September12, 2007 -- ABB Automation and Phoenix Contact signed a contract about a longterm strategic cooperation concerning Profinet- and Ethernet-Technology. The intention of this partnership is to strengthen the position and to develop Profinet as a global industrial standard within the complementary business areas Process Automation (ABB) and Factory Automation (Phoenix Contact). In this partnership Phoenix Contact-subsidiary KW-Software will take responsibility for the technical integration of the Profinet-Technology.
9月12日消息——ABB自動化和菲尼克斯電氣簽署了一個關于涉及Profinet和Ethernet技術的長期戰(zhàn)略合作協(xié)議。該合作的目的是加強Profinet的地位和發(fā)展Profinet在ABB的補充業(yè)務領域“過程自動化”和菲尼克斯電氣的補充業(yè)務領域“工廠自動化”內(nèi)成為一個全球工業(yè)標準。在這個合作計劃里，菲尼克斯電氣的子公司KW-Software將負責Profinet技術的技術整合。
This frame agreement is an important milestone for ABB. With Phoenix Contact as a partner we expect excellent opportunities to meet current and future customers requirements of coupling intelligent field devices, says Peter Wendt, chief R&D officer Control Products of ABB Automation.
ABB自動化控制產(chǎn)品首席研發(fā)官Peter Wendt表示：“這個框架協(xié)議對ABB而言是一個重要的里程碑。通過和菲尼克斯電氣結成合作伙伴，我們期待有著良好的機會滿足當前和未來客戶所需求的耦合智能現(xiàn)場設備?！?/FONT>
Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG is a worldwide leading manufacturer of electrical connection technology, electronical interface and industrial automation technology. The product range comprises modern components and system solutions for the electrical engineering and electronics。These products are applied in the industrial automation, energy supply, machinery and plant manufacturing, devices as well as building installations. Founded at the beginning of the 1920s in Essen the company now employs 8400 people worldwide, of which more than 3600 work at the company headquarters in Blomberg.
菲尼克斯電氣公司是一家全球領先的電氣連接技術、電子接口和工業(yè)自動化技術制造商。產(chǎn)品范圍包括用于電氣工程和電子的現(xiàn)代化元件和系統(tǒng)解決方案。這些產(chǎn)品應用于工業(yè)自動化、能源供應、機械和工廠制造、設備以及樓宇安裝。菲尼克斯電氣于上個世界20年代初在埃森市成立，目前全球共有員工8400人，其中超過3600人在勃郎貝克市的公司總部工作。
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是電力和自動化技術領域的全球領導廠商，致力于為工業(yè)和電力行業(yè)客戶提供解決方案，以幫助客戶提高生產(chǎn)效率，同時降低對環(huán)境的不良影響。ABB集團的業(yè)務遍布全球100多個國家，擁有大約111,000名雇員。
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