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In Europe, Germany's mechatronics experts are simply top: at the European Skills Championship EuroSkills Gdańsk 2023 in Poland last September, Daniel Schmid and Timo Oßwald, both apprentices at Festo, won the gold medal in the skill mechatronics. They thus completed the extremely successful record of the German national team, which came second behind Switzerland in the 'Best of Nations' ranking in 42 trades.
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WorldSkills Germany
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Simply top in Europe

In Europe, Germany's mechatronics experts are simply top: at the European Skills Championship ...
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Siemens Xcelerator, the open digital business platform, creates an open ecosystem for collaboration between customers, Siemens, and certified partners, from large technology companies to independent software developers. Festo and Siemens announced their latest partnership at this year’s Hannover Messe trade fair. Festo has joined the Industrial Edge ecosystem. To kick this off, Festo is offering the Festo AX Data access app, effective immediately, on the Siemens Industrial Edge Marketplace, where industrial customers can purchase numerous apps...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Festo joins the Siemens Industrial Edge ecosystem

Siemens Xcelerator, the open digital business platform, creates an open ecosystem for collaboration ...
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Oliver Jung (61) will leave his position as Chairman of the Management Board of Festo SE & Co. KG as planned on expiry of his current mandate. The Supervisory Board has appointed Thomas Böck (52) as his successor. Mr. Böck will join the family-owned company as the new Chairman of the Management Board on 1 January 2024.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Passing on the baton: New Chairman of the ...

Oliver Jung (61) will leave his position as Chairman of the Management Board of Festo SE & Co. KG as ...
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Machine builders no longer need to choose between a stepper or servo drive, thanks to the CMMT-ST from Festo. This new extra low voltage servo drive is capable of open or closed loop positioning, which effectively bridges the gap between stepper and servo drives. This means the user can tailor the CMMT-ST to suit the needs of the application and reap the benefits of both control formats.
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Festo S.E.
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Belgium
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Netherlands
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New CMMT-ST from Festo offers big savings

Machine builders no longer need to choose between a stepper or servo drive, thanks to the CMMT-ST ...
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The FLAIROP (Federated Learning for Robot Picking) research project, which was sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, was concluded at Festo in Esslingen-Berkheim. At the event, all project participants – as well as interested public – were on site or presented their results live from Canada.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

International research project FLAIROP ...

The FLAIROP (Federated Learning for Robot Picking) research project, which was sponsored by the ...
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"The shortage of skilled workers is a challenge for companies in Europe. We need to invest much more in education and training. That is why I propose to make 2023 the European Year of Skills," said EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The highlight of this Year of Skills will be the 8th EuroSkills competition of professions in September in Gdańsk, Poland. Mechatronics is one of the most attractive and promising skills, and it will be held on the MPS, Festo's Modular Production System.
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WorldSkills
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Addressing the shortage of skilled workers through ...

"The shortage of skilled workers is a challenge for companies in Europe. We need to invest much more ...
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According to estimates, by 2025 some 600,000 tons of used batteries from electric passenger cars need to be recycled. Since batteries are energy storage devices made from valuable raw materials, this inevitably raises the question of sustainability. Festo therefore offers modular automation concepts not only for cell producing, assembling battery modules and packs, and platform integration, but also for disassembling and recycling or separating the materials.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Recycling rare minerals economically

According to estimates, by 2025 some 600,000 tons of used batteries from electric passenger cars ...
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The success and reputation of electric vehicle manufacturers depend on the safe and flawless functioning of batteries. HAHN Automation Group has therefore developed a battery tester that carries out a complete test of the mobile energy storage units fully automatically. A 3-axis gantry for optical and leak tests, consisting of electric drives from Festo, takes centre stage.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Safe batteries for electric vehicles

The success and reputation of electric vehicle manufacturers depend on the safe and flawless ...
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Standardisation is a recipe for success for a fruitful collaboration between packaging machine manufacturers and automation specialists. The strategic partnership between Syntegon and Festo is a great example of this. Thanks to this cooperation, Syntegon was able to simplify its processes and manage the challenges posed by the pandemic and the supply chain crisis more effectively.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Standardisation benefits all packaging lines

Standardisation is a recipe for success for a fruitful collaboration between packaging machine ...
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If there’s one thing the corona pandemic has taught us, it is that laboratories place tremendous importance on high sample throughput rates. Even with highly qualified laboratory personnel, this demand can no longer be met. There’s no getting round the automation of laboratory processes. That’s why MolGen in the Netherlands developed PurePrep TTR, which can prepare 320 patient samples per hour for molecular downstream processing. And the Dutch company uses laboratory-specific automation technology from Festo.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Extremely high sample throughput rates

If there’s one thing the corona pandemic has taught us, it is that laboratories place tremendous ...
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The Festo Group achieved double-digit growth for another year in a row. Sales rose by 13.4% to €3.81 billion in 2022 (previous year €3.36 billion). Festo intends to continue growing in 2023. Innovative automation is the enabler for the industrial transformation towards renewable energies, sustainable production, hydrogen and circular economy.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Festo continues on course for growth and ...

The Festo Group achieved double-digit growth for another year in a row. Sales rose by 13.4% to €3.81 ...
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The production of tyres and the production of wafers seem to have absolutely nothing to do with each other. In terms of automation technology, however, they use the same technology: Controlled Pneumatics. That is why Festo has further developed compressed air technology to make pneumatics sustainable, resource-saving and energy-efficient.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Moving into the future with Controlled Pneumatics

The production of tyres and the production of wafers seem to have absolutely nothing to do with each ...
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On site and hands-on: At the Hannover Messe, visitors on the Festo booth can use all their senses experience comprehensive learning environments. Highlights of the product portfolio in the field of education and training will be on display – from the digital learning portal Festo LX and virtual reality learning to product innovations in the field of learning systems with cobots, AI and the digital twin.
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Festo Didactic SE
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Global
Ireland
United Kingdom

Lifelong learning as a driver of innovation

On site and hands-on: At the Hannover Messe, visitors on the Festo booth can use all their senses ...
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At the Hannover Messe 2023, Festo is presenting the next step on the road to the industrialisation of biological transformation: BionicCellFactory. With automation technology from Festo, biomass can be cultivated on a large scale in a highly efficient, resource-conserving way. Everything that we currently produce from crude oil creating immense CO2 emissions can also be obtained sustainably from algae. With the BionicCellFactory, Festo is demonstrating a holistic bioprocess – from the optimised cultivation of the algae with continuous...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Cultivation of biomass on an industrial scale

At the Hannover Messe 2023, Festo is presenting the next step on the road to the industrialisation ...
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Digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) are megatrends that can also offer great potential for savings in tyre production. Machine learning algorithms can be implemented in a decentralised manner, for example on the edge, i.e. on the actual module to be monitored. An example is Festo AX. This AI software uses these algorithms to detect anomalies on tyre building machines or in curing presses.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Optimising curing presses with AI

Digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) are megatrends that can also offer great potential ...
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Flexible, robust and offering high performance – the angle seat valve VZXA from Festo controls media flows quickly and reliably up to 230 °C. Its carefully thought-out product design and patented interface enable valve bodies and actuators to be freely combined, with a hot-swap function for quickly exchanging actuator or other spare parts.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Flexible interfaces in plant engineering

Flexible, robust and offering high performance – the angle seat valve VZXA from Festo controls media ...
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