Festo Didactic, a leader in technical education solutions, is heading to Automate 2025 with the latest innovative education and training programs for the automation industry. Automate 2025 is a premier showcase for automation technologies and solutions, and Festo Didactic will be there to highlight the critical role of workforce development and acquiring new skills to advance the industry.   

Festo is showcasing at Automate 2025 its most innovative automation solutions, including multi-axis positioning systems. Festo positioning systems can be specified in minutes and, after delivery, installed and functioning in hours instead of weeks. (Festo Automate Booth #1619, May 12-15, Huntington Place, Detroit, Michigan)

The year was 1975. Newly created Festo Canada joined an industrial eco-system feeling the stirrings of accelerating technological change, a transformation that would become known as Industry 3.0. PLCs, articulated robots, computer numerical control systems were beginning to proliferate. The first US patent for Ethernet was filed that year. That was also the year Festo launched the world’s first standard pneumatic cylinder series.

NGen, Canada’s advanced manufacturing global innovation network, Festo Didactic, a leading provider of technical education equipment and solutions, and Humber Polytechnic, a leading Canadian post-secondary institution known for its career-focused, hands-on approach to education, are partnering to demonstrate the strength of Canadian mechatronics skills at Hannover Messe. This collaboration will feature a skills competition showcasing top students ...