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"For challenging tasks in thermoforming, ILLIG is your best bet," is a frequent refrain from manufacturers of branded goods. ILLIG Maschinenbau is a pioneer and market leader in the manufacture of machines and tools for producing plastic packaging using thermoforming. Its new thermoforming system RedLine RDF 85 now enables the use of off-system tool systems. This is how the company is setting new standards in flexibility. Also integrated is a stack handling system with electric axes from Festo.  
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Compatible with many tools

"For challenging tasks in thermoforming, ILLIG is your best bet," is a frequent refrain from ...
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If you want to be fit for Industry 4.0, you need a plan. The I4.0 curriculum combines a wide variety of learning paths that Festo Didactic has developed for training and continued education in an industrial context, such as for the profession of the mechatronics engineer. Festo Didactic’s flexible learning also enables people in professional life to keep pace with rapid technological developments for continued learning throughout their careers .The Curriculum I4.0 has been recognized with the “eLearning Innovation 2022” award from  “eLearning...
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Festo Didactic SE
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Global

Curriculum I4.0 receives award

If you want to be fit for Industry 4.0, you need a plan. The I4.0 curriculum combines a wide variety ...
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If manufacturers of automation technology want to create real added value for their customers, digitalisation solutions are the way to do it. “That is why Festo developed the Festo Automation Experience, or Festo AX for short,” explains Dr. Oliver Niese, Vice President Digital Business at Festo. Festo AX boosts the performance of machines and systems, thus making customers even more successful.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Artificial intelligence in real time (with example ...

If manufacturers of automation technology want to create real added value for their customers ...
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If manufacturers of automation technology want to create real added value for their customers, digitalisation solutions are the way to do it. “That is why Festo developed the Festo Automation Experience, or Festo AX for short,” explains Dr. Oliver Niese, Vice President Digital Business at Festo. Festo AX boosts the performance of machines and systems, thus making customers even more successful.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Artificial intelligence in real time

If manufacturers of automation technology want to create real added value for their customers ...
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"Festo will massively reduce its CO2 footprint over the next two years. As a result, by the end of 2023, all our production and logistics sites as well as the German sales locations and the corporate headquarters in Esslingen will be CO2 neutral", explains the Chairman of the Management Board of Festo SE & Co. KG, Dr. h.c. Oliver Jung, in his end-of-year address to the staff.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Festo on the way to climate neutrality

"Festo will massively reduce its CO2 footprint over the next two years. As a result, by the end of ...
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When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, protective equipment was in short supply. Nursing staff didn’t have enough face masks, protective goggles, full-body protective suits, or hygienic disposable rubber gloves. To overcome at least the shortage of  gloves, AFA Technologies offers packaging machines and automated systems for quality control. The Malaysian company relies on pneumatic valve technology from Festo for its machines.
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AFA Technologies
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Global

Disposable gloves never again in short supply

When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, protective equipment was in short supply. Nursing staff didn’t ...
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Festo SE & Co. KG and the joint venture FlexFactory GmbH of MHP, Munich Re and Porsche are consolidating their strategic partnership and entering the market with a joint offering for machine and plant manufacturers as well as plant and equipment operators. The aim of the partnership is to enable the production of a wide range of product variants in a more flexible and cost-efficient manner.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Festo and FlexFactory bundle their solutions for ...

Festo SE & Co. KG and the joint venture FlexFactory GmbH of MHP, Munich Re and Porsche are ...
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With the Handling Guide Online, design engineers can create the right ready-to-install handling system from Festo in record time, whether for a 2D linear and planar surface gantry, a 3D gantry or a new 3D cantilever system. Not only can they now plan extremely compact or extremely dynamic Cartesian robots using the intuitive configuration and ordering software, but they also benefit from the circuit diagram service from Eplan and commissioning files.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

The right handling system in a matter of minutes

With the Handling Guide Online, design engineers can create the right ready-to-install handling ...
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Degassing and sealing are core processes in battery cell production that directly follow the initial contacting of the battery cells with electrical voltage. The battery cells are pierced with lances and the forming gas produced during contacting is extracted. Pneumatic and electric actuators from Festo are used to handle and pierce the battery cells.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Reliable degassing in battery cell production

Degassing and sealing are core processes in battery cell production that directly follow the initial ...
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Festo announced the promotion of Jean-Francois Paquette to Canada Sales Director, North American Sales. In his new position, Montreal-based Paquette will focus on leading the sales objectives and planning strategy for the Canadian sales organization, setting and meeting revenue and profitability targets for Canada as part of the North American region goals.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Canada

Festo appoints Director of Sales for Canada

Festo announced the promotion of Jean-Francois Paquette to Canada Sales Director, North American ...
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Precisely gluing smartphone displays, applying thermal paste or gluing micro cameras in place are just a selection of the adhesive processes that represent the dosing and dispensing competencies of ViscoTec. Now the company has brought out cartridge applicator units designed for exact and clean feeding of adhesives, pastes and silicones of different viscosities, supported by a pneumatic control module supplied by Festo right to the ViscoTec assembly line as a ready-to-install module.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

High-precision dosing with different viscosities

Precisely gluing smartphone displays, applying thermal paste or gluing micro cameras in place are ...
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