PROFIBUS is the world market leader in fieldbus technology. For many years, PROFIBUS development has continued with undiminished enthusiasm and energy. Current ongoing PROFIBUS activities are targeted at system integration, PROFIBUS engineering development and application profiles. Because of these application profiles PROFIBUS today is the only fieldbus that provides robust engineering solutions for both factory and process automation.

The trends today in automation technology are modular, reconfigurable machines and plants that are built around distributed intelligence. PROFInet provides this new and unique comprehensive automation concept.

Why not join your local Regional PROFIBUS Association to help to accelerate the success of PROFIBUS and your own organization?

PROFIBUS International (PI) offers a complete range of support. There are 24 Regional PROFIBUS Associations and 24 PROFIBUS Competence Centers worldwide that provide PROFIBUS support, both technical and marketing.

Members of the organization can be manufacturers of hardware, software and systems as well as users, operators and scientific institutions - provided that they will support the purpose of PROFIBUS International and their respective Regional PROFIBUS Association (RPA).

The most important goals of PROFIBUS International - which encompasses all Regional PROFIBUS Associations - are advancement of the PROFIBUS technology, know-how transfer and protection of users' investments by influencing the standardization process.

You are invited to take advantage of the tremendous synergy generated by the round about 1,200 member companies worldwide, profiting from advance information to achieve a competitive edge in the market.