PROFINET Security Working Groups have spent considerable time and energy keeping pace with ongoing regulations – not only in the EU, but worldwide. The result is a scalable security solution tailored to every application.

Providing the essential 'lingua franca' for robotics, SRCI isn't just improving workflows; it's actively expanding the robotics market, making this transformative technology accessible to new users and applications.

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.