The Southern African RPA provides services to companies interested in PROFIBUS, whether as ultimate end-users, system integrators or as equipment vendors. The organization provides technical support, distributes technical and promotional literature and organizes a wide range of training events.

The Southern African Regional PROFIBUS Association is growing organisation with membership from more than 20 of the industry's most significant contributors.

Membership offers you numerous benefits and synergies in both technical and in marketing aspects. A more integrated PROFIBUS community that combines its resources to collectively install and maintain better industrial networking solutions is the ultimate end-goal.

If you work with PROFIBUS we are looking for you to get involved!

What is PROFIBUS? / Why PROFIBUS?

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PROFIBUS is the world-wide leading industrial Fieldbus standard. More than 10 million PROFIBUS devices are installed in plants around the world with this number expected to double by 2008. Designed and maintained by the combined efforts of the world's top industrial solutions providers, PROFIBUS provides a stable environment for rapid real-time communication between devices from numerous manufacturers, a requirement in many industrial applications.

PROFIBUS offers significant value to enterprises over conventionally wired control systems in the form of a reduction in initial installation and engineering costs. What is more, according to a recent evaluation by the ARC Advisory Group "...the greatest [savings] are realized in the areas of maintenance and operations long after a plant has been commissioned." "[The fieldbus acts as] an enabler to a new level of asset management and effectiveness that can significantly reduce operating costs and help manufacturers achieve operational excellence"

Contact SARPA today for a detailed explanation of how a PROFIBUS solution tailored to your requirements can improve your productivity!