Originally developed by Beckhoff, the ETG is a global organization in which equipment manufacturers, end users, and technology providers come together to support and further promote the development of technology.

According to Günter Feldmeier, TE's industrial business unit's participation in ETG, the global standards and consortia, is essential for driving TE's industrial communication solutions. "EtherCAT's role among industrial Ethernet providers is becoming increasingly important." "EtherCAT's real-time performance, flexible topology, and robustness are already being leveraged in many applications today. As a member of EtherCAT, we are now better positioned to support these and future applications with our infrastructure and sensor components.".