The year was 1975. Newly created Festo Canada joined an industrial eco-system feeling the stirrings of accelerating technological change, a transformation that would become known as Industry 3.0. PLCs, articulated robots, computer numerical control systems were beginning to proliferate. The first US patent for Ethernet was filed that year. That was also the year Festo launched the world’s first standard pneumatic cylinder series.

NGen, Canada’s advanced manufacturing global innovation network, Festo Didactic, a leading provider of technical education equipment and solutions, and Humber Polytechnic, a leading Canadian post-secondary institution known for its career-focused, hands-on approach to education, are partnering to demonstrate the strength of Canadian mechatronics skills at Hannover Messe. This collaboration will feature a skills competition showcasing top students ...

Festo celebra su aniversario número 100 en 2025. Una empresa global de propiedad familiar con más de $3.7 mil millones de dólares en ingresos y $20 000 empleados, Festo es una empresa reconocida como un proveedor líder de automatización e innovador. Festo ha operado en América del Norte por más de 50 años.

Festo anunció hoy la próxima jubilación de Carlos Miranda, CEO de su Región de Negocios en Norteamérica, el 1 de abril, y el nombramiento del Dr. Wilm Uhlenbecker como su nuevo CEO.