Yokogawa Joins PROFIBUS User Organization
橫河電機加入PROFIBUS用戶組織

March 23, 2011 - Yokogawa Electric joined the PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO), an interest group for the PROFIBUS and PROFINET standard communication protocols that are widely used in industrial automation applications.

3月23日消息——橫河電機加入了PROFIBUS用戶組織（PNO），一個廣泛應用于工業自動化應用的PROFIBUS 和PROFINET標準通訊協議的興趣小組。

Originally developed to meet the needs of the discrete manufacturing industry, PROFIBUS has evolved into a fieldbus standard for both discrete manufacturing and process automation.

最初是為了滿足離散制造工業需求而開發的PROFIBUS，目前已經演化成離散制造和流程自動化的現場總線標準。

PROFIBUS and PROFINET are standardized under a range of international standards, the most important being IEC 61158 and 61784.

PROFIBUS和 PROFINET是根據一系列的國際標準而制定的，其中最重要的是IEC 61158 和61784標準。

Masatoshi Nakahara, General Manager of the Marketing Center at the Industrial Automation Business Headquarters, commented as follows regarding Yokogawa’s membership in the PNO:

橫河工業自動化業務總部營銷中心總經理中原雅俊如此評論橫河成為PNO成員：

“In addition to FOUNDATION fieldbus and the HART protocols, we see PROFIBUS DP and PROFINET as especially important protocols for industrial automation - not only in central Europe and other mature markets, but increasingly in the Asia-Pacific region and China. Yokogawa currently offers a range of PROFIBUS based products and solutions, and we are committed to expanding our portfolio in the future.

“除了基金會現場總線和HART協議，我們看到PROFIBUS DP和 PROFINET也是尤其重要的工業自動化協議，這不僅僅在中歐和其他成熟市場是如此，在亞太地區和中國也越來越如此。橫河目前提供廣泛的基于PROFIBUS的產品和解決方案，并且我們承諾未來將擴大我們的產品組合。

With some 19,500 employees worldwide and a turnover of well over US$3 billion, we perceive ourselves to be among the leading suppliers of industrial automation solutions, with our main focus on the process industries. Along with our strong worldwide presence, we believe that we are the market leader in the Asia-Pacific region, China, and Japan a situation that will benefit PROFIBUS technology in general.”

全球約19,500名的員工和超過30億美元的營業額，我們認為自己是工業自動化解決方案的領先供應商之一，而我們也專注于流程工業。我們在全球有著的強大的布局，我們相信我們是亞太地區、中國以及日本的市場領導者，而這些市場都將普遍受惠于PROFIBUS技術。”

About PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V.
關于PROFIBUS用戶組織

The PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO) was founded in 1989 as a non-profit organization. The PNO is owner of the PROFIBUS and PROFINET technologies, and is responsible for the future development of these standards. PROFIBUS & PROFINET International, of which the PNO is a part, is currently the world’s largest interest group for industrial communications, covering all aspects of industrial automation. In total, more than 35 million PROFIBUS and more than 3 million PROFINET products are currently installed worldwide.

PROFIBUS用戶組織是成立于1989年，是一個非營利性機構。PNO是PROFIBUS 和PROFINET技術的所有者，并負責這些標準的未來發展。PROFIBUS & PROFINET國際（PROFIBUS用戶組織是其中一部分）是目前全球最大的工業通訊興趣組，涵蓋了工業自動化的所有領域。目前全球共有超過3千500萬的PROFIBUS產品以及超過3百萬的PROFINET產品安裝量。