At the beginning of March, the embedded world 2012 exhibition came to an end after achieving two new records: The number of visitors increased by 17% to 22,262 and the number of international exhibitors increased by 9% to 872. This made the 10th embedded world exhibition the largest in the event`s history. Stefan Schönegger – general manager of the Ethernet Powerlink Standardization Group (EPSG) – attributes the growth of the exhibition to the fact that industrial automation was added as an additional highlight. A greatly increased number of exhibitors in this field was proof of this positive development.
`The EPSG booth was extremely well attended. Not only that, many other users and suppliers of this open industrial Ethernet real-time technology reported a high level of interest for POWERLINK and openSAFETY at their own booths,` stated Stefan Schönegger in summary. `embedded world has become another important exhibition for the EPSG, from both a technical as well as a commer-cial point of view.`
