# Kinshofer joins Open-S Alliance

Kinshofer Group became a member of the Open-S Alliance, an initiative to create an open standard for fully automatic quick couplers for excavators, as announced on March 9, 2023.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2023-03-09
- Status: announced
- Products: quick couplers for excavators
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Kinshofer GmbH](https://endata.com/companies/24220.md) (partner)
- [Open-S Alliance](https://endata.com/companies/70264.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [kinshofer.com](https://www.kinshofer.com/de/home/news), 2023-05-13: "Die gemeinsame Initiative zur Schaffung eines offenen Standards für vollautomatische Schnellwechsler für Bagger wird gestärkt, indem die Open-S Alliance die KINSHOFER GROUP als Mitglied der Organisation willkommen heißt."

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