VIPA Controls America VIPA Controls is the North American arm of VIPA GmbH of Germany (a Yaskawa company). Established in 1998, VIPA Controls specializes in sales, service and support for small, medium, and large OEMs, end-users and system integrators. As such, the currently available product portfolio for VIPA Controls includes compact and high-speed PLCs (including the 100V, 200V, 300S, 500S, and SLIO systems), I/O systems, HMIs, remote access, software, and diagnostic PROFIBUS connectors. VIPA GmbH VIPA GmbH of Germany (a Yaskawa company) is a global control automation manufacturer, providing cost-effective, powerful, Siemens Simatic/STEP7 software/hardware compatible automation solutions for almost 30 years. The product portfolio includes compact and high-speed PLCs; innovative, centralized and decentralized I/O systems (including PROFIBUS, PROFINET, Ethernet/IP, EtherCAT, CANopen, DeviceNet, InterBus, and ModBus), HMIs, remote access, software and diagnostic PROFIBUS connectors. VIPA is the #1 Siemens S-7 family alternative.