At the Hannover Messe, Dr Frank Melzer, Member of the Management Board for Product and Technology Management, handed over his chairmanship of the steering committee, the central steering body of the Plattform Industrie 4.0, in rotation. Festo remains represented on the platform's chairing committee and continues to be committed to the digital transformation of industry. Digital twins for Industrie 4.0, sovereign data infrastructure and ecologically ...

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

In the 2020 financial year, the Festo Group had to cope with a 7.5% decline in turnover due to the pandemic, but was able to close with an overall operating result above the previous year. The workforce was also guided through the crisis in a stable manner. After a strong first quarter, the company expects a catch-up year in 2021. With smart and intelligent products as well as digital learning platforms, Festo supports the structural change in industry ...

Indonesia wants to become one of the ten leading economies by 2030. The way to achieve this is through the digital transformation of the Indonesian industry. Festo is a strong partner in the government programme “Making Indonesia 4.0”. For more than 30 years, the company has had its own local national company and supports the competitiveness of all domestic industries, such as food, automotive, textiles, pharmaceuticals and electronics, ...