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News Release from: The Profibus Group
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 24 April 2008
1.14 Profinet nodes have been installed
worldwide
By the end of 2007, 1.14 million Profinet nodes had already been installed in various applications.
With more than a million nodes already installed, Profinet is well-established in the field of industrial automation PI (Profibus and Profinet International) tasked a notary with the job of determining the number of installed Profinet nodes in the market
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 20 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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By the end of 2007, 1.14 million Profinet nodes had already been installed in various applications.
Joerg Freitag, PI Deputy Chairman) said "We estimate that 3 million Profinet nodes will have been installed by the end of 2010".
"This corresponds to an average annual increase of 37%".
A study published by the ARC Advisory Group in January 2008 sees a 27.5% annual increase on the global market for Ethernet-capable devices over the next five years.
"With Profibus, we have the largest installed base on the fieldbus market", said Freitag.
"By integrating today's fieldbus systems into Profinet via a proxy, we offer optimal protection of investment for device manufacturers and system operators".
The Profibus market looks just as good.
Last year, PI recorded the highest growth ever of installed nodes.
In 2007, the number of Profibus nodes purchased grew to a new all-time high of 4.5 million.
This means that 23.3 million Profibus nodes had been installed by the end of 2007.
The number of Profibus PA devices increased by 120,000 to 750,000 in 2007.
The total number of Profibus nodes installed in the process industry amounts now to 4 million, which corresponds to an additional 700,000 nodes in 2007.
The number of established Profisafe nodes and systems experienced especially vigorous growth.
The number of Profisafe nodes increased by 180,000 to 410,000 in 2007 and the number of Profisafe systems by 15,000 to 41,000.
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