ATLANTA (Feb. 10, 2006) – A September 2005 study by ARC Advisory Group (ARC) ranks Siemens as the worldwide market share leader in programmable safety systems (safety PLCs).
The ARC report follows an earlier study by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) confirming Siemens safety PLC leadership in North America.The ARC “Machine Safeguarding Solutions Worldwide Outlook” study determined Siemens has a 23.6% global safety PLC market share, 6.6% more than its nearest competitor.
The VDC study reported Siemens has a 33.3% market share for safety PLC shipments in North America. “The safety PLC has been an enabling technology and effectively revolutionized the way safety is engineered,” said Sal Spada, ARC Advisory Group director of research and author of the study. “As a result, modern safety systems are now a contributor to productivity on the factory floor enabling manufacturers to improve their return on assets.”
J.B. Titus, manager of Business Development and Industry Standards for Siemens Safety Integrated, says the number one market share ranking follows a corporate wide safety innovation strategy to produce state-of-the art safety technology that reduces the cost of automation. “We are pleased to receive this number one global ranking from the research professionals at ARC,” Titus says.
“Our corporate strategy has helped boost the demand for Siemens programmable safety systems and safety bus networks.” Michel Jabbour, manager, Siemens Safety Business, adds “Siemens will remain at the top of the international and North American safety markets for the foreseeable future because we are committed to embedding certified safety integrated technology across our product portfolio, including drives, motion, CNC, and three certified networks.”Over the past four years Siemens has installed more than 10,000 safety PLC systems and 365,000 failsafe I/O channels worldwide in numerous applications, including automotive, food and beverage, chemical and pharmaceutical, consumer, material handling, packaging, and metal forming industries.
About ARC
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About VDC
Venture Development Corporation is a technology research and management consulting firm serving the worldwide electronics industry. It was founded in 1971 by graduates of the Harvard Business School and MIT. VDC offers in-depth market research, as well as custom strategic planning and consulting services in the areas of industrial automation, instrumentation, electronic components, computers and peripherals, communications, office equipment, and consumer electronics.
About Siemens
Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. is one of Siemens’ operating companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Ga., Siemens Energy & Automation manufactures and markets one of the world’s broadest ranges of electrical and electronic products, systems and services to industrial and construction market customers.
Its technologies range from circuit protection and energy management systems to process control, industrial software and totally integrated automation solutions. The company also has expertise in systems integration, technical services and turnkey industrial systems.
For more information: www.sea.siemens.com . Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $96 billion in fiscal 2005.
Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $18.8 billion and employs 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico.
Thirteen of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 460,000 people in 190 countries.
For more information on Siemens in the United States: www.usa.siemens.com .