Festo célèbre son 100e anniversaire en 2025. Entreprise familiale d’envergure mondiale avec plus de 3,7 milliards de dollars en revenus et 20 000 employés, Festo est reconnue comme un fournisseur et innovateur en automatisation de premier plan. Festo exerce ses activités en Amérique du Nord depuis plus de 50 ans.

Festo a annoncé aujourd’hui le départ à la retraite imminent de Carlos Miranda, PDG de sa région d’affaires nord-américaine, le 1er avril, et la nomination du nouveau PDG de la région d’affaires, Dr Wilm Uhlenbecker.

Festo has expanded the capabilities of its popular VEMD mass flow controller to maintain the unit’s cost competitiveness while improving connectivity, control dynamics, and flow range. The VEMD controller is applied in the medical laboratory, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, and food industries to automate the flow control of Oxygen, Nitrogen, Argon, CO2, and air. It is also used in 3D printing applications where inert gas protects ...

Research conducted by Festo finds a new generation of its low-energy flow-control valves utilized by Front Opening Unified Pods (FOUPs) purge systems can reduce Nitrogen gas (N2)  consumption by as much as 75%. A new Festo white paper details how these piezo-based flow-control systems help semiconductor fabrication plants (Fabs) reduce their carbon footprint and lower energy costs.