Break Free from Proprietary Lock-In

COPA brings end users, system integrators, and technology providers together around the O-PAS standard so they can break free from vendor lock-in and accelerate deployment.

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About COPA

A Coalition Driving Open Process Automation

The Coalition for Open Process Automation (COPA) is a global consortium of industry leaders dedicated to transforming industrial automation through open, secure, and interoperable control systems.

the best in industrical automation
Wood
Utthunga
GrayMatter
CSI
Canonical
CODESYS
smar
R. STAHL
Phoenix Contact
ASRock Industrial
Inductive Automation
Intel

Why COPA?

Open Standards

Built on the O-PAS standard from, The Open Group, allows eliminating vendor lock-in and proprietary black boxes.

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Certified Ecosystem

The COPA 500 and our certified system integrator network are tested and ready for O-PAS deployments in multiple industries.

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Proven Results

From nuclear research at Texas A&M to oil and gas industry production, COPA solutions deliver in demanding environments.

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Collaborative Network

End users, system integrators, and technology partners work together inside COPA to advance open automation.

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The Product

COPA 500

The COPA 500 is the first O-PAS certified system. Purpose-built for open process automation environments reliability and performance matter.

O-PAS Certified

Cybersecurity-hardened

High Availability (HA) for redundency and maintenance

AI-assisted control ready

A proven upgrade path off of proprietary DCS.

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COPA 500 open process automation controller hardware assembly

Proprietary vs. Open

Feature

Traditional DCS

O-PAS

No vendor lock-in

Interoperability

Upgrade path

Cybersecurity by design

Transparent Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Global standard

"The COPA 500 gave us AI-assisted nuclear control without compromising safety, rigor, or trust."

Texas A&M Nuclear Engineering

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1st

O-PAS certified nuclear control deployment

100%

uptime during validation period

Zero

safety protocol deviations

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