Festo – facts, figures, data

Business sectors
  • Automation: automation technology
  • Didactic: Learning systems, training and consulting
Year of foundation
  • 1925
Turnover (Group)
  • 1.8 billion euros
Number of employees (Group)
  • Around 14,600 employees globally
R+D investment
  • 8.5% of turnover
Portfolio
  • Around 30,000 catalogue products in several hundred thousand variants
  • Pneumatic, servopneumatic and electric automation technology
  • Industry-specific skills development solutions and industry consulting
Companies
  • 59 independent national companies
Branch offices
  • Over 250 branch offices
Agencies
  • Authorised agencies in a further 39 countries
Worldwide after-sales service
  • In 176 countries
Quality certificates
Environmental certificates
  • ISO 14001 (since 1999)
    (EMAS I 1996 – 2002)
Group certification in development, production and logistics network
  • ISO 9001 (since 2005)
  • ISO 14001 (since 2005)
  • 1 location certified to VDA 6.4
  • 1 location certified to ISO TS 16949
  • 1 location certified to OHSAS 18001
Quality and environmental certification for other Festo companies
  • 47 companies worldwide ISO 9001 certified
  • 3 companies ISO 14001 certified
Festo customers
  • More than 300,000 in 176 countries



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