Op de Next-Gen Life Science Automation onderzoekt Festo nieuwe oplossingen voor medische technologie en laboratoriumautomatisering. Op de Hannover Messe 2026 demonstreren Festo en Fraunhofer IPA de constructie van een cassette voor de processtap van het modificeren van cellen in CAR-T celtherapie. Automatisering vermindert de productietijden en -kosten aanzienlijk, waardoor op maat gemaakte kankertherapieën sneller, goedkoper en voor meer patiënten beschikbaar worden.

Controlled Pneumatics is the rapidly evolving compressed air technology from Festo that is opening new applications for pneumatics. The technology delivers more precision and control than ever, while having the potential to dramatically reduce energy use. This is clearly demonstrated in the VTEP: the first proportional valve terminal on the market, offering high precision, fast response times, and dynamic control.

Festo is expanding its portfolio to include multilayer manifolds made of plastic (bonded manifolds) in order to be able to offer manufacturers of medical and laboratory equipment solutions from a single source. To this end, Festo is taking over the production systems and processes for manufacturing these complex plastic manifolds from Carville, a leading company in this field.

Controlled Pneumatics is the revolutionary compressed air technology from Festo that is opening up new perspectives for pneumatics. Thanks to this technology, the pressure control of the compact proportional valve terminal VTEP is extremely sensitive, down to less than 1 mbar. This is perfect for applications such as wafer polishing or patch clamping in life science. In addition, Controlled Pneumatics uses high-precision piezo valves to reduce compressed air consumption by up to 50%.