En NextGen Life Science Automation, Festo investiga nuevas soluciones de automatización para la tecnología médica y la automatización de laboratorios. En Hannover Messe 2026, Festo y Fraunhofer IPA mostraron el desarrollo de un casete para la etapa de modificación celular en las terapias CAR‑T. La automatización reduce significativamente los tiempos y los costes de producción, lo que acelera y reduce el coste de estas terapias personalizadas y facilita su acceso a un mayor número de pacientes.

Compact, customised manifold plates for precise fluid control: Diffusion Bonded Manifolds enable individualised, contamination-free fluidic solutions using an adhesive-free joining process. The technology complements existing standard components and is aimed in particular at applications in medical technology, diagnostics, laboratory automation and food analysis.

Festo is expanding its portfolio to include multilayer manifolds made of plastic (bonded manifolds) in order to be able to offer manufacturers of medical and laboratory equipment solutions from a single source. To this end, Festo is taking over the production systems and processes for manufacturing these complex plastic manifolds from Carville, a leading company in this field.

The term "sustainability" all too often turns into mere lip service. Not so at Wellspect. This world leader in manufacturing solutions for medical continence care has made sustainability an integral part of its corporate strategy and is committed to putting it into practice. No wonder the company’s plant in Mölndal near Gothenburg, Sweden, relies on Festo Energy Saving Services which save Wellspect €37,000 a year in energy costs.