Festo is both a global player and an independent family-owned company based in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. The company has become one of the global market leaders in its sector over the past 60 years thanks to its innovations and problem-solving competency, as well as a unique range of technical education. Festo has been developing components and system solutions for equipment manufacturers who specialise in the automation of laboratory processes and ...

The Festo Group has achieved the highest turnover in its history for the 2021 financial year. After a double-digit growth in turnover of around 18% to 3.36 billion euros (previous year 2.84 billion euros), the company started the first quarter with a double-digit order intake. This puts the innovation leader in automation and technical education in a good starting position to push ahead with its strategic orientation towards digitalisation and ...

Finally, live on-site and hands-on: At Hannover Messe, visitors to Festo's Stand C22 in Hall 6 can once again experience the learning environments of Festo Didactic. Festo Didactic, the specialist for technical education and training, will be drawing highlights from its portfolio - from the Festo LX digital learning portal, the Festo Learning Experience, to learning systems and content focused on Electrical Engineering ...

Le Portugal est le champion du monde du liège : avec la plus grande superficie sous chênes-lièges, les Portugais sont aussi les plus grands exportateurs de liège au monde. Bien que le liège lui-même soit léger, il est d'autant plus volumineux qu'il est mal conditionné. Afin d'économiser de l'énergie et des émissions de CO₂ pendant le transport, le groupe ESI a ...

The pneumatic extension modules VTOP from Festo enable custom closed-loop control solution designs in combination with a positioner, all without any external piping and the leaks associated with it. Compared with conventional solutions, cost savings of up to 30% are possible with the VTOP. And installation takes just a fraction of the time.

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.

The Festo Motion Terminal VTEM, a product of the Industry 4.0 era, combines digitalisation and pneumatics. Quickly activated software apps are a game changer for pneumatics by increasing flexibility and energy efficiency, and accelerating production processes. This also benefits tire manufacturing, as demonstrated by the use of the automation platform VTEM in tire curing presses.

With the tubing PUN-H-F and the stainless-steel push-in fitting NPQR, manufacturers of food and packaging machines are on the safe side. This product combination from Festo guarantees compliance with food safety requirements. But Festo has suitable tubing/fitting combinations for other extreme situations too.

"Pour les tâches difficiles de thermoformage, ILLIG est votre meilleur pari", est un refrain fréquent des fabricants de produits de marque. ILLIG Maschinenbau est un pionnier et leader du marché dans la fabrication de machines et d'outils pour la production d'emballages en plastique par thermoformage. Son nouveau système de thermoformage RedLine RDF 85 permet désormais l'utilisation de ...

Les coûts d'exploitation des équipements pneumatiques peuvent être réduits jusqu'à 60 % si les exploitants du système mettent en pratique les résultats et les analyses de l'audit d'efficacité énergétique de l'air comprimé GFAA de Festo. Les experts en efficacité énergétique de Festo utilisent une approche intégrée pour ...

The decentralised pressure and vacuum generator PGVA from Festo is a compact complete solution for laboratory automation. It integrates compressor, air preparation including filter system, reservoir and electronic pressure and vacuum control in the smallest of spaces.

If manufacturers of automation technology want to create real added value for their customers, digitalisation solutions are the way to do it. “That is why Festo developed the Festo Automation Experience, or Festo AX for short,” explains Dr. Oliver Niese, Vice President Digital Business at Festo. Festo AX boosts the performance of machines and systems, thus making customers even more successful.

These grippers reduce end-effector size, lower cycle time, ensure safety, and offer   new solutions.

Dans aucun autre secteur, la pression pour innover et maintenir des prix bas n'est aussi forte que dans l'industrie des semi-conducteurs et de l'électronique. Pour les équipementiers, cela signifie développer des machines et des installations toujours plus rapides et plus productives dans des délais inférieurs à 18 mois. En plus de cela, des composants d'automatisation fiables, compacts et ...

"Festo will massively reduce its CO2 footprint over the next two years. As a result, by the end of 2023, all our production and logistics sites as well as the German sales locations and the corporate headquarters in Esslingen will be CO2 neutral", explains the Chairman of the Management Board of Festo SE & Co. KG, Dr. h.c. Oliver Jung, in his end-of-year address to the staff.

When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, protective equipment was in short supply. Nursing staff didn’t have enough face masks, protective goggles, full-body protective suits, or hygienic disposable rubber gloves. To overcome at least the shortage of  gloves, AFA Technologies offers packaging machines and automated systems for quality control. The Malaysian company relies on pneumatic valve technology from Festo for its machines.