Fiftieth PI Competence Center established in Ann Arbor, MI.
Press Release Summary:
PI (PROFIBUS and PROFINET International) appointed its 50th PI Competence Center (PICC) for PROFIBUS and PROFINET. Latest organization to successfully pass accreditation process is KW Software, subsidiary of Phoenix Contact, in Ann Arbor, MI. It will offer workshops, training classes, and technical support for PROFINET in American market and has particular skills regarding integration of PROFINET in automation devices.
Original Press Release:
50th PI Competence Center Established
KW Software to Support PROFINET in American Markets
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA: PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) has appointed its 50thPI Competence Center (PICC) for PROFIBUS and PROFINET. The latest organization to have successfully passed the accreditation process is KW Software of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
PI Competence Centers play an important role in the global PI Community by providing high quality technical and marketing support for PROFIBUS and PROFINET, ranging from manning trade fair booths to teaching engineers about the design, installation and maintenance of PROFIBUS and PROFINET systems. There is keen interest from companies and universities in becoming an approved PICC.
KW Software GmbH is a subsidiary of Phoenix Contact, one of the chief supporters of PROFINET around the world. It will offer workshops, training classes and technical support for PROFINET in the American market and has particular skills in the integration of PROFINET in automation devices. It was the developer of the TPS-1 Tiger chip for low-cost PROFINET slaves and recently signed an agreement with Intel to provide software for their new i210 Ethernet Controller as an easily-implementable solution for PROFINET RT and PROFINET IRT masters.
Business Development Manager for KW Software Americas, Michael Mason, commented: “Becoming a PI Competence Center opens up new doors for KW Software and the PROFINET community. At our Ann Arbor facility we have certified PROFINET engineers and the right kind of world class PROFINET equipment necessary for automation vendors to fully leverage what is the best and most popular Industrial Ethernet standard in the world. We look forward to helping the PROFINET community by providing dependable solutions for all kinds of automation vendors.”
Michael Bryant, Executive Director of PI North America is delighted to have this new PICC in his region. “The need for PROFINET support is growing dramatically in USA, Canada and Mexico,” he said, “particularly since major North American car manufacturers decided to use it as their production networking standard.”
About PI North America
PI North America is a non-profit, member-supported automation organization for fieldbus and Industrial Ethernet, specifically PROFIBUS and PROFINET. It is dedicated to supporting the discrete and process industries in achieving beneficial results using these networks. PI North America also assists device manufacturers in the development and marketing of PROFIBUS and PROFINET products. It is one of 27 regional associations that make up the global PI community. Established in 1989, PI has more than 1,400 members, who have developed and now supply more than 2,500 devices. To date, more than 45,000,000 PROFIBUS devices have been installed and the total number of PROFINET devices installed now exceeds 5,000,000. Members of PI North America include vendors of hardware, software and systems as well as end-users and operators, scientific institutes, universities, distributors, and system integrators.
For more information, visit www.us.profibus.com or contact:
Michael Bryant
PI North America
16101 N 82nd Street, Suite 3B
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Phone: 480-483-2456
michael.bryant@pinorthamerica.com
