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Festo established its own company training centre in Jinan in the autumn
of 2012. It belongs to the Festo Global Production Centre and provides
1,300 square metres of laboratory and workshop floor space where currently
30 trainees are being tutored in the field of industrial mechanics. In addition
to its function as a training facility, the training centre also serves as a
platform for the qualification of all employees at the Jinan location, whether
on an ad-hoc basis or as part of long-term qualification programmes for
selected target groups.
Training in Jinan
Festo Didactic opens a new training centre
China
For the first time in
40 years
the trade skills
world championship
will be held in Germany
again.
Practice-oriented
training:
Trainees
hard at work at
the training centre
in Jinan.
Germany/International
At WorldSkills 2013, due to take place from 2 to 7 July 2013, international
trainees under 23 years of age will be putting their professional skills to
the test in 45 disciplines. With 1,046 competitors taking part, the event is
the world’s biggest ever competition for trainees. Along with the 1,000
or so participants, more than 3,000 specialists from over 60 countries and
regions as well as around 200,000 visitors are expected to attend.
Festo Didactic is a main sponsor of WorldSkills and is supporting and pro-
viding equipment for the competitions in the “Mechatronics” and “Mobile
Robotics” disciplines as a skills presenter and in the “Polymechanics”
discipline as a sponsor.
International shows of strength
WorldSkills 2013 in Leipzig
About this
magazine
trends in automation 1.2013
May 2013
Publisher
Festo AG & Co. KG
Ruiter Strasse 82
D-73734 Esslingen, Germany
Tel. ++49 (0) 711 347 11 11
Fax ++49 (0) 711 347 20 71
Project management
Silke Gartenmeier, Customer Magazine
Tel. ++49 (0) 711 347 3902
Responsible for content
Dirk Ebertz,
Head of Marketing Instruments
Ralf Sohn, Head of Direct Marketing
Please note
All terms such as customer, user,
specialist or technical consultant
refer to both men and women.
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All rights reserved.
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protected by copyright law or other
intellectual property rights. Any
reproduction, modification or use in
other print or electronic publications
is prohibited without the express
consent of Festo AG & Co. KG.
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