OMAC Member Benefits
The OMAC Corporate Membership Program offers members a collaborative platform that fosters communication, innovation, and industry leadership.
Joining OMAC means becoming part of a community dedicated to advancing manufacturing through shared expertise and continuous collaboration.
Advantages
and Resources
Access to OMAC Workgroups
One complimentary copy of the ISA-TR88 (PackML Standard) per company
One seat on the OMAC Technical Advisory Board (TAB)
Complimentary access to OMAC best practices and technical guidelines
Listing as an OMAC corporate member on OMAC mailings and promotions
Company logo listed on OMAC website and link to site
Opportunity to post an organizational article in the OMAC newsletter
Use of the OMAC and OMAC workgroup logos
As a Member
Develop guidelines that drive industry improvement
Share interests and challenges
Create effective solutions
Expand your network
Membership Types
End Users
Revolutionize the way your organization automates.
As anend user working for a manufacturer, you stand at the heart of industry transformation. OMAC membership empowers you with the tools, expertise, and connections to optimize your operations, strengthen your automation strategy, and accelerate your path to smart manufacturing success
OMAC Member Benefits:
Streamlined Data and Control
Simplify collaboration and integration through standardized data and control structures. OMAC’s globally recognized frameworks enable seamless communication between systems to boost efficiency and performance
Smarter, Money-Saving Integration
Reduce integration time, cost, and variability with OMAC’s engineering best practices. Achieve seamless system connectivity that delivers measurable savings freeing resources for innovation and growth
Lower Lifecycle Costs
Extend machine life, reduce maintenance expenses, and minimize downtime. OMAC’s standards help ensure more reliable assets, better long-term ROI, and fewer headaches for your operations team.
Accelerate Time-to-Market
Gain the agility to bring new products online faster. By adopting OMAC standards, your organization streamlines commissioning and startup, enabling quicker launches and greater responsiveness to customer demand.
Professional Development & Networking
Sharpen your skills and expand your network through exclusive OMAC training, workshops, and events Learn directly from industry leaders in an open, collaborative, and inspiring environment
Trusted Expertise, Proven Results
Leverage decades of collective experience. OMAC connects you with peers and partners who share your goals helping you overcome challenges with proven solutions that drive measurable outcomes
Space to Innovate
Build on a solid foundation of standards and best practices, freeing your team to focus on what matters most innovation. Turn your ideas into impact and help shape the future of manufacturing and automation.
Our Members
OEM/ Machine Builders
Elevate your machines, your team, and your impact on the future of automation.
Empower Your Engineering Team
Tap into a vibrant ecosystem of automation professionals who share your drive for excellence. OMAC connects you to cutting-edge standards, technical resources, and peer collaboration that accelerate your growth and keep you ahead of the curve.
Earn End-User Confidence
Align your machines with globally recognized OMAC standards and PackML guidelines to demonstrate quality, efficiency, and interoperability - building trust and credibility with your customers.
Ignite Innovation
Leverage OMAC’s collective expertise to reduce redundant engineering and focus on what matters most creating breakthrough solutions that define the future of automation. Deliver a Unified Operator Experience
Simplify operations and training with standardized machine behavior and control structures. PackML ensures operators feel at home across your entire equipment line.
Design with Flexibility
Build scalable, customizable systems using modular control strategies inspired by OMAC principles - enabling your machines to evolve effortlessly with customer needs
Our Members
stem Integrators
Play a vital role in bringing automation to life — connecting technologies, synchronizing machines, and delivering the seamless production lines that power ation expertise to the next level.
Our Members
Technology Providers
Connect your technology with the future of automation.
As aTechnology Provider, your expertise powers progress. OMAC membership gives you insider access to the standards, insights, and collaborations that shape how the world automates – helping you deliver smarter, more interoperable technologies that scale globally.
Collaborate to Create Standards
Partner directly with end users, system integrators, and machine builders to shape practical, real-world standards and tools.
Gain Market Insight
Stay ahead of the curve. OMAC gives you access to emerging trends, evolving customer needs, and cross-industry intelligence that help you anticipate market shifts and guide your innovation strategy.
Enhance Product Performance
Apply OMAC’s global knowledge base, technical resources, and best practices to strengthen reliability, flexibility, and interoperability — giving your products a competitive edge.
Deliver Relevant Applications
Design smarter, customer-focused solutions that integrate seamlessly into manufacturing environments and deliver measurable value to end users.
Whether you specialize in controls, software, hardware, sensors, or digital transformation, OMAC membership gives you the tools, knowledge, and connections to position your technology — and your business — at the forefront of innovation.
Our Members
OMAC Member Benefits:
Commercial Organizations
ough education, research, and
non-commercial organizations, including universities, academic institutions, research organizations, government agencies, and non-profits, that advance manufacturing technology, education, and innovation.
Membership connects you directly with industry leaders working to modernize manufacturing systems and drive global competitiveness.
Advance education and research to resolve real-
Support public and industrial collaboration
Work with industry leaders to define frameworks
Define workgroup initiatives that influence solutions
Contribute to global standards shaping the future of
PackML Training
Learn how PackML is transforming manufacturing with OMAC's expert insights!
What You’ll Learn
PackML Basics
OMAC PackML Tools
Key PackML Benefits
Visit omac.org/the-value-ofpackml to start the training.
PackML
The automation standard that makes it easier to transfer and retrieve consistent machine data.
How Does It Help?
Anyone building or working with a PackMLenabled machine can expect a common look and feel and consistent defined behaviors, even if they come from different manufacturers and use different control systems.
OMAC’s PackML group is a globally recognized collaboration of: Control vendors OEMs System integrators Universities End users
Together, these industry leaders work to align PackML definitions with ISA88 standards and adapt to the evolving technologies and needs of automated machinery.
Adopted by ISA AS tr88.00.02
OMAC members receive one free copy of the standard!
kaging Workgroup
Packaging
Imagine a world where every machine speaks the same language — packaging lines integrate seamlessly, and innovation and sustainability move forward together. The OMAC Packaging Workgroup (OPW) joins industry leaders, engineers, machine builders, integrators, and end users to define the future of
Don’t just adopt standards — help shape them. The OPW is the birthplace of and PackTags, standards that interoperability to packaging machinery.
Shape global standards
Solve real engineering challenges
Build your professional network
Expand your impact
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As a part of the Packaging Workgroup, the is shaping how the industry defines and measures environmental performance.
nability Implementation Guide
This initiative provides engineers with practical tools to assess machine performance through a sustainability lens — helping manufacturers optimize operations, cut costs, and meet growing environmental and regulatory demands.
Standardizes energy measurement within PackML using common PackTag conventions Tracks material use and waste in greenhouse gas (GHG) equivalents Aligns automation data with global sustainability reporting frameworks like the EU’s
Directly integrate sustainability metrics into future PackML revisions
Manufacturing Workgroup
Drive the Future of Discrete Manufacturing
The OMAC Manufacturing Workgroup (OMW) unites machine tool OEMs, control providers, CAD/CAM developers, integrators, and end users to transform digital twin integration, smart factory operations, and manufacturing automation.
Maximize the business value of discrete-part machinery by developing automation guidelines, sharing best practices, and contributing to international standards that shape the industry’s future.
Why Join?
Influence global standards
Solve real-world engineering challenges
Expand your professional network
Gain a competitive industry advantage
StepNC Collaboration
Industry experts collaborate on STEPNC (ISO 10303-238) standards to improve the flexibility of machine data from CAD/CAM systems.
Digital Twin Manufacturing
Drives business and manufacturing outcomes through actionable intelligence
Gathers information for improvements throughout the production lifecycle
Uses a virtual representation to provide real-time data
nsformation Workgroup
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The Digital Transformation Workgroup (DTW) collaborates to shape industrial digitalization by developing practical tools, best practices, and global standards that help thrive in the era of Industry 4.0.
Manufacturing
Be recognized as a leader in remote access
Define scalable, secure frameworks that support
Contribute personal insights towards the
Obtain the first look at workgroup results
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Collaborate and Share Knowledge
IoT
Remote Access
Data Governance
Cybersecurity
Leadership
Executive Director
Bryan Griffen
With over two decades of international engineering leadership experience, Bryan Griffen brings a dynamic and forward-thinking approach as Executive Director of OMAC. Throughout his career, he has led diverse teams to achieve strategic, business-driven objectives while fostering collaboration, innovation, and professional growth. His extensive expertise spans engineering project management, automation systems, process control, and strategy development, supported by a deep understanding of electrical and mechanical systems.
Board of Directors
Larry Elliott Chairman Smurfit Westrock
Jason DeBruler Vice Chair Procter & Gamble
Adem Kulauzovic Secretary Domino Printing Sciences
Michael Hogan Board Member CPM
Kjell Erik Meier Board Member
Tronrud Engineering
Christopher Hough Board Member
ZarPack (ProMach)
Erik Veedfald Jensen Board Member Arla Foods
Emilian Axinia Board Member COPA-DATA
al Advisory Board (TAB)
The OMAC TAB was established to advise the OMAC Board of Directors on the organization’s direction, strategy, objectives, and goals, focusing on the “technical” aspects of OMAC operations and its working groups.
TAB’s Role in Advancing OMAC’s Mission
Empowering Member Voices: Serves as a direct communication bridge for members to share ideas, concerns, and industry insights.
Shaping OMAC’s Direction: Guides organizational strategy and initiatives to ensure OMAC’s efforts align with evolving industry needs and priorities. Encourages open dialogue and collaboration among members to address shared challenges and promote industry-wide improvement.
Brian McKittrick TAB Chair Siemens
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Each member of OMAC can have one representative serve on the TAB.
PACK EXPO Tradeshows
Grasp opportunities to accelerate your business in the packaging and processing sector.
PACK EXPO International
PACK EXPO Las Vegas
InterPack Tradeshow
Created to promote the development and progress of the processing & packaging industry, Interpack occurs once every three years to create success in worldwide markets.
Meetings & Events
Annual Meetings at PACK EXPO
Each year OMAC holds the following meetings during the PACK EXPO show to share updates and insights on the latest workgroup initiatives
Board Meeting
TAB Meeting
General Meeting
Workgroup Meeting
This four-hour event takes place at the show’s convention center in either Chicago or Las Vegas each year.
Attend our meetings! Contact info@omac.org to learn more.
mitment to Education
cholarship
The scholarship was established in memory of one of OMAC’s founding , to honor him and his contributions to the field he served for 20+ years to encourage and support the growth of careers in
A. Kowal
As one of the most influential figures and vital contributors to the automation and packaging industries, John’s legacy lives on through this scholarship.
the PMMI Foundation. The foundation provides scholarships each year to support student
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