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.

The future belongs to human-robot cooperation. System builder BEC developed such a collaborative solution for Siemens Healthineers. It inserts coils weighing several tonnes precisely into the magnets of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines. Electric cylinders from Festo, which ensure the coils are securely gripped, play a crucial role here.  

A nadie le gusta ir al dentista. Los niños pequeños lo odian. Para facilitar la práctica de los tratamientos odontológicos infantiles, la empresa japonesa tmsuk ha desarrollado un robot humanoide con el que los futuros dentistas y auxiliares pueden ensayar de forma realista el tratamiento con niños pequeños que no dejan de retorcerse, encogerse y apretar la boca. Los movimientos realistas del humanoide son posibles gracias a los reguladores de presión proporcional con tecnología piezoeléctrica de Festo.