© Günter Herkommer, Computer&AUTOMATION

According to Martin Rostan (pictured left), Executive Director of the Ethercat Technology Group (ETG), Morihiko Ohkura, General Manager of the Production Engineering Innovation Division at Toyota Motor Corporation, made a groundbreaking statement to the assembled German and Japanese trade press on the second day of the trade fair: "I am pleased to announce that Toyota Motor Corporation will be using Ethercat throughout the new factories being built around the world."