Festo Didactic North America is pleased to announce Daniel Rodriguez as its new Sales Director.

With the recent introduction of its distributed I/O solution CPX-AP-A, along with its established CPX-AP-I decentralized I/O, Festo now offers a range of electric and pneumatic automation solutions that is unmatched in North America in terms of performance, flexibility, cost savings, and engineering productivity. AP stands for Automation Platform and this backplane-based remote I/O system has been in development for a decade.

Festo introduces the CMMT MP family of multi-protocol servo drives. Every drive in this family is configurable as EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, PROFINET, and Modbus TCP.

Festo debuts at Pack Expo 2023 the company’s new distributed I/O solution, CPX-AP-A. With the introduction of CPX-AP-A, along with its established CPX-AP-I decentralized I/O, Festo now offers a range of electric and pneumatic automation solutions that is unmatched in North America in terms of performance, flexibility, cost savings, and engineering productivity. Festo shows CPX-AP-A plus the company’s extensive lines of integrated electric ...

Festo demonstrates at The Battery Show NA 2023 automated EV battery recycling – removal of batteries from housings and recovery of precious materials from shredded lithium-ion batteries. Festo also features a compact handling system for battery modules and electric and pneumatic automation solutions. The Battery Show NA, September 12-14, Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi, Michigan, Festo Booth #1545.

Sinclair Community College and Festo Corporation have launched a new partnership that will allow students to earn college credits toward a Sinclair associate degree while gaining critical advanced manufacturing skills on the job.

Festo launches MS-Basic, a family of pneumatic service units in polymer housings that offer attractively priced components covering most application needs.

Festo features at AACC 2023 Cartesian gantry systems for handling samples and a flexible, high accuracy liquid dispensing system, that enables manufacturers to reduce engineering and procurement overhead while speeding time to market. (Festo AACC [American Association for Clinical Chemistry] Booth #4457, July 23-27, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif.)