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High energy costs, rising cost pressure and a growing awareness of climate change have turned energy efficiency into a core business objective. For many companies, having verifiable environmentally friendly and carbon neutral credentials also gives a competitive advantage. Industrial automation specialist Festo combines its Festo Energy Saving Services (FESS) with energy-saving products to help manufacturing facilities fully realise the efficiency of their compressed air system.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Ireland
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Festo makes customers ready for energy-efficient ...

High energy costs, rising cost pressure and a growing awareness of climate change have turned energy ...
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Travel bans, limits on contact with others, quarantine rules – in times of a pandemic, service technicians and fitters are often unable to travel around the world to customers to commission their machines and plants on site. That is why customers can now conveniently book remote commissioning for axis systems at Festo. This makes commissioning online very quick and easy.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

An interesting offer, not just in pandemic times

Travel bans, limits on contact with others, quarantine rules – in times of a pandemic, service ...
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In the 2020 financial year, the Festo Group had to cope with a 7.5% decline in turnover due to the pandemic, but was able to close with an overall operating result above the previous year. The workforce was also guided through the crisis in a stable manner. After a strong first quarter, the company expects a catch-up year in 2021. With smart and intelligent products as well as digital learning platforms, Festo supports the structural change in industry and society – from electromobility to vaccine production and laboratory diagnostics to...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Stable position for the future

In the 2020 financial year, the Festo Group had to cope with a 7.5% decline in turnover due to the ...
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Indonesia wants to become one of the ten leading economies by 2030. The way to achieve this is through the digital transformation of the Indonesian industry. Festo is a strong partner in the government programme “Making Indonesia 4.0”. For more than 30 years, the company has had its own local national company and supports the competitiveness of all domestic industries, such as food, automotive, textiles, pharmaceuticals and electronics, with customised automation and qualification solutions.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

„We make Indonesia 4.0“

Indonesia wants to become one of the ten leading economies by 2030. The way to achieve this is ...
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In its role as a technology and innovation leader in industrial automation and technical training, Festo aims to establish artificial intelligence (AI) as a key technology and core competence and to use it consistently for its customers' automation solutions. To this end, Festo offers intelligent solutions and services, with a focus on Predictive Maintenance, Predictive Quality and Predictive Energy.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Hardware expertise paired with software and AI ...

In its role as a technology and innovation leader in industrial automation and technical training ...
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The increasing awareness of climate protection, but also high energy prices and rising cost pressure make energy efficiency a core corporate task. In addition, environmentally friendly and CO2-neutral production is increasingly becoming a competitive factor. Festo is meeting the growing demands of customers among others with Festo Energy Saving Services and energy-saving products.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Festo makes customers ready for energy-efficient ...

The increasing awareness of climate protection, but also high energy prices and rising cost pressure ...
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With the SupraCube, Festo is presenting for the first time a SupraMotion concept in which the superconductor unit can be separated from the electrical cooler and can operate autonomously for up to two hours. The compact technology allows contactless movement and handling of objects - ideal for industries with the highest requirements for cleaning and cleanliness, such as laboratory automation, biotechnology or semiconductor production.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

SupraCube: Maximum flexibility in automation ...

With the SupraCube, Festo is presenting for the first time a SupraMotion concept in which the ...
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Would you know what to do if your pneumatic system was experiencing intermittent pressure fluctuations? Are you confident that the component you have just replaced was actually the cause of the fault? How can you extend mean time between failure to optimise productivity?
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Improve your pneumatics troubleshooting skills and ...

Would you know what to do if your pneumatic system was experiencing intermittent pressure ...
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Dosing, aspirating or continuous flow – with the media-separated valves VYKA, VYKB and VZDB from Festo all three operating modes are possible. The compact yet powerful valves dose and aspirate even small quantities with a high level of precision. Thanks to their impressive pressure and nominal width specifications, they are also suitable for controlling the flow in a manifold duct plate, for example.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Compact, versatile, powerful

Dosing, aspirating or continuous flow – with the media-separated valves VYKA, VYKB and VZDB from ...
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Festo Didactic presents a new experimental set within the existing bionics educational concept “Bionics4Education”. The Bionic Swift can be used to impart relevant knowledge on the topics of bird flight, bionics and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) both in the school education environment and in the private sector.
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Festo Didactic
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Global

Bionic Swift: a bionically inspired robotic bird

Festo Didactic presents a new experimental set within the existing bionics educational concept ...
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Enthusiasm for careers in technical professions and for the right learning tools and teaching methods in the age of digitalisation - this is what participants at this year's digital Hannover Messe will experience in live sessions and virtual stand tours at Festo Didactic. The specialist for technical education and training is pulling out all the stops in its portfolio - from Bionics4Education to miniature learning factories, learning systems and simulation programs to the Festo LX digital learning portal, the Festo Learning Experience.
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Festo Didactic
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Global

The right approaches against the shortage of ...

Enthusiasm for careers in technical professions and for the right learning tools and teaching ...
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Dosing, mixing, filling – the number of control applications in the process industries is steadily growing and demands high-performance positioners for process valves. Nowadays, extensive diagnostic options such as a pressure-assisted partial stroke test are vital for reliable operation. The new positioner CMSH from Festo for single-acting and double-acting actuators is therefore the perfect highly dynamic, low-wear positioning system for linear and rotary movements. Its 2-wire technology supports HART communication and condition monitoring...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Positioning and SIL: what goes together, grows ...

Dosing, mixing, filling – the number of control applications in the process industries is steadily ...
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The new MS2 air preparation units from industrial automation specialist Festo allows machine builders and design engineers to put precision and accuracy close to the process without compromising on flow rates. The MS2 is designed to deliver the optimum combination of compact design, low weight and high flow rates that are ideally suited to end of arm tooling applications in electronics and small parts assembly.
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Festo introduces the MS2:

The new MS2 air preparation units from industrial automation specialist Festo allows machine ...
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The educational module "Machine Learning Vision" addresses the trends in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Optical quality inspection as an application scenario is close to practice in the industrial environment. Through additional learning materials, the contents are structured in a didactic concept in which theoretical knowledge transfer alternates with practical experiments.
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Festo Didactic SE
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Global

Practice-oriented introduction to artificial ...

The educational module "Machine Learning Vision" addresses the trends in the field of artificial ...
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Diabetes is on the rise worldwide with around 10 million people being diagnosed with the disease every year. This pushes up the demand for insulin pens for self-injection. Syntegon's Danish subsidiary has developed an automated system for assembling these pens using the Festo automation platform.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

The fast way to a safe insulin pen

Diabetes is on the rise worldwide with around 10 million people being diagnosed with the disease ...
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