GE Fanuc to use Pepperl + Fuchs Profibus equipment
GE发那科使用倍加福Profibus设备
Charlottesville, Va, July 26, 2007 - GE Fanuc Automation entered into an agreement with Pepperl + Fuchs North America, of Twinsburg, Ohio, to provide interface components that create connections in industrial automation systems including Profibus-based analog signal transfer and digital fieldbus communication. Proficy Process Systems will use Pepperl + Fuchs for Profibus connectivity.
夏洛茨维尔7月26日消息——GE发那科自动化与位于俄亥俄州Twinsburg的倍加福北美公司达成了一项协议，共同提供界面部件，为包括基于Profibus的模拟信号转移和数字现场总线通信等工业自动化系统创造连接。Proficy过程系统将使用倍加福的设备提供Profibus连接性。
Proficy Process Systems is GE Fanuc’s process control system designed to deliver value to hybrid and continuous customers in industries including Life Sciences, Food & Beverage, Consumer Packaged Goods, Ethanol, Oil & Gas, Power & Energy, Milled Products and Water/Wastewater. GE Fanuc currently serves thousands of customers in these process industries, and Proficy Process Systems represents a significant addition to the company’s product offering.
Proficy过程系统是GE发那科的过程控制系统，用于为包括生命科学、食品和饮料、包装消费品、甲醇、油气、电力和能源、碾磨产品和水/废水等工业的卫生和连续领域的客户带来价值。GE发那科目前在这些过程工业服务着数以千计的客户，而Proficy过程系统是公司产品的一个极大补充。
“GE Fanuc is providing our customers with the freedom to implement a system that meets their needs today, and grow and expand to meet their needs tomorrow. We are doing that by delivering a contemporary solution based on many of our well-proven technologies, along with technologies from other industry-leading technology partners like Pepperl + Fuchs,” said Steve Ryan, GE Fanuc Director of Process Solutions. “One of the key ways we are providing freedom to our customers is to allow them to choose the fieldbus technologies they need for their applications. Pepperl + Fuchs is recognized as an industry expert in Profibus communications, and will provide our customers with the capability to choose that as a fieldbus technology for their system.”
GE发那科过程解决方案部主管Steve Ryan表示：“GE发那科正在为我们的客户提供一个实施能满足他们目前所需要以及未来扩展和增长需要的系统的自由。通过提供一个基于我们经过良好证明的技术，以及象倍加福这样业界领先的其他技术伙伴的技术的现代解决方案，我们正在致力于这一点。我们给予客户自由度的一个主要方法就是允许他们选择他们的应用所需要的现场总线技术。倍加福是Profibus通信领域一个公认的专家，它将为我们的客户带来选择作为他们系统的现场总线技术的能力。”
“Our relationship with GE Fanuc is a strategic partnership that will allow both companies to highlight their industry leading solutions,” said Jim Bolin, Chief Operating Officer, Process Automation Pepperl+Fuchs Inc. “Together as a team, P+F and GE Fanuc will provide the necessary hardware, knowledge and support on fieldbus applications. The combination of GE Fanuc’s control system and our infrastructure equipment and powerful diagnostic tools will help our mutual customers to take advantage of the powerful features of fieldbus.”
倍加福过程自动化部首席运营官Jim Bolin表示：“我们与GE发那科的关系是战略合作伙伴关系，这将使得我们两家公司可以突出各自行业领先的解决方案。作为一个团队联合起来，倍加福和GE发那科将提供现场总线应用需要的硬件、知识和支持。GE发那科的控制系统和我们的基础设备和强大的诊断工具的联合将帮助我们的成熟客户充分利用现场总线的强大功能。”
about Pepperl + Fuchs
关于倍加福
Pepperl+Fuchs has over 3,400 employees in more than 30 countries and is a world leader in the design, manufacture, application and support of a broad range of automation solutions. Pepperl+Fuchs is the market leader for intrinsic safety interfaces and hazardous location equipment.
倍加福在30多个国家共有超过3400名雇员，是一家全球领导厂商，设计、制造、应用和支持众多范围的自动化解决方。倍加福公司是内在安全界面和危险区域设备市场的领导厂商。
about GE Fanuc Automation
关于GE发那科自动化
GE Fanuc Automation Corporation, a joint venture between General Electric (NYSE:GE) and FANUC LTD of Japan, delivers automation hardware and software designed to help users reduce costs, increase efficiency and enhance profitability. With solutions and services for virtually every industrial segment, GE Fanuc Automation provides a diverse array of capabilities and products, including controllers, embedded systems, advanced software, motion control, CNCs, operator interfaces, industrial computers, and lasers.
GE发那科自动化公司通用电气和日本发那科公司的合资公司，提供自动化硬件和软件帮助用户减低成本，提高效率，增加利润率。其解决方案和服务适用于每一个工业领域，GE发那科自动化公司提供了各种不同的技术和产品，包括控制器、嵌入式系统、高端软件、运动控制、CNC、操作界面、工控机以及激光。
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