ABB加入北美PTO协会

ABB joins North American PTO 

ABB加入北美PTO协会

Organization helps develop and promote PROFIBUS and PROFINET in North America

组织帮助在北美开发和推广PROFIBUS 和PROFINET标准

Wickliffe, Ohio, December 6, 2007 - ABB Inc. announced today that it has joined PTO North America. The PTO is one of 25 regional associations that develop and promote the use of PROFIBUS fieldbus and PROFINET Industrial Ethernet standards for automation. ABB has been actively working with the PNO (PROFIBUS and PROFINET Nutzerorganisation) in Germany since its inception in 1989 and is a member of the PNO Advisory Board.

俄亥俄Wickliffe12月6日消息——ABB公司今天宣布加入PTO北美协会。PTO是25个开发和推广PROFIBUS现场总线和PROFINET工业以太网自动化标准的使用的区域性协会之一。ABB自PNO（PROFIBUS 和PROFINET组织）1989年在德国成立之时就积极和其合作，并且是PNO咨询董事会的成员之一。

The PTO is dedicated to supporting the discrete and process industries in achieving beneficial results using fieldbuses, specifically PROFIBUS and PROFINET. The PTO also assists device manufacturers in the development and marketing of PROFIBUS and PROFINET products.

PTO致力于支持离散和流程工业，实现使用现场总线，特别是PROFIBUS和PROFINET技术的收益成果。PTO还协助设备制造商开发和推广PROFIBUS 和PROFINET产品。

“We are pleased to welcome ABB as a new member of the PTO,” said Michael Bryant, executive director of PTO North America. “ABB has strongly demonstrated its commitment to helping its customers take advantage of the benefits offered by intelligent devices and integrated networks in its global activities; we are looking forward to working with them here in North America.”

PTO北美协会执行总裁Michael Bryant表示：“我们很高兴欢迎ABB成为PTO新的一员。ABB在其全球性活动中已经强烈地表明了致力于帮助其客户充分利用智能设备和集成网络带来的好处，我们期待着在北美同他们一起工作。”

ABB supports PROFIBUS and other fieldbus protocols in its numerous product and technology offerings for the industry and utility customers all over the world. ABB’s vast portfolio of products and solutions for process and manufacturing automation includes control systems, instrumentation, analytics, robotics, drives, motors, motor control centers, positioners, actuators, low voltage controls, switchgear, interface products and numerous other intelligent devices.

ABB向其全球各地工业和公用事业客户交付的众多产品和技术支持PROFIBUS和其他现场总线协议。ABB大量的过程制造自动化产品和解决方案组合包括控制系统、仪器仪表、分析仪、机器人、驱动、电机、电机控制衷心、定位器、传动器、抵押控制、开关、接口产品以及许多其他智能设备。

The PTO is the non-profit, member-supported automation organization for communication solutions. Covering North America, PTO is one of 25 regional associations that make up PI (PROFIBUS and PROFINET International). Members of the PTO include vendors of hardware, software and systems as well as end users and operators, scientific institutes, universities, distributors, and system integrators.

PTO是一个非赢利性的、由成员支持的通信解决方案自动化组织。PTO覆盖整个北美地区，是组成PI（PROFIBUS和PROFINET国际）的25个区域性协会之一。PTO的成员包括硬件供应商、软件供应商、系统供应商以及终端客户和操作人员、科研机构、大学、分销商和系统集成商。

ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 111,000 people.

ABB是电力和自动化技术领域的全球领导厂商，致力于为工业和电力行业客户提供解决方案，以帮助客户提高生产效率，同时降低对环境的不良影响。ABB集团的业务遍布全球100多个国家，拥有大约111,000名雇员。

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