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Barcelona, 8 de julio de 2021.- Festo, proveedor de componentes y soluciones de automatización industrial y formación tecnológica, ha sido distinguido con el premio Mercè Sala otorgado por la Fundació Factor Humà. El premio reconoce a Festo como la compañía que mejor alinea sus valores con los de la histórica economista Mercè Sala. Unos premios que “tienen el objetivo de premiar a aquellas empresas que destacan por valores como la mirada humana, la innovación y la visión global”, tal y como afirma Anna Fornés, directora de la Fundació.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Spain

Festo obtiene el premio Mercè Sala de la Fundació ...

Barcelona, 8 de julio de 2021.- Festo, proveedor de componentes y soluciones de automatización ...
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Production, warehouse, shipping - where goods are produced, stored, sorted or packed, picking also takes place. This means that several individual goods are removed from storage units such as boxes or cartons and reassembled. With the FLAIROP (Federated Learning for Robot Picking) project Festo and researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), together with partners from Canada, want to make picking robots smarter using distributed AI methods. To do this, they are investigating how to use training data from multiple stations,...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Researchers from Germany and Canada work on new AI ...

Production, warehouse, shipping - where goods are produced, stored, sorted or packed, picking also ...
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Pneumatic drives from the Festo core product range have to meet the high demand of offering excellent value for money with the usual high quality for every function. From the compact cylinder ADN-S to the round cylinder DSNU or the mini slide DGST, these drives solve the required motion tasks in the majority of application scenarios, while their sturdiness ensures reliable machines and systems.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Robust and multi-talented

Pneumatic drives from the Festo core product range have to meet the high demand of offering ...
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The compact and low-cost spindle axes ELGT from Festo with integrated double guide are perfect for combining into 2D and 3D cantilever systems. Developed for applications in the electronics industry, in desktop applications and in battery manufacturing, they are open to servo motors from Festo as well as many other providers, especially those based in Asia.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Low cost and open to many suppliers

The compact and low-cost spindle axes ELGT from Festo with integrated double guide are perfect for ...
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Industry experts are forecasting a golden era for additive manufacturing, with annual growth rates of 24% anticipated into 2024. The automation of 3D printing processes offers further growth potential, for example in feeding or depowdering the components. When it comes to the depowdering of laser-melted metal parts, Solukon is the world's leading supplier. It is working together with Festo, the global player in industrial automation technology, to establish whether it is possible to push the level of automation for depowdering even further...
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Solukon Maschinenbau GmbH
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Global

Automating depowdering in 3D printing

Industry experts are forecasting a golden era for additive manufacturing, with annual growth rates ...
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Barcelona, 8 de junio de 2021. - El rápido avance de la industria, requiere de soluciones que se adapten de manera eficaz a todos los requisitos posibles. Para ello, Festo pone en el mercado la gama de válvulas VUVS, que no solo se adapta a cualquier aplicación de automatización, sino que permite combinar diferentes funciones y tensiones.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Spain

VUVS, la válvula de Festo que se adapta a ...

Barcelona, 8 de junio de 2021. - El rápido avance de la industria, requiere de soluciones que se ...
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The Festo Motion Terminal VTEM combines digitalisation and pneumatics. Quickly activated Motion Apps are revolutionising pneumatics by increasing flexibility and energy efficiency, and accelerating production processes. Thanks to the new Motion App “Flow control”, the VTEM now makes filling containers such as bottles with nitrogen or other gases more profitable and economical.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Control several flow rates simultaneously

The Festo Motion Terminal VTEM combines digitalisation and pneumatics. Quickly activated Motion Apps ...
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Dispensing, aspirating, pipetting – precision is a must when handling very small volumes of liquid. So how do specialists in laboratory automation manage to meet their quality requirements reliably and efficiently, even with high throughputs? How do they achieve reproducible results and avoid contamination? The Life Science webinar from automation specialist Festo provides clear answers to these and many other questions. When? On Wednesday, 16 June 2021, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm (CET) at the following link: https://festo.com/liquidhandling-webinar
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

How to control precisely very small volumes of ...

Dispensing, aspirating, pipetting – precision is a must when handling very small volumes of liquid ...
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Barcelona, 12 de mayo de 2021.- Festo, proveedor de componentes y soluciones de automatización industrial y formación tecnológica, presenta VUVG, una electroválvula que permite las aplicaciones estándar, a un precio asequible y ocupando poco espacio, gracias a su fabricación automatizada.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Spain

VUVG, la electroválvula universal de Festo para ...

Barcelona, 12 de mayo de 2021.- Festo, proveedor de componentes y soluciones de automatización ...
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Barcelona, 29 de abril de 2021. – Nutai, empresa de ingeniería destinada a integrar las nuevas tecnologías en el tejido industrial, Universal Robots, líder mundial en fabricación de cobots, y Festo, proveedor de componentes y soluciones de automatización industrial y formación tecnológica, han unido sus fuerzas para llevar a cabo un proyecto destinado a incrementar las prestaciones de los robots colaborativos de la firma danesa. La solución resultante, Multi Axis, ha conseguido la certificación oficial como componente UR+ de Universal Robots.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Spain

Nutai, Universal Robots y Festo desarrollan una ...

Barcelona, 29 de abril de 2021. – Nutai, empresa de ingeniería destinada a integrar las nuevas ...
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Barcelona, 20 de abril de 2021.- Festo, proveedor de componentes y soluciones de automatización industrial y formación tecnológica, lanza al mercado CMMT, la gama de reguladores de servoaccionamiento más pequeños del mercado para una conectividad continua.    
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Spain

CMMT, el regular de servoaccionamiento de Festo ...

Barcelona, 20 de abril de 2021.- Festo, proveedor de componentes y soluciones de automatización ...
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Travel bans, limits on contact with others, quarantine rules – in times of a pandemic, service technicians and fitters are often unable to travel around the world to customers to commission their machines and plants on site. That is why customers can now conveniently book remote commissioning for axis systems at Festo. This makes commissioning online very quick and easy.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

An interesting offer, not just in pandemic times

Travel bans, limits on contact with others, quarantine rules – in times of a pandemic, service ...
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In the 2020 financial year, the Festo Group had to cope with a 7.5% decline in turnover due to the pandemic, but was able to close with an overall operating result above the previous year. The workforce was also guided through the crisis in a stable manner. After a strong first quarter, the company expects a catch-up year in 2021. With smart and intelligent products as well as digital learning platforms, Festo supports the structural change in industry and society – from electromobility to vaccine production and laboratory diagnostics to...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Stable position for the future

In the 2020 financial year, the Festo Group had to cope with a 7.5% decline in turnover due to the ...
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Indonesia wants to become one of the ten leading economies by 2030. The way to achieve this is through the digital transformation of the Indonesian industry. Festo is a strong partner in the government programme “Making Indonesia 4.0”. For more than 30 years, the company has had its own local national company and supports the competitiveness of all domestic industries, such as food, automotive, textiles, pharmaceuticals and electronics, with customised automation and qualification solutions.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

„We make Indonesia 4.0“

Indonesia wants to become one of the ten leading economies by 2030. The way to achieve this is ...
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In its role as a technology and innovation leader in industrial automation and technical training, Festo aims to establish artificial intelligence (AI) as a key technology and core competence and to use it consistently for its customers' automation solutions. To this end, Festo offers intelligent solutions and services, with a focus on Predictive Maintenance, Predictive Quality and Predictive Energy.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Hardware expertise paired with software and AI ...

In its role as a technology and innovation leader in industrial automation and technical training ...
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The increasing awareness of climate protection, but also high energy prices and rising cost pressure make energy efficiency a core corporate task. In addition, environmentally friendly and CO2-neutral production is increasingly becoming a competitive factor. Festo is meeting the growing demands of customers among others with Festo Energy Saving Services and energy-saving products.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Festo makes customers ready for energy-efficient ...

The increasing awareness of climate protection, but also high energy prices and rising cost pressure ...
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