PROFINET capitalizes on the advantages that ‘Industrial Ethernet’ brings to the automation environment. It provides automation services comparable to PROFIBUS. However, it also supports new ways of working, and the chance to use advanced automation strategies. Legacy investments in plant or personnel are protected. Additionally, it offers easy ways of merging production facilities into the enterprise and beyond, presenting a new set of possibilities for better productivity and asset management.Here you’ll find explanations of how PROFINET achieves these objectives by addressing six main applications needs. The special technical features significant to each need are explained in full.