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Hydrogen, the emerging clean energy source, will play a key role in the long-term sustainability of energy-intensive manufacturing, processing, and transportation industries. Regardless of the source of hydrogen, whether natural gas or H2O, automation is essential for efficient hydrogen production, storage, and transportation.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Automating Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen, the emerging clean energy source, will play a key role in the long-term sustainability of ...
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Festo is showcasing at Automate 2025 its most innovative automation solutions, including multi-axis positioning systems. Festo positioning systems can be specified in minutes and, after delivery, installed and functioning in hours instead of weeks. (Festo Automate Booth #1619, May 12-15, Huntington Place, Detroit, Michigan)
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Canada
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Festo Features Multi-Axis Positioning Systems at ...

Festo is showcasing at Automate 2025 its most innovative automation solutions, including multi-axis ...
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Festo Didactic, a leader in technical education solutions, is heading to Automate 2025 with the latest innovative education and training programs for the automation industry. Automate 2025 is a premier showcase for automation technologies and solutions, and Festo Didactic will be there to highlight the critical role of workforce development and acquiring new skills to advance the industry.   
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Canada
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Industrial Workforce Development Takes Center ...

Festo Didactic, a leader in technical education solutions, is heading to Automate 2025 with the ...
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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 SE & Co. KG
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Canada

Festo Canada celebrating 50 years of helping make ...

The year was 1975. Newly created Festo Canada joined an industrial eco-system feeling the stirrings ...
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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 from leading Canadian post-secondary institutions including Humber Polytechnic, Southern Alberta...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Canada

NGen, Humber Polytechnic, and Festo Didactic ...

NGen, Canada’s advanced manufacturing global innovation network, Festo Didactic, a leading provider ...
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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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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Canada

Gescan, new authorized Festo distributor for ...

Festo Canada is announcing the launch of an authorized distributor agreement with one of Western ...
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Festo introduces Controlled Pneumatics, a digital closed-loop control strategy for delivering energy efficiency, high dynamic response, and precision movement. Controlled Pneumatics is an ideal solution for web tensioning; welding; surface processing; flexible gripping, including vacuum gripping; dispensing and pumping; PET bottle blowing; and diaphragm pump control.
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Canada
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Festo Takes Pneumatics to a New Level of ...

Festo introduces Controlled Pneumatics, a digital closed-loop control strategy for delivering energy ...
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Research conducted by Festo finds a new generation of its low-energy flow-control valves utilized by Front Opening Unified Pods (FOUPs) purge systems can reduce Nitrogen gas (N2)  consumption by as much as 75%. A new Festo white paper details how these piezo-based flow-control systems help semiconductor fabrication plants (Fabs) reduce their carbon footprint and lower energy costs.
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New Nitrogen Purging Technology in Semiconductor ...

Research conducted by Festo finds a new generation of its low-energy flow-control valves utilized by ...
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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.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Canada
Mexico
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Festo Celebrates its Centenary – 100 Years in ...

Festo is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025. A family-owned global business with more than $3 ...
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Festo has expanded the capabilities of its popular VEMD mass flow controller to maintain the unit’s cost competitiveness while improving connectivity, control dynamics, and flow range. The VEMD controller is applied in the medical laboratory, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, and food industries to automate the flow control of Oxygen, Nitrogen, Argon, CO2, and air. It is also used in 3D printing applications where inert gas protects printed material during deposition.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Canada
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Festo Enhanced Its Popular VEMD Mass Flow ...

Festo has expanded the capabilities of its popular VEMD mass flow controller to maintain the unit’s ...
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Festo introduces the VEFC mass flow controller, the company’s latest entry into its Controlled Pneumatics family of solutions. The VEFC features precisely controlled flow of inert gases of up to 200 l/min and is one of the most compact mass flow controllers on the market – only 24 mm wide. Like all Controlled Pneumatics solutions, the VEFC features energy efficient piezoelectric valve technology integrated with control algorithms and sensors for dynamic flow or pressure control to preset setpoints without hysteresis.  
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Canada
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Festo Introduces the VEFC Mass Flow Controller for ...

Festo introduces the VEFC mass flow controller, the company’s latest entry into its Controlled ...
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Festo introduces its new flagship valve terminal, the VTUX. The VTUX can serve as I/O, remote I/O, and decentralized I/O. These compact and rugged IP65/67-rated terminals can be located anywhere on a machine that boosts operational performance and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) installation productivity. VTUX modularity results in less inventory and lower overhead costs. Slated to replace Festo’s legacy terminals, the VTUX will be the company’s star for years. 
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Canada
USA

Festo Introduces the VTUX, the Company’s new ...

Festo introduces its new flagship valve terminal, the VTUX. The VTUX can serve as I/O, remote I/O ...
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Safe, thorough, and fast inspection of charged electric vehicle (EV) battery cells is essential for lowering production cost and ensuring the quality of EV batteries. Harris Hill Automation, Poland, Maine, USA, a young, nimble, and customer-focused machine builder, recently designed and built a handling system to feed battery cells into and out of their OEM customer’s proprietary quality inspection system. The Harris Hill Automation solution handles and tracks and traces batteries, while increasing production throughput twentyfold.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Canada
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A New Automated Handling System Dramatically ...

Safe, thorough, and fast inspection of charged electric vehicle (EV) battery cells is essential for ...
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