In May 2012, the Festo national company on Long Island
celebrated its 40
th
anniversary. US general management
greeted a gathering of 250 employees as well as shareholders
and Members of the Management Board from Germany at the
Atlantis Marine World Aquarium. An AirPenguin and numerous
AquaJellies made an appearance to highlight the company’s
reputation as an innovator.
Rich J. Huss, CEO of the Festo Corporation in the USA, explained
how it is the vision, mission and most importantly the employ-
ees that differentiate Festo from its competitors. With the sup-
port of Festo Germany, the Long Island company has become
an extremely successful and innovative manufacturer.
40
years in the USA
Festo employees the key to success
USA
Greece
Greek company Inox Design has used Festo components such
as the valve terminal VTSA to develop a machine for stacking
Feta cheese. The system first stacks six moulds on top of each
other, before they reach a transfer device, which removes the
water from the cheese. The cheese is then turned, an automatic
separator grips each mould in turn and shakes it to release the
cheese for further transport.
Good taste takes shape
Flown in specially for the occasion:
AirPenguin from Festo.
Stacking, turning, shaking, transporting:
High performance for Feta cheese
thanks to valve terminal VTSA.
With three different valve sizes to match the different sizes
of the pneumatic cylinders, the valve terminal VTSA offers
very high performance. An additional benefit is the improved
reliability, thanks to the valves being quick and easy to replace.
Automatic stacking of Feta cheese