Hanover Fair 2008: The Big News – Growth

loading… The leading news at the PI press conference covered the continuing growth of PROFIBUS and our first node count of PROFINET devices.  (You can read the full press release here.)  I tend to get all excited about PROFINET at the expense of PROFIBUS, so before I get to the PROFINET story, here’s the scoop…

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Hanover Fair 2008: The Fair

loading… I’m finally able to sit down and blog about this year’s Hanover Fair (starting on the train from Hanover to Frankfurt).  The sitting part feels really, really good after four very full days at the fair plus evening meetings.  Over the next several posts, I’ll tell you (and show you) what I saw.  I’ll…

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News from Nuremberg

loading… There were plenty of press releases pronounced in press conferences at the SPS Drives Show, but the real news was what was waiting to be discovered in conversation in the aisles and booths.  We’ll see how long I stay awake here on the flight home to set down what I learned. PROFINET chips.  Siemens…

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