Festo presented a unique concept for the simple storage and safe transportation of hydrogen using bacteria with its “BionicHydrogenBattery” exhibit in 2024. The company also demonstrated how industrial bioprocesses can be operated efficiently in the long-term using a wide range of components and solutions from the Festo product portfolio. Festo is also committed to biologization as a field of learning: with modular learning systems, an additional Chamber of Commerce qualification and the development of a “Biomechatronics” degree course.

Op de Hannover Messe 2023 presenteert Festo de volgende stap op weg naar de industrialisatie van biologische transformatie: BionicCellFactory. Met automatiseringstechnologie van Festo kan biomassa op grote schaal worden gekweekt op een zeer efficiënte, grondstofbesparende manier. Alles wat we momenteel produceren uit ruwe olie, dat enorme CO2-uitstoot veroorzaakt, kan ook duurzaam uit algen worden verkregen. Met de BionicCellFactory demonstreert Festo een holistisch bioproces - van de geoptimaliseerde kweek van de algen met continue monitoring...

Algae are small climate savers. Even in their natural state they are extremely efficient photosynthesizers and absorb ten times more carbon dioxide (CO₂) than land plants. In bioreactors equipped with appropriate sensors, control technology and automation, the efficiency of algae can be increased to a hundred times that of land plants. This shows that they have a significant potential for a climate-neutral circular economy. With the PhotoBionicCell research project Festo demonstrates a potential approach for the industrial biologisation of...

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.