Value proposition

PI - STANDARDS FOR INTEROPERABILITY

PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) is the world's leading industry association and an active community for the standardization and dissemination of industrial networking technologies. Many of these are fundamental to realizing digitalization, automation, and Industry 4.0.

With its core technologies PROFIBUS, PROFINET, IO-Link, MTP and omlox, PI is responsible for the development of market-leading, open standards for all fields of application in industrial manufacturing.

Supported by 24 regional PI associations (RPAs) all over the world, 1,700 member companies, and more than 10,000 different products, PI covers all key markets of industrial automation like factory automation, process automation, motion control and safety-related applications. As of 2022, more than 67 million PROFIBUS nodes, 60 million PROFINET nodes, and 35 million IO-Link nodes are installed worldwide! PI manages the entire value chain of industrial communication innovation, including tools for automated testing, nine accredited test centers, and product certification.
PI is continuously expanding its technology portfolio and works closely together with other industry organizations.

More on: https://www.profibus.com/pi-organization/about-pi/organization-community or https://www.profinet.com/

PROFIBUS, PROFINET, IO-Link, PROFIsafe, PROFIenergy, PROFIdrive, omlox, PROFIprocess, IO-Link Safety, and selected information models