The number of PROFINET nodes rose from 1.1 million at the end of 2007 to 1.6 million at the end of 2008. This corresponds to a growth rate of 40 percent.

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“To be able to say that PROFINET is the leading Industrial Ethernet system on the market sends out a great message to users.” Jörg Freitag, chairman of the PROFIBUS user organization.

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Visions become reality: environmental and climate protection is an inherent part of today’s business process planning and optimization strategies.

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During nonproductive times, a typical industrial production line – as demonstrated with a typical load profile of a body-shop line – consumes around 25 percent of the energy required for operations under full load. This represents great potential for savings.

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Save energy with PROFIenergy: defined efficiency modes can be triggered centrally via PROFINET by means of firmware installed in the automation system component.

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