This content was translated automatically.
Festo Once Again Named Bosch’s Preferred Supplier
As part of this expanded collaboration, Festo has the opportunity to further strengthen its position within the Bosch Group. The partnership aims to establish Festo as the preferred long-term supplier of both standardized and complex pneumatic components—particularly in projects involving new machines and systems. This not only strengthens Festo’s role as a key supplier but also strategically positions it as the preferred partner for future projects and further developments.
Success with Seamless Automation
Each year, Bosch awards the “Preferred Supplier” status to its most important suppliers in recognition of outstanding achievements in innovation, quality, and reliability. Festo stands out in particular with its Seamless Automation approach, which combines the integration of electrical and pneumatic automation technology with digitalization and artificial intelligence. To ensure consistently high performance, Festo supports the Bosch technology group worldwide with customized solutions and a global sales and service network.
Festo is a global player and an independent family-owned company with headquarters in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. Festo has set standards in industrial automation technology and technical education ever since its establishment, thereby making a contribution to sustainable development of the environment, the economy and society. The company supplies pneumatic and electrical automation technology to 300,000 customers of factory and process automation in over 35 industries. Digitalization, AI and the LifeTech sector with medical technology and laboratory automation are becoming increasingly important. The products and services are available in 176 countries. With about 20,600 employees in over 250 branch offices in around 60 countries worldwide, Festo achieved a turnover of around €3.33 billion in 2025. More than 8% of this turnover is invested in research and development. In this learning company, 1.5 % of turnover is invested in basic and further training. Festo Didactic SE is a leading provider of technical education and training and offers its customers worldwide comprehensive digital and physical learning solutions in the industrial environment.
