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Top 50 Key Players companies in PROFINET
by Most Patent Citation in the world in 2020

The PROFINET top 50 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 50 Most Patent Citation PROFINET Key Players in the world. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2020, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.
Profinet (usually styled as PROFINET, as a portmanteau for Process Field Net) is an industry technical standard for data communication over Industrial Ethernet, designed for collecting data from, and controlling equipment in industrial systems, with a particular strength in delivering data under tight time constraints (on the order of 1ms or less). The standard is maintained and supported by PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) , an umbrella organization headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Company Name
Region
Tech Topics
Total
1
Siemens AG
Power transmission,Electronics,Turbine,
...[+2]
patent citation: 86
2
Siemens SA
Madrid, Spain
Scientific Control,Telecommunications,Turbine,
...[+1]
patent citation: 86
3
PHOENIX CONTACT GmbH & Co. KG
Electronics,Electronic interface,Automation,
...[+2]
patent citation: 39
4
China Tobacco Zhejiang Industrial Co., Ltd.
Nicotiana tabacum
patent citation: 15
5
Bengbu Triumph Engineering Technology Co., Ltd.
Computer hardware,Electronics,Control system,
...[+2]
patent citation: 11
6
Miracle Automation Engineering Co., Ltd.
Logistics automation,Cold chain,Manufacturing engineering,
...[+2]
patent citation: 9
7
Toyo Denki Seizo KK
Tokyo, Japan
Electrical equipment,Industrial engineering,Public transport,
...[+2]
patent citation: 9
8
State Grid Corp. of China
Electric vehicle,Power grid,Total asset,
...[+2]
patent citation: 8
9
Northeastern University
Library science,Digital library,Agricultural engineering,
...[+2]
patent citation: 8
10
Liaoning Electric Power Co., Ltd.
LI, CN
Electricity,Electric utility,Distribution center,
...[+2]
patent citation: 8
11
China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co. Ltd.
Snuff,Chewing tobacco
patent citation: 8
12
Leuze Lumiflex GmbH & Co. KG
patent citation: 5
13
Baimtec Material Co., Ltd.
Titanium alloy,Aerospace,Elastic component,
...[+2]
patent citation: 4
14
Zhejiang Jinggong Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
Manufacturing engineering,Textile (markup language),Mechatronics,
...[+2]
patent citation: 3
15
Shenzhen INVT Electric Co., Ltd.
Electronics,Systems integrator,Control system,
...[+2]
patent citation: 2
16
Shanghai Jingxing Storage Equipment Engineering Co., Ltd.
patent citation: 2
17
Xi'an Yongdian Electric Co., Ltd.
Semiconductor,Electronic component,Electronic product
patent citation: 2
18
Belden Deutschland GmbH
Electronics
patent citation: 2
19
Shanghai SK Petroleum & Chemical Equipment Corp. Ltd.
Petrochemical,Petroleum industry,Petroleum,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1
20
Aplex Technology Inc.
Cytidine monophosphate,Information technology consulting
patent citation: 1
21
Siemens Ltd. China
Switchgear,Power transmission,Electronics,
...[+1]
patent citation: 1
22
ifm electronic GmbH
Automation,Avionics,Photoelectric sensor,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1
23
Automotive Engineering Corp.
Construction engineering
patent citation: 1
24
Beijing Research Institute of Automation For Machinery Ind
Agriculture,Botany,Pharmacy,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1
25
Shanghai Shenkai Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd.
Blowout preventer,Wellhead,Petroleum industry,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1
26
National Instruments Corp.
Texas, United States
Software,Application software,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
27
Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co., Ltd.
Control system,Mechanical engineering,Robot,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
28
China Telecom Corp. Ltd.
Telecommunications,Internet access,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
29
Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies Co., Ltd.
Optical fiber,Telecommunications,Systems design,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
30
FESTO AG & Co. KG
Automation,Machine element,Actuator,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
31
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Wireless,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
32
China National Petroleum Corp.
Natural gas,Petroleum industry,Renewable energy,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
33
Ming Yang Smart Energy Group Co., Ltd.
Turbine,Wind power,Core component,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
34
Taiyuan Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.
Heavy industry,Industrial engineering,Combine harvester,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
35
Guangdong Dongfang Precision Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
Carton,Automotive engineering,Manufacturing engineering,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
36
Acrel Co., Ltd.
Power control system,Power transmission,Electronics,
...[+1]
patent citation: 0
37
Dalian Huarui Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd.
Machine element,Metal,Mining engineering,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
38
Škoda Auto a.s
Vojvodina, Serbia
Automotive engineering
patent citation: 0
39
Zhejiang Supcon Technology Co., Ltd.
Automation,Software,Supply chain management,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
40
Beijing Aritime Intelligent Control Co., Ltd.
Industrial engineering,Electronics,Control system,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
41
Baumüller Nürnberg GmbH
Electronic component,Electronics,Semiconductor,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
42
Dongfang Electric Corp.
Electronics,Power station,Metallurgy,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
43
Beijing DS FieldBus Technology Co., Ltd.
Fieldbus,Computer hardware,Electronics,
...[+1]
patent citation: 0
44
Dalian Huagong Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.
Thermal insulation,Manufacturing engineering,Industrial engineering,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
45
FAW Jiefang Automotive Co. Ltd.
Diesel engine,Manufacturing engineering,Mechanical engineering,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
46
SCIVIC Engineering Corp.
Construction engineering
patent citation: 0
47
Baoji Oilfield Machinery Co. Ltd.
Petroleum industry,Natural resource management
patent citation: 0
48
Robo Technologies Automation (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Agricultural machinery,Automation,Mechanical engineering,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
49
RG Petro-Machinery (Group) Co., Ltd.
Petroleum,Petroleum industry,Natural resource management
patent citation: 0
50
Jiangsu Great Hoisting Machinery Co. Ltd.
patent citation: 0
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