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2025/04/07
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Canada
Festo Canada celebrating 50 years of helping make Canada an automation nation
The year was 1975. Newly created Festo Canada joined an industrial eco-system feeling the stirrings of ...
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The year was 1975. Newly created Festo Canada joined an industrial eco-system feeling the stirrings of accelerating technological change, a transformation that would become known as Industry 3.0. PLCs, articulated robots, computer numerical control systems were beginning to proliferate. The first US patent for Ethernet was filed that year. That was also the year Festo launched the world’s first standard pneumatic cylinder series.
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Festo Canada celebrating 50 years of helping make Canada an automation nation
This year is a double anniversary. The 50th for Festo Canada and 100th for its parent company. Over the past five decades, Festo Canada has played a prominent role in helping make the country an automation nation. Festo Canada is the market leader...
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2025/03/19
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Canada
NGen, Humber Polytechnic, and Festo Didactic Showcase Canadian Skills at ...
NGen, Canada’s advanced manufacturing global innovation network, Festo Didactic, a leading provider of ...
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NGen, Canada’s advanced manufacturing global innovation network, Festo Didactic, a leading provider of technical education equipment and solutions, and Humber Polytechnic, a leading Canadian post-secondary institution known for its career-focused, hands-on approach to education, are partnering to demonstrate the strength of Canadian mechatronics skills at Hannover Messe. This collaboration will feature a skills competition showcasing top students ...
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2025/03/18
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Canada
Gescan, new authorized Festo distributor for Western Canada
Festo Canada is announcing the launch of an authorized distributor agreement with one of Western Canada’s ...
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Festo Canada is announcing the launch of an authorized distributor agreement with one of Western Canada’s largest privately owned electrical distributors, Gescan, a Sonepar company. Gescan has 29 branch locations spanning British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and will sell and support the complete Festo product portfolio.
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Gescan joins Festo Canada’s distributor network, covering Western Canada.
From left to right, Lance Hyndman, Business Unit Manager, Gescan; Javi Richmond, President, Gescan; Chris Hemming. National Channel Manager, Festo Canada; Dan Drazilow, Vice-president, MA & Business Development, Sonepar
2025/03/12
CMMT-ST Starter Kit
  The CMMT-ST multi-protocol drive is the latest addition to the Festo servo drive lineup. This ...
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CMMT-ST MP starter kit
The Festo CMMT-ST servo drive, top, and EMMT-ST stepper motor are now packaged in a pre-application starter kit for developers
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2025/03/04
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Canada, Mexico, USA
Festo Celebrates its Centenary – 100 Years in Motion!
Festo is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025. A family-owned global business with more than $3.7 billion ...
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Festo is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025. A family-owned global business with more than $3.7 billion in revenue and 20,000 employees, Festo is recognized as a premier automation supplier and innovator. Festo has operated in North America for more than 50 years.