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The future of our planet presents us with major challenges. On the one hand, it is about ensuring a safe supply of food for the world's population and coping with demographic change, and on the other, it is about protecting our natural resources and achieving CO2-neutral production. "With our Festo Blue World, we want to show how we can contribute to solving these challenges with automation technology and technical education," says Thomas Böck, Chairman of the Management Bord at Festo.
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Sustainability at Festo

The future of our planet presents us with major challenges. On the one hand, it is about ensuring a ...
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Electromobility, artificial intelligence and sustainability - the economy is in the midst of industrial transformation. In addition to the right automation solutions, qualified specialists are the key to success. With digital learning opportunities as well as seminars and further training, Festo Didactic offers a modern portfolio for lifelong learning in a professional environment.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Lifelong learning secures top position in ...

Electromobility, artificial intelligence and sustainability - the economy is in the midst of ...
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Festo announces that its Customer Solutions department (the company’s fabrication, assembly, and engineering services) is now unified throughout North America. This milestone increases Festo customization capabilities and enables North American engineering companies, system integrators, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to bring projects to market faster with less design, project management, and engineering overhead.
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Festo Customer Solutions Extended Throughout ...

Festo announces that its Customer Solutions department (the company’s fabrication, assembly, and ...
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The world's population is growing and with it the demand for food and animal feed with clearly verifiable ingredients. This includes the protein content. This can be determined by nitrogen analysis – fully automaticated with the new N-Realyzer from C. Gerhardt. The laboratory system ensures high throughput, is low-maintenance and intuitive to operate. Among other things, it owes this to a valve block from Festo, which offers high tightness in gas distribution.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Automated nitrogen analysis reduces costs per ...

The world's population is growing and with it the demand for food and animal feed with clearly ...
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Festo introduces a heavy-duty Cartesian gantry for palletizing with lift capacity of up to 440 pounds, Z-axis stroke lengths exceeding eight feet, and speed of up to five feet per second. With free online design tools; off-the-shelf servo drives, motors, and other components; and quick assembly kits, this Festo palletizing solution shortens project time and reduces engineering and assembly costs.
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Festo Introduces a Heavy-Duty Palletizing Gantry ...

Festo introduces a heavy-duty Cartesian gantry for palletizing with lift capacity of up to 440 ...
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How can the industrial transformation be achieved at an acceptable cost? What ecological innovations can industry expect in the coming years? Automation provides answers to these questions. Festo has come up with many solutions for electromobility, green hydrogen and bioreactors. 
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

The industrial transformation takes off with ...

How can the industrial transformation be achieved at an acceptable cost? What ecological innovations ...
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The innovation partnership between Festo and Würth has already lasted two years, and the first phase of the partnership is now coming to an end – with success: the prototype works. Würth wants to comprehensively test Festo's tailor-made AI software solution at the Reinhold Würth Innovation Center Curio, discuss it with employees and, if everything proves successful, implement it in its logistics centers worldwide.
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Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG
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Global

Festo develops AI robot solution for logistics ...

The innovation partnership between Festo and Würth has already lasted two years, and the first phase ...
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Faster time-to-market, more efficient engineering, more functionality and higher quality – these are the benefits of a digital twin for machine and system builders. Festo is working hard to equip its automation components with a digital twin – a digital representation in the form of administration shells. The company has joined forces with other German automation partners and the Industrial Digital Twin Association because standardisation is what machine and system builders expect.
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Digital twins boost machine development

Faster time-to-market, more efficient engineering, more functionality and higher quality – these are ...
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Ergonomics improves efficiency thanks to a servo-pneumatic balancer that enables employees in assembly and logistics to lift and move loads effortlessly, using just two fingers. At the heart of the balancer is the powerful and reliable drive solution YHBP from Festo with automatic weight detection and safety Performance Level d – perfect for the automotive and packaging industries.
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Moving loads at the tip of two fingers

Ergonomics improves efficiency thanks to a servo-pneumatic balancer that enables employees in ...
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Controlled Pneumatics is the revolutionary compressed air technology from Festo that is opening up new perspectives for pneumatics. Thanks to this technology, the pressure control of the compact proportional valve terminal VTEP is extremely sensitive, down to less than 1 mbar. This is perfect for applications such as wafer polishing or patch clamping in life science. In addition, Controlled Pneumatics uses high-precision piezo valves to reduce compressed air consumption by up to 50%.
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Pneumatics Makes a Technological Leap with Piezo

Controlled Pneumatics is the revolutionary compressed air technology from Festo that is opening up ...
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Festo is now showing customers and prospects several new life science automation innovations including the company’s wide-range flexible pipetting. Each of the new and customizable solutions combines Festo components into dynamic subsystems. Festo collaborates with OEMs and integrators to bring proven commercial technologies to labs around the globe.
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Festo Develops a New Flexible Pipetting Solution

Festo is now showing customers and prospects several new life science automation innovations ...
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"Our aim is to achieve a high level of maturity of CNC machines with our additive manufacturing machines," explains Dr. Vino Suntharakumaran, Managing Director at DMG MORI Additive GmbH. The company is not far off reaching this aim with the LASERTEC 30 DUAL SLM, which increases productivity by 80%. Festo has been brought on board as a development partner. Thanks to its ready-to-install automation solution, the inert gas atmosphere is precisely managed.  
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

80% more productivity in 3D printing

"Our aim is to achieve a high level of maturity of CNC machines with our additive manufacturing ...
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From recently completed production lines, Festo introduces the DHPL, a new generation of competitively priced long-stroke grippers that offers a host of advantages for high load and torque applications. The DHPL is interchangeable with competitive long-stroke grippers. It provides the added benefits of lighter weight, higher precision, and no maintenance. The new long-stroke gripper is ideal for stacking boxes, gripping plates and shaped parts, and keeping bags open.
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Festo Introduces a Competitively Priced Long ...

From recently completed production lines, Festo introduces the DHPL, a new generation of ...
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