PI - STANDARDS FOR INTEROPERABILITY
PROFIBUS and PROFINET International (PI) is the world's leading industry association for the development, standardization, and promotion of industrial communication and automation technologies.
With its core technologies PROFIBUS, PROFINET, IO-Link, omlox, MTP, NOA and SRCI, PI is responsible for the development of its market-leading open standards for all areas of application in industrial production. More than 950 experts regularly work in PI's 80 working groups to further develop and disseminate its technologies.
Together with 23 other regional representative offices (RPAs), as well as the test, training, and competence centers, PI supports the more than 1,800 member companies worldwide as an international community with information, webinars and workshops, consulting and training, software, and many online services. More than 10,000 certified PI experts have in-depth knowledge of PROFIBUS and PROFINET and are available as competent consultants.
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PROFINEWS 250 - PI Konferenz Recap
Over 250 members of our community gathered in Frankfurt, Germany for the biennial PI Konferenz under the motto ‘Compatibility and Interoperability for the Digital Factory – with Security, Safety, Energy and Analytics’.
A highlight right at the start of the conference and also a popular topic of conversation in the evening were the four wide-ranging keynote speeches – delivered by practitioners with in-depth experience in the respective topics.
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