| Year | Milestones | 
	
		| 2025 | New IASopen device driver with 
		 extensive OPC UA support implemented | 
	
		| 2022 | First use of IO-Link components 
		 to automate a plasma system | 
	
		| 2017 | Diener automation becomes a 
		 member of the OPC foundation | 
	
		| 2016 | Integration 
		 of Profinet controller functionality into IASopen | 
	
		| 2015 | Installations can now be defined and created within the 
		 IASopen development environment | 
	
		| 2014 | Commissioning of the first Parylene coating machine with 
		 various heating circuits, all equipped with the new PID auto-tuning 
		 controller | 
	
		| 2013 | Development of software for a universal pump test bench 
		 with Profibus DP devices and drives and with diverse control loops 
		 realized in software | 
	
		| 2011 | Movement to a larger company 
		 building in Reichshof, Kapellenweg 21 | 
	
		| 2010 | Commissioning of the first low 
		 pressure plasma system with winder technology for the treatment 
		 of major roles on winded panels | 
	
		|  | Development of a universal control 
		 software for fully automated electroplating equipment with automatic 
		 carrier transport | 
	
		| 2009 | Market introduction of the first 
		 Windows CE based plasma systems control software on the basis 
		 of IASopen | 
	
		|  | Automation of two plants for 
		 the text and DataMatrix marking of long tubes with a possible 
		 range of approx. 20 meters | 
	
		| 2008 | Change of name and legal form 
		 of sole proprietorship 'R.D.A. Reinhard Diener Automatisierungstechnik' into 
		 'Diener automation GmbH & Co. KG' | 
	
		|  | The first short cycle plasma 
		 treatment system is put into operation | 
	
		| 2007 | Development of a software-based 
		 modular print controller for color marking systems based on IPC 
		 and EtherCAT technologies | 
	
		| 2006 | First-time application of IAS-NT 
		 and Modbus-TCP/IP-IO modules in a building automation | 
	
		|  | Automation of a 5-axis coil 
		 signing system with PROFIBUS DP-connection | 
	
		| 2005 | Development of a universal test 
		 software for paint technology components with cam programming 
		 and PROFIBUS DP-connection | 
	
		|  | Creation of a data matrix ECC200 
		 support library | 
	
		| 2004 | Development of software for 
		 a X/Y table for automatic coating thickness measurement | 
	
		| 2003 | Automation of a sheet metal 
		 surfaces sign system with two 3-axis Portal bridges, which can 
		 print in a range of about 30 m to 5 m | 
	
		|  | The first plasma system with a Chamber volume of more than 
		 12000 litres and up to four active pump stalls will be commissioned | 
	
		| 2002 | Development of a measurement 
		 software and a Muliplex pressure sensor evaluation card for air 
		 cap test devices with up to 499 flow sensors | 
	
		| 2001 | Automation of a high vacuum 
		 coating system with combined PVD/CVD technologies with software 
		 to create a universal coating applications | 
	
		| 2000 | Software development for the 
		 first run sheet signing plant with a SICK laser scanners (LIDAR) 
		 sheet dimension, plate location and hole recognition | 
	
		| 1999 | Development of the first color 
		 marking equipment control software | 
	
		|  | Software development and commissioning 
		 of the first dosing pump test bench with CANopen-IO modules | 
	
		| 1998 | Development of software for 
		 a device for three-dimensional pH measurement with automatic topography 
		 detection a laser triangulation sensor | 
	
		| 1997 | Establishment of the 'timeline'-programming 
		 at various universal measuring and test systems for coating and 
		 adhesive systems | 
	
		| 1996 | Release of the first IAS-NT 
		 4.0 version with extensive IEC61131-3 compliant | 
	
		| 1995 | Development of hard - and software 
		 to extend powerful electroplating Konstantern to shut off set 
		 power ramps | 
	
		| 1994 | Release of the first IAS version 
		 (interactive automation system, 16-bit) with graphical sequence 
		 charts and function charts | 
	
		|  | First-time automation of PVD-ARC 
		 coating system with INTERBUS-S modules and IAS | 
	
		| 1993 | Development and production of 
		 PC multifunctional card MF100 16 AI, 4 AO, and 24 DI/DO | 
	
		|  | Development and production of 
		 DIN rail modules for the galvanic separation of analogue and digital 
		 signals | 
	
		| 1992 | Foundation of the company  'R.D.A. 
		 Reinhard Diener Automatisierungstechnik' as a sole proprietorship. | 
	
		|  | Development of the first PC-based control for low pressure 
		 plasma cleaning equipment. |