
Namur

Last June, Namur, ZVEI and PI (Profibus & Profinet International) agreed to collaborate. The aim of the cooperation is to establish the open standard Namur Open Architecture, or NOA for short, for efficient and secure vertical communication in production plants in process automation. The task is to define a standardized channel for the non-reactive transmission of the required digital data using...

In a growing market expected to reach $17.4 billion globally by 2023, a market analysis report by the ARC Advisory Group, a leading industry analyst firm, confirms that ABB increased its share of the Distributed Control System (DCS) market to 20.0 percent, retaining its leadership position for the 20th year running. According to the report, ABB’s strong presence in many end-user industries was a...