Vision Our vision is:

• to establish FDT as an acknowledged worldwide standard
• Factory and Process Automation industries identify FDT as the leading open technology for engineering, management and life cycle support of their installed assets.
• The FDT Group is recognized as the organization providing this open, independent and internationally standardized technology.

The FDT Group’s MISSION is:

• to promote, enhance and support the usage of FDT Technology in Factory Automation, Process Automation and Hybrid Applications
• to preserve end users’ and automation manufacturers’ investments by providing state-of-the-art technology that is fully backward compatible
• to ensure stability, interoperability and compatibility of FDT based products by ensuring that they are rigorously tested and certified
• to continuously maintain the FDT standard consistent with leading-edge technology