Festo electric, pneumatic, and process automation solutions are now available from Clayton Controls, Santa Ana, California, Festo’s newest distribution partner in the U.S. Clayton Controls serves customers in the California, Nevada, and Arizona markets.

Safe, thorough, and fast inspection of charged electric vehicle (EV) battery cells is essential for lowering production cost and ensuring the quality of EV batteries. Harris Hill Automation, Poland, Maine, USA, a young, nimble, and customer-focused machine builder, recently designed and built a handling system to feed battery cells into and out of their OEM customer’s proprietary quality inspection system. The Harris Hill Automation solution ...

Festo created a new solution for high throughput dry-room electrode assembly of EV batteries.

Festo, a global leader in industrial automation controls and systems and industrial training systems, announced today the launch of a clean energy project at its North American Regional Service Center along I-71. Roof-mounted solar panels will supply 48% of the facility’s electricity requirements – 2.6 million kilowatt hours (kWh) – after completion of the project, which is slated for next year. One of Ohio’s leading solar power ...