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PTO reports high growth, cross-industry collaboration.(Profibus Trade Organization)

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The number of Profibus nodes in the market has surpassed the 25 million mark, said the PTO (previously known as the Profibus Trade Organization, but now also encompassing Profinet). Based on a node count of 10 million reported at the 2004 annual meeting, this increase represents a nearly 25% annual growth rate, the organization explained at its annual conference, held Aug. 5-7 in Scottsdale, AZ.

"We weren't expecting to hit that number [25 million] for another two years," said Mike Bryant, executive director, PTO, at the 2008 PTO General Assembly meeting. He attributes the achievement largely to a spike in the number of devices sold and installed in the past few ...

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