Festo is a global player and an independent family-owned company with companies in about 60 countries. We supply automation technology and technical training solutions for over 35 industries.
Founded
1925 in Esslingen, Germany
Turnover (Group)
3.45 billion euros
Number of employees (Group)
Around 20,600 employees globally
R+D investment
More than 8% of turnover
Portfolio
Around 36,000 catalog products in several hundred thousand variants
Approximately 10,000 customer solutions per year
Pneumatic, servopneumatic and electric automation technology
LifeTech with medical technology and laboratory automation
Industry-specific skills development solutions and industry consulting
Companies
In more than 60 countries
Branch offices
Over 250 branch offices
Distributors
Authorized agencies in 40 additional countries
Worldwide service
In 176 countries
Quality certificates
ISO 9001 (since 1990)
PED 97/23/EC, Module D1 for air reservoirs (since 2004)
ISO/IEC 80079-34 since 2013 for products in areas requiring explosion protection (2004-2013 to EN 13980)
ISO 13485 (since 2015)
Sustainability certificate/audit
Letter of Conformity for Festo SE & Co. KG (en)
Environmental certificates
ISO 14001 (since 1999) (EMAS I 1996 – 2002)
Group certification in development, production and logistics network