Introduction to the Services and Products of Festo Company
Festo is a German company renowned worldwide for its equipment and services. Established in 1925 in Germany, the company's area of expertise includes the production of pneumatic systems, electric controls, and automation systems.
Festo is a global player and an independent family-owned business with companies in 61 countries.
It offers automation technology and technical education solutions for over 35 industries.
- Founded: 1925 in Stuttgart, Germany
- Group Revenue: 3.36 billion euros
- Number of Employees (Group): Approximately 20,700 employees
Customers of Festo Company
- Automation: Over 300,000 industrial customers in 176 countries
- Education: Approximately 56,000 customers across the globe
Research and Development Investment:
Approximately 7% of revenue
Portfolio:
- About 33,000 catalog products across several hundred thousand types
- Nearly 15,000 custom solutions annually
- Pneumatic, servo-pneumatic, and electric automation technologies
- LifeTech with medical technology and laboratory automation
- Solutions for specific industry skills development and industry consulting
Companies:
In 61 countries
Branches:
Over 250 branches
Distributors:
Authorized representatives in 40 other countries
Services Worldwide:
In 176 countries
Quality Certifications:
ISO 9001 (since 1990)
PED 97/23/EC, Module D1 for pressure vessels (since 2004)
ISO/IEC 80079-34 since 2013 for products in explosion-proof areas (2004-2013 to EN 13980)
ISO 13485 (since 2015)
Environmental Certifications:
ISO 14001 (since 1999)
(EMAS I 1996-2002)
Group Certification in Development, Production, and Logistics Network:
15 locations certified with ISO 9001
15 locations certified with ISO 14001
2 locations certified with OHSAS 18001
2 locations certified with ISO 13485
Certification in Sales Companies:
58 sales companies certified with ISO 9001
Certification / Sustainability Audit:
Compliance letter for Festo SE & Co. KG (en)
Festo is a global leader in automation and a global market leader in technical education and training. By bridging the gap between industry and education, they help their customers worldwide increase their productivity every day.
Festo's two business divisions include:
Automation
(Automation)
Technical Education
(Technical Education)
Automation (Automation)
With approximately 30,000 catalog products, custom components, ready-to-install solutions, and a wide range of related services, Festo has become a strong and reliable partner in factory automation as well as in process industry worldwide.
For maximum efficiency across the entire value chain
In the daily factory environment, automation technology is used for connecting, rotating, gripping, positioning, connecting, holding, testing, and inspecting individual parts, modules, or complete products.
The Festo portfolio is designed to perform all these tasks. The company also supports its customers throughout the entire value chain with appropriate services and training.
Across a wide range of industries
Festo’s integrated service portfolio is used in a wide range of industrial sectors for production and assembly.
Whether it's the automotive industry and tier 1 suppliers, electronics, or food processing and packaging, Festo understands the specific needs of each sector and is aware of regional differences, enabling them to strengthen their customers' competitive power globally.
Main Product Groups of Festo
- Electric, pneumatic and servo-pneumatic drives
Valves and valve terminals - Compressed air technology components and vacuum technology
- Grippers and handling systems
- Motors and controllers
- Sensors and image processing systems
- Control technology and software
To ensure reliability throughout operation for all project phases
Whether it’s for individual process stages or complete systems, Festo provides its customers in the process industry with centralized and decentralized automation concepts for the production, transport, handling, and disposal of fluid materials such as gases, liquids, pasty substances or bulk solids with flow properties.
We offer consulting at all project stages, from engineering to operations.
For a very wide range of needs
The industrial sectors of process automation include water and wastewater technology, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, food and beverage production, and chemical industries. Festo understands the various environmental conditions, health regulations, and standards of each sector and provides solutions for all areas of application, such as GMP areas, food, or ATEX, environments with high and low temperatures, or rough and corrosive atmospheres.
Festo's Main Product Groups
- Control and remote input/output technology
- Valve terminals and pilot valves
- Sensors and positioners
- Linear and quarter-turn actuators
- Process and media valves
- Compressed air preparation technology and pneumatic connections
Technical Education (Technical Education)
Festo Didactic is a global leader in technical education and development, whether through equipment for vocational training centers or through training and consulting for industrial companies.
Learning Systems and Education Concepts
Learning Systems
As a driving force and shaper of automation, our focus is always on people as well as technical solutions. Festo Didactic’s educational systems are used worldwide in schools, universities, institutions, and companies across industries to train future professionals.
From Basics to a Ready-to-Use Training Center
Our range covers all the equipment for effective learning and guaranteed success in learning. From simple simulation software, customized training packages, and modular training plants, to completely equipped training centers – find out what we have to offer.
Learning Systems for all Areas of Technology:
- Factory automation and Industry 4.0
- Pneumatics and hydraulics
- Process automation
- Basics of electrical engineering and electronics
- Electrical energy technology
- Communications and radar technology
- Environmental technology and renewable energies
- Heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology
- Transfer technology
- STEM
Education Concepts
Conceptualizing, designing, and equipping classrooms and laboratories are key aspects of the solutions offered by Festo Didactic. This includes the development of curricula and training programs for professions, job roles, and managed services.
Festo's experience means they understand the industrial working environment and its challenges. Festo trainers are also experienced in the field of learning...
