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Europe's largest center of excellence for artificial intelligence and modern robotics, Cyber Valley, has gained a new Corporate Network partner in Festo. In the year of its 100th anniversary, one of the leading manufacturer of automation technology is taking the next step in bringing modern AI technologies into industrial practice. Cyber Valley offers a platform for scientists and companies to deepen basic research in machine learning, intelligent systems and robotics.
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Cyber Valley
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Concentrated AI expertise in Baden-Württemberg

Europe's largest center of excellence for artificial intelligence and modern robotics, Cyber Valley ...
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Efficiency, process stability and energy savings are key factors in modern production, especially in applications involving sensitive goods. Achieving this requires an intelligent control concept that precisely and flexibly regulates pressure and flow while minimizing energy consumption. With Controlled Pneumatics, Festo offers the perfect solution by combining proportional technology, sensor systems, and digital control.
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Closed control loop
Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Why it is important to optimally regulate pressure ...

Efficiency, process stability and energy savings are key factors in modern production, especially in ...
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Als je als leverancier wilt ontzorgen, van a tot z, hoe fijn is het dan als er een interface is die de producten van verschillende fabrikanten met elkaar laat communiceren? In dit geval de servo-oplossingen van Festo met de cobots van Universal Robots. Olmia Robotics is die leverancier, die het ontzorgen tot hoofddoel heeft gemaakt.
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Festo S.E. & Co. KG
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Belgium
Netherlands

Componenten integreren in cobotprogrammatuur

Als je als leverancier wilt ontzorgen, van a tot z, hoe fijn is het dan als er een interface is die ...
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It all began 100 years ago in a workshop in Esslingen am Neckar. Festo founder Gottlieb Stoll asked himself how technology could make work easier. From the initial production of machines for woodworking, the company developed into the production of pneumatic and electrical automation technology for mechanical engineering in a wide range of industries. Today, Festo is one of the world's leading automation specialists.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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From a small impulse to a world of motion

It all began 100 years ago in a workshop in Esslingen am Neckar. Festo founder Gottlieb Stoll asked ...
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During a tour of the Hannover Messe at the Festo stand, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz congratulated the company on its 100-year success story: In the anniversary year, Festo welcomed the Federal Chancellor accompanied by Stéphane Dion, Special Envoy of the partner country Canada to the European Union, and Stephan Weil, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, with a special exhibit, the "Festo Incredible Machine". 
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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United Kingdom

"Incredible Machine" inspires German Chancellor

During a tour of the Hannover Messe at the Festo stand, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz congratulated ...
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The Festo Group achieved a positive result in the financial year 2024, on a par with the previous year. This was announced by the Chairman of the Management Board, Thomas Böck, at the press conference held during the Hannover Messe. The innovation leader significantly expanded its portfolio in electric and pneumatic automation, particularly in the areas of control technology and digital solutions, software and AI. The company will continue to invest heavily in innovations in the future. This enables Festo, as a partner in motion, to offer...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Festo: Optimistic Start into the Anniversary Year

The Festo Group achieved a positive result in the financial year 2024, on a par with the previous ...
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"No matter what movement task customers approach Festo with, we can solve it. We are the only supplier to combine electrical and pneumatic automation technology that fits together seamlessly," explains Gerhard Borho, Member of the Executive Board for IT and Digitalization at Festo. In doing so, he emphasizes the core of the "Seamless Automation" approach at Festo. Seamless – this applies to Festo from a technological point of view, but also across all phases of the customer's value creation process.
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Electric Motion
Festo S.E. & Co. KG
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Global

Seamless automation removes technological ...

"No matter what movement task customers approach Festo with, we can solve it. We are the only ...
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Festo is an independent family-owned company and a global player in automation technology and technical education, with headquarters in Esslingen a.N. (Germany) – with over 20,000 employees at around 250 locations worldwide, a turnover of around 3.5 billion euros and an R&D rate of over 8%. As a partner in motion, Festo offers integrated and seamless pneumatic, electric and digital drive technologies across all industries – including software and AI solutions as well as customized training concepts – for 300,000 customers in over 35 industries...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

The Festo Group

Festo is an independent family-owned company and a global player in automation technology and ...
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Rozen stekken met behulp van een robot is al langer mogelijk. Maar John van de Ven, oprichter van Aventec, tilt de techniek naar een hoger niveau. Met Festo als partner implementeert hij de nieuwste technieken en innovaties. En het VTUX ventieleiland is hier precies goed voor.
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Festo S.E. & Co. KG
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Belgium
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Vermeerdering rozetplanten automatiseren met ...

Rozen stekken met behulp van een robot is al langer mogelijk. Maar John van de Ven, oprichter van ...
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To mark the company's 100th anniversary, the automation specialist Festo has designed an extraordinary machine that will be presented for the first time at the Hannover Messe 2025. Based on the principle of a Rube Goldberg machine, it does not manufacture a specific product but tells the story of motion in automation technology that has significantly influenced the family-owned company.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

The Festo Incredible Machine celebrates its ...

To mark the company's 100th anniversary, the automation specialist Festo has designed an ...
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Creating added value for customers through innovation has been the driving force behind the family-owned company from the very beginning and remains the key to Festo's success today. With its constant determination to make people's work easier and thus increase efficiency, Festo has shaped an entire era of industrial production. Today, the company is a global player and a front runner in automation technology, as well as a world leader in technical education and training. Festo's anniversary is being celebrated with employees, customers, and...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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United Kingdom

Festo Celebrates its Centenary – 100 Years in ...

Creating added value for customers through innovation has been the driving force behind the family ...
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Bij de automatisering van het sorteren en verpakken van fruit wordt een hoge capaciteit nagestreefd terwijl de machines ook met de nodige omzichtigheid moeten omgaan met de delicaatheid van de producten. STAS, een machinebouwer uit Glabbeek die gespecialiseerd is in dergelijke oplossingen, heeft samen met Festo een nieuwe geavanceerde machine ontwikkeld om het fruit na het sorteren op een gecontroleerde manier in bakjes te leggen.
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Festo S.E. & Co. KG
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Het oog wil ook wat

Bij de automatisering van het sorteren en verpakken van fruit wordt een hoge capaciteit nagestreefd ...
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Users today face the challenge of having to integrate different topics such as control and motion, AI, data integration and evaluation, predictive maintenance and much more into their applications at the same time, with short development cycles and ever new requirements. Festo AX Controls presents an automation portfolio that takes these requirements into account. The motto "from the workpiece to the cloud" is taken further here, and Festo AX Controls combines many software modules such as operating system, motion, visualization, high-level...
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AX Controls
Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

More customer success through seamless data ...

Users today face the challenge of having to integrate different topics such as control and motion ...
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On the shopfloor, machines not only deliver products, but also large amounts of data that are converted into information using artificial intelligence in such a way that they show humans specific optimization potential . Initial successes are visible: in hundreds of customer applications, solutions from the Festo AX Industrial Intelligence portfolio have reduced unplanned downtimes by up to 25 % and cut waste by 20 %.
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AX Intelligence
Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Added value from data reduces downtime and waste

On the shopfloor, machines not only deliver products, but also large amounts of data that are ...
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With the personalized MyFesto dashboard at www.festo.com, Festo customers have a central overview of their current offers and service requests and can access all data on Festo products from their projects on MyFesto Projects. In future, Festo users will have it even easier: the System Configurator will give them a central point of access to the entire world of Festo engineering tools.
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My Festo
Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Taking customers by the hand along the value ...

With the personalized MyFesto dashboard at www.festo.com, Festo customers have a central overview of ...
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