FESTO SE & Co. KG

With the acquisition of Gummiwarenfabrik R. Neddermann, Festo aims to expand its manufacturing expertise in pneumatics. Development processes are to be more closely interlinked and innovations transferred to series production more quickly.

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Efficiency, process stability and energy savings are important parameters for modern production, especially in applications for sensitive goods. This requires an intelligent control concept that regulates pressure and flow precisely, energy-efficiently and flexibly.

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100 years of innovation at Festo were an occasion for Cem Özdemir, Germany's Managing Minister for Education and Research, to visit the company's stand on his tour of the Hannover Messe.

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Machines not only produce goods but also generate large amounts of data. This data can be transformed into actionable insights through AI, revealing specific optimization opportunities for companies. Sebastian Werler, Head of Product Management & Software Development Digital Business at Festo, explains how the »AX Industrial Intelligence« portfolio can help.

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Festo is strengthening its dealer network with a new partner at its side. The company Dr. Baus will expand Festo's network of certified trading partners and supply the mechanical and plant engineering sector.

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At the Hannover Messe, Festo presented a broad portfolio that supports the industrial transformation of the energy sector with the right technological innovations.

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At the Hannover Messe, Festo presented a portfolio of solutions for the clean and economical dismantling and recycling of used batteries.

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Festo will use PLCnext Technology, the open ecosystem for modern automation from Phoenix Contact, in future intelligent devices.

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After years of strong growth, 2023 was a year of consolidation for Festo. Turnover was just below the previous year's level (-4.3% to around 3.65 billion euros). The company continued to invest heavily in research and development and the expansion of regional market supply.

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The innovation partnership between Festo and Würth has already lasted two years, and the first phase of the partnership is now coming to an end - with success: the prototype of the AI robot solution is working.

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The innovation partnership between Festo and Würth has already lasted two years, and the first phase of the partnership is now coming to an end - with success: the prototype of the AI robot solution is working.

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The success and reputation of electric vehicle manufacturers depend on the safe and flawless functioning of batteries. Hahn Automation has therefore developed a battery tester that performs a fully automated 100% test of mobile energy storage systems. At the central point: a 3-axis gantry for optical and leak testing, consisting of electric drives from Festo.

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Thanks to their sustainability, cardboard packaging is increasingly replacing plastic packaging. An important production step in the manufacture of folding boxes is the high-precision gluing of the cardboard blanks.

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Festo has chosen the winners of the 1st Global Festo Sustainability Award. The sustainability competition took place for the first time and was initiated by the young representatives of the owner family Stoll together with Festo Didactic.

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Festo presented an unusual approach to cobots at the Hannover Messe. The compressed air-powered robot will be launched on the market in 2023.

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The Festo Group has achieved the highest turnover in its history for the 2021 financial year. Following double-digit sales growth of around 18% to 3.36 billion euros (previous year: 2.84 billion euros), the company started the first quarter with a double-digit order intake.

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The Festo Management Board has decided on extensive investments and released budgets in order to realize the neutralization of Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.

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Festo has opened its new Digital Sales Hub in Barcelona. The idea behind this is that purchasing decisions are now primarily based on the quality of the online presence.

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Over 60 competition disciplines, participants from 60 nations, up to 300,000 spectators - these are the WorldSkills, the world championships for skilled trades.

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A leading car manufacturer relies on the precision and efficiency of Festo's servo-pneumatic welding guns.

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Festo is conducting research in the FLAIROP project together with KIT and partners from Canada to make picking robots more intelligent using distributed AI methods. To this end, they are investigating how training data from several stations, several plants or even companies can be used without participants having to disclose sensitive company data.

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Festo says it is economically stable and has coped well with the pandemic so far.

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Enthusiasm for careers in technical professions as well as for the right learning tools and teaching methods in the age of digitalization - this is what participants at the digital Hannover Messe will experience in live sessions and virtual stand tours at Festo Didactic.

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High flexibility, dynamics and precision are required, especially when it comes to complex components. With a new series, a machine tool manufacturer guarantees reliable complete milling-turning machining.

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Festo's AI solution "Intelligent pneumatic runtime monitoring" was honored at the "AI Champions Baden-Württemberg" award ceremony.

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Festo's AI solution "Intelligent pneumatic runtime monitoring" was honored at the "AI Champions Baden-Württemberg" award ceremony of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Housing.

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The manufacturers have already been cooperating in the Netherlands and Belgium for some time. Now they have extended their cooperation to Germany. Machine manufacturers and operators should benefit from a comprehensive range of products and services.

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Contactless dispensing as a dosing valve or as a control valve for continuous flow applications - both are possible with the media-separated solenoid valve VYKA from Festo. It dispenses small quantities precisely at a width of seven millimetres.

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In everyday life, we naturally use our hands for various tasks. It makes sense to equip robots in collaborative workspaces with a gripper that is based on this natural model and can learn through artificial intelligence.

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Electric drive series. Solving simple motion tasks electrically and intelligent communication from the controller to the cloud via IO-Link is now possible with the Simplified Motion Series from Festo.

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RS Components has expanded its product range from factory automation manufacturer Festo. The newly available products include those from the company's pneumatics and electrics divisions, such as cylinders, actuators and valves.

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The compact CMMT-ST servo drive controller from Festo is the little brother of the CMMT-AS. The small CMMT-ST is suitable for continuous power requirements up to 300 watts and saves a lot of installation space with its compact design.

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At SPS, Festo will be demonstrating how the boundaries between pneumatic and electric automation are becoming increasingly blurred. The portfolio will be presented with pneumatic, electric or hybrid solutions.

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At the Digital Summit on October 28 and 29, the Federal Ministry of Economics presented the GAIA-X project to build a networked, open data infrastructure as the "cradle of an open, digital AI ecosystem". Festo is supporting the development of such a data infrastructure for Europe.

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With a servo-pneumatic balancer, employees in assembly and logistics can lift and move heavy masses with just two fingers. At the heart of the balancer is the powerful and safe YHBP drive solution from Festo - with automatic weight detection and safety up to performance level d suitable for the automotive and packaging industries.

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Quickly connecting software apps is revolutionizing pneumatics in terms of flexibility, energy efficiency and speeding up production processes.

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At EMO, DMG Mori presented its automation partner Festo with the DMG Mori Innovation Partner Award 2019. With this award, which is presented every two years, the machine tool manufacturer recognizes its most innovative partners and suppliers for outstanding achievements in joint development projects.

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Bionic gripper. Festo has developed the pneumatic robotic hand Bionic Soft Hand. Combined with the Bionic Soft Arm, a pneumatic lightweight robot, the Future Concepts are suitable for human-robot collaboration.

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Festo wants to further increase productivity through self-learning machines. The company relies on artificial intelligence at three network levels: on edge, on premises and in the cloud.

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The workspaces of humans and robots are increasingly merging into a collaborative workspace. This calls for robots that can be adapted to different scenarios.

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Bionic gripper. The operating principle of the DHEF adaptive shape gripper from Festo is based on the function of a chameleon's tongue. The gripper can grasp, collect and release objects with different shapes without the need for manual conversion.

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This is because the new standard is currently still the subject of much discussion about the latest smartphones and private applications, but it is precisely in industrial applications that 5G can fully exploit its many advantages.

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In 2017, Festo Polymer's mold making department received the "Mold Making of the Year" award in the category of internal mold making with fewer than 50 employees. This is also thanks to the optimization strategy in injection moulding simulation and the corresponding employee training.

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On February 1, 2019, Jörg Kipper took over the sole management of Festo Vertrieb, responsible for the sale of Festo automation products in Germany.

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Festo board member Dr. Frank Melzer takes over as head of the steering committee of the Industry 4.0 platform for the digitalization of the economy in Germany. He replaces SAP board member Bernd Leukert.

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On the "Festo Service" YouTube channel, the company explains in practical video tutorials how users can commission Festo products or carry out simple maintenance work themselves.

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Festo opened cylinder production in Rohrbach in 1968. Around 2,800 employees now work here, and around 40 million euros are to be invested in the site in the coming years.

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Festo celebrates its 50th anniversary in St. Ingbert Rohrbach with a ceremony on September 26 with around 200 invited guests and on September 29 with the employees at the site.

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By signing a contract with the IT company Resolto Informatik on April 17, 2018, Festo is taking a further step towards the Smart Factory.

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Human-robot collaboration. The Bionic-Cobot is inspired by the natural movements of the human arm. Festo uses it to demonstrate what a safe and direct human-robot collaboration could look like.

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