The Plugfest underscores PI's ongoing efforts to advance standards for industrial communication and continuously improve cybersecurity in automation technology.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the PROFINET Tester and has come to stand for continuous innovation, close cooperation, and a strong foundation for the future of industrial communication.

MTP is a standardized concept for the automated integration of production systems. It enables the easy combination and reuse of automated equipment from different manufacturers. Checkout the results of the most recent Plufest.

Physical AI – that is, AI that actively perceives physical space and acts contextually – requires a unified understanding of positions, movements, and identities in space. A new harmonization task force unifies spatial data model for absolute positions and allows for a unified global positioning of assets in the physical and digital world.

The ecosystem of PROFINET devices for use in hazardous areas is growing rapidly. Automated tests for PROFINET over APL actuators have been added to the Test Bundle, and the first products have passed certification tests.

Record attendance led to a full house at the 2025 IO-Link Interop in Bad Soden, Germany. There was also a special focus on IO-Link Safety.

Security is now an essential part of every network, and PROFINET Security plays a central role in shaping how secure industrial networks are built and operated.

Similar to how PROFIsafe is certified by TÜV SÜD, now IO-Link Safety is certified by TÜV SÜD. Read more about this important milestone.