Festo, a global leader in industrial automation controls and systems and industrial training systems, inaugurated today a rooftop solar power generating system, the largest of its kind in Mason, Ohio. The Festo North American Regional Service Center along I-71 will now generate through solar power 48% of its annual electric power needs onsite.

Representatives of UK manufacturing gathered in force in June to mark the centenary of industrial automation specialist Festo. The event, held at Festo GB’s Innovation Centre in Northampton, was an ideal opportunity for industry organisations, customers, suppliers, and employees to discuss how automation will shape British manufacturing in the future.