Festo presented a unique concept for the simple storage and safe transportation of hydrogen using bacteria with its “BionicHydrogenBattery” exhibit in 2024. The company also demonstrated how industrial bioprocesses can be operated efficiently in the long-term using a wide range of components and solutions from the Festo product portfolio. Festo is also committed to biologization as a field of learning: with modular learning systems, an additional Chamber of Commerce qualification and the development of a “Biomechatronics” degree course.

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...

Las algas son pequeñas salvadoras del clima. Incluso durante su fotosíntesis natural en el exterior, son extremadamente eficientes y fijan diez veces más dióxido de carbono (CO₂) que las plantas terrestres. En biorreactores con los sensores, la tecnología de control y la automatización adecuados, la eficiencia de las algas puede aumentar hasta cien veces la de las plantas terrestres. Por lo tanto, tienen un potencial considerable para una economía circular climáticamente neutra. Con el proyecto de investigación PhotoBionicCell, Festo muestra...

Festo and Q.ANT, a wholly owned subsidiary of TRUMPF, are entering into a strategic partnership to cultivate biomass on an industrial scale. The two companies aim to achieve this using a combination of automation technology from Festo and quantum technology from Q.ANT. Algae offers significant potential in this context.