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Festo
Welcome at Festo - one of the world’s leading supplier of automation technology and technical education
About Festo
Festo is a global player and an independent family-owned company with headquarters in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. Festo has set standards in industrial automation technology and technical education ever since its establishment, thereby making a contribution to sustainable development of the environment, the economy and society. The company supplies pneumatic and electrical automation technology to 300,000 customers of factory and process automation in over 35 industries. The LifeTech sector with medical technology and laboratory automation is becoming increasingly important. The products and services are available in 176 countries. With about 20,700 employees in over 250 branch offices in 61 countries worldwide, Festo achieved a turnover of around €3.36 billion in 2021. Each year around 7% of this turnover is invested in research and development. In this learning company, 1.5 % of turnover is invested in basic and further training. Festo Didactic SE is a leading provider of technical education and training and offers its customers worldwide comprehensive digital and physical learning solutions in the industrial environment. Imprint: https://corp.festo.com/en/imprint/index.html Data privacy: https://www.festo.com/dataprivacy
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Signals from Festo
9 published signals
Presence & Recognition
Festo opened the Festo Experience Center in Chemnitz for the first Semicon Association Conference in October.
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Presence & Recognition
Festo is exhibiting at the Ilmac Lausanne 2026 conference on September 23-24, 2026, in Beaulieu Lausanne, featuring motion control, fluid control, and customer-specific solutions.
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Presence & Recognition
Festo participated in the WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 village competition, featuring mechatronics, industrial 4.0, and logistics technology competitions.
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Operations & Supply
Festo Thailand, the broader SEAP region, and Festo Poland experienced a week of high adrenaline and innovation at the Festo Experience Center (FEC), where the Global Product Sales Steering team interacted with key products including VTUX.
Reported by Adam Kwiatkowski
Partnerships
Festo appointed Rubix Switzerland AG as its official partner for the Swiss market starting from September 1, 2026.
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Presence & Recognition
Festo is exhibiting at the Hydrogen Technology World Expo in Hamburg from 20 to 22 October 2026.
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Presence & Recognition
Festo participated in the WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 WorldSkills competition in Hungary, representing Water Technology in the Water Technology (vízipari technológiák) competition.
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Presence & Recognition
Festo is exhibiting at the Swiss Automation event in Rapperswil on September 10, 2026.
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Products & Services
Festo highlights four trends and business opportunities in End-of-Arm Tooling (EOAT), including flexibility, precision, automation efficiency, and intelligent robots.
Reported by Per Gork-Jensen