PI Technologies Support Industrial AI
Read about how the many PI technologies - from PROFINET and IO-Link to application profiles like PROFIsafe and the PA Profile - are supporting industrial AI.
Omdia Study Confirms Once Again: PROFINET is the World’s Number One
PROFINET's continued market leadership is the result of consistent technological advancement and a high pace of innovation within the PI Community. Check out the results of the latest Omdia study.
New Products – August 2026
New products to announce this month include: multi-touch displays with IO-Link from Banner Engineering; secure communication modules for PROFINET from Hilscher; machine-mount power supplies with IO-Link from Omron; and ATEX-Certified pressure transmitters with IO-Link from AMSYS.
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PROFINET Redundancy for Semiconductor Fabs [App Story]
Installing PROFINET has many great advantages. Read about how redundancy helps semiconductor manufacturers keep the fabs running with maximum uptime.
SPS 2026: Participate in the PI Joint Booth!
Join PI at the SPS trade fair in November in Nuremberg, Germany. For PI members, there are several ways to participate in our joint booth, so find out the details here.
Recap: omlox Plugfest & Conference Day 2026
The omlox Plugfest & Conference Day 2026 was aimed at validating the interoperability of omlox components from different manufacturers under real-world conditions. Have a look at the various outcomes.
Three Upcoming IO-Link Events This Fall
First, there is the IO-Link Interop in Bad Soden, Germany on Sep 22–23. Next up is the IO-Link User Workshop in Budapest, Hungary on Oct 15. Finally, there is the IO-Link Forum in Walldorf-Wiesloch, Germany on Oct 21. Join us.
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From Forklift to Full Supply Chain [App Story]
Forklifts move constantly — but their data rarely does. Most fleets are still managed on instinct: idle time goes unnoticed, actual routes are never compared to planned ones, and safety hotspots only surface after an incident. A new multi-vendor solution closes that gap, and it does so on based on the omlox standard.