The introduction of the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) highlights the growing importance of industrial security. PROFINET equips companies with a robust framework to meet regulatory expectations, enhance system integrity, and confidently implement secure automation across the entire production lifecycle.

Standards make life easier – this applies to everyday life as well as to industrial communication. PI’s technology portfolio has not grown by chance, but is proof that PI’s approach to standards development is sustainable.

New products to announce this month include: PROFINET valves and PROFIsafe I/O –both from Festo; PROFINET I/O and software controllers from Siemens; IO-Link masters and sensors from Turck; an omlox starter kit from NXP; IO-Link valves from Parker Hannifin; IO-Link load cells from HBK; and PROFINET monitoring from InduSol.

Join us for a focused conference spotlighting the white paper “Secure Deployment of Industrial Communication Protocols: A Risk-Based Approach,” developed by the Industrial Security Harmonization Group (ISHG); Wed April, 22, 2026 from 10–11a at Hannover Messe – Convention Center – Room 3A.

Join us on Tuesday May 5 to learn about PI’s strategy towards PROFINET Security and join us again on Tuesday June 2 to learn about PROFINET specification V2.5. Register today.

The omlox Plugfest and Conference 2026 will take place over three days, June 9–11, 2026, hosted by Fraunhofer IOSB-INA at SmartFactoryOWL in Lemgo, Germany. The Plugfest occurs over the first two days and the open Conference is on the third day.

Assa Abloy is known the world over for its class-leading access solutions, in applications ranging from hotels, through shopping malls and commercial premises, and onto highly demanding industrial safety applications. And it is in this latter application that it deploys PROFIsafe.

IO-Link has much more to offer than the well-known benefits. This Technical Report uses 5 practical examples to show how users can make the most of digital interface benefits.