Richard Timoney’s Address: In 1995 a small number of companies came together with a single vision; a truly interoperable, international Fieldbus standard. Today, that small group has grown to over 350 major control, instrumentation and valve suppliers as well as leading end user companies from around the world. 1995年，为数不多的一些公司带着一个共同的理想（远见）走到了一起。这个理想（远见）就是一个真正可互操作的国际现场总线标准。今天，这些公司已经增加到350个，饱含了全球主要的控制、仪表、阀门供应商及用户。 Why Fieldbus? Industrial companies must reduce operating costs, streamline and enable efficient and effective workforces, accelerate delivery times for goods and meet stringent regulatory requirements. And, they must do this in order to compete effectively on a global scale. 为什么选择现场总线？工业公司不得不降低运营成本，优化及提高劳动力效率，缩短交货周期，并满足日趋严格的法规要求。 Studies indicate that the global adoption rate for Foundation Fieldbus is growing at a rapid pace. The Foundation has tested and registered over 180 fully interoperable Fieldbus devices and eleven compliant Host Systems have met the test protocol of the Foundation’s Host Interoperability Support Test. 研究显示，全球采用基金会现场总线的速度在快速增长。基金会已经测试并注册了180个以上完全互可操作的现场总线设备及11个符合基金会“主站互操作支持测试”的主站系统。 Today you will find Foundation technology as the network of choice in virtually every type of process industry from chemicals and petrochemicals; pulp and paper, refining, mining; to human infrastructure processes such as utilities, water and wastewater treatment. 今天，你会发现基金会技术在几乎全部的过程工业是首选的网络－从化工和石化，纸浆和造纸，炼油，采矿，到包括电力、供水和水处理的人类基础设施过程。 At our recent General Assembly held in the United States, we had the pleasure to hear a keynote speech delivered by the Manager of Asset Utilization from Shell Chemicals. He shared with our members and guests the commitment Shell has made to utilization of Foundation technology and why that commitment has led to the installation of over 70,000 fieldbus devices around the world. 在近期美国举行的基金会大会上，我们有幸听取了壳牌化学公司资产利用经理所发表的主题演讲。他和我们的会员及来宾分享了壳牌公司在利用现场总线技术上的承诺，以及这个承诺如何使得壳牌在全球安装70,000台现场总线设备。 As you know China National Offshore Oil Company in partnership with Shell will build a multi-plant facility here in China with over 12,000 registered Fieldbus devices. Additionally, Shanghai SECCO in partnership with BP will build a 10 plant complex with over 25,000 registered Fieldbus devices. In addition, PetroChina and Sinopec have also installed Foundation Fieldbus based projects. These are just a few of the more than 200 Fieldbus based projects currently installed or under development here in China. 您知道中国海洋石油公司同壳牌公司在中国的合资工厂安装了12,000台现场总线设备。此外，上海SECCO同BP将建设一个有10个工厂、25,000台现场总线设备的石化基地。这只是中国众多现场总线项目中的两个例子。 Around the world leading industrial companies such as Chevron Texaco, ExxonMobil, Bayer, Bohai Chemical, Iranian National Oil Company, Rohm & Haas, BP, Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Oman Gas Company, Petrobras, Guangzhou Petrochemical Company, Coca Cola, Nestle, Hangzhou Steel, Korea Heavy Industries, Pascorp Paper, Akzo Nobel, Galxo Smith Kline, Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceuticals and Bristol Myers Squib all are stepping forward to improve their competitive position in the world markets by improving plant stability and reliability, through better utilization of plant assets and reductions in operating and maintenance costs, both fixed costs and variable costs. 全球领先的工业公司，如雪佛龙－德士古公司, 埃索美孚, 拜尔, 渤海化工, 伊朗国家石油公司, 罗门哈斯公司, 英国石油公司, 沙特石油公司, 阿曼天然气公司, 巴西石油公司, 广州石化, 可口可乐, 雀巢, 杭州钢厂, 韩国重工, Pascorp纸业, 阿克苏诺贝尔, 格兰素, 浙江海鑫制药 ，施贵宝等，都在通过提高工厂的稳定性，优化工厂资源的利用率，降低运营及维护成本，来增强它们在全球市场上的竞争力。 What do these improvements return to these users? One of the large multinational companies I mentioned has concluded that through the effective use of Foundation fieldbus the technology enables a minimum of a 1% improvement on Asset Utilization; the equivalent to $2 Million a year; a 1% reduction in plant fixed costs returns over $1 Million per year; and t a 1% reduction in variable costs is worth significantly more than Maintenance costs. All of these are fully quantified results. 这些改进为这些用户带来了怎样的回报？我前面提到的其中一家大型跨国公司得出的结论是，通过有效地利用现场总