ticket system is an essential component of the AEF ISOBUS database. With this ticket system, information about compatibility problems between…
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27/11/2018
Established in Germany in 1978, HELUKABEL® is one of the world’s leading cable manufacturers and suppliers. In addition to our production sites in…
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27/11/2018
The AEF is very excited to annouce the release of the new AEF ISOBUS Database login page.
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27/11/2018
Dacom provides growers and the agribusiness sector with data-driven advisory services throughout the world. Using intelligent analyses, all available…
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27/11/2018
From the 7th to the 11th of November the EIMA International show took place in Bologna, Italy. More than 315,000 visitors attended this year, coming…
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27/11/2018
AEF General Manager, Norbert Schlingmann, was a keynote speaker at the AgGateway Annual meeting in Austin Texas, USA on Nov 13th. His presentation…
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27/11/2018
AEF developed together with ETSI’s committee on Machine-to-Machine Communications a pilot to distribute a warning message to passing vehicles within a…
#Technical updates
04/10/2018
Jaap van Bergeijk will leave his AEF team leader position to the end of the year. Since the beginning of the AEF, he has been in charge of the…
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04/10/2018
On 26th of September the first meeting took place for the latest AEF Project Team, PT12 Medium Voltage. It has been formed based on a project proposal…
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04/10/2018
The eighth TIM Plugfest took place at the Savoia Regency Hotel in Bologna on the 19th and 20th of September. It was the first time that a TIM specific…
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02/10/2018
On September 19th the AEF celebrated its 10 Year Anniversary with a full day of events in Bologna, Italy. This was in addition to the AEF Fall…
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01/10/2018
From the 18th to the 20th of September the Fall Plugfest took place at the Savoia Regency Hotel in Bologna, Italy.
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#Plugfest
22/08/2018
The 8th TIM plugfest will be held on 19th and 20th of September during the European edition of the AEF Plugfest, at the Savoia Hotel Regency, Bologna,…
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22/08/2018
Both organisations are interested in develop better products to the farmer. In order to provide functionalities on equipment we need to have a better…
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22/08/2018
Multiva is a brand for high quality agricultural machines, produced by Dometal Oy. Company is located in Loimaa, Finland. Our product range consists…
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22/08/2018
Geoprospectors is a leading supplier of soil sensors for precision agriculture, subsurface engineering and airborne exploration.The solutions use a…
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04/06/2018
The functionality ISB, or ISOBUS Shortcut button refers to a physical button (or key or switch) in the tractor cab which, when pressed, will…
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04/06/2018
From May the 15th to the 17th the Spring Plugfest took place in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Embassy Suites together with the NTTL test lab hosted another…
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23/04/2018
On 28 October 2008 seven international manufacturers of agricultural machinery and two associations founded the Agricultural Industry Electronics…
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23/04/2018
From 14 to 18 May 2018 the Plugfest will take place in Lincoln Nebraska. Registration is now possible.
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23/04/2018
The Commodity Classic Ag show in North America was located this year in Anaheim, California from 27th February - 1st March.
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22/02/2018
Commodity Classic is America's top agricultural convention and trade show, managed by farmers, for farmers. The trade show connects cutting-edge…
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12/11/2017
Again the AEF will be present at Agritechnica in Hannover, Germany running from November 12th through 18th.
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