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A festive evening in Ontario
40 years of Festo in Canada
Canada
Together with customers, government representatives, Chairman of
the Management Board Dr. Eberhard Veit and Festo general managers
from all around the world, Festo Canada celebrated its 40th anni-
versary. “I am very proud of the team here at Festo Canada, because
it has laid the foundations for our success in this country,” said
Thomas Lichtenberger, General Manager of Festo Canada, during
his speech at the gala anniversary dinner. “We are a great team and
want to show that our company can grow even further in the next
10, 20 and 40 years.”
The master of ceremonies for the evening was Jay Ingram, TV star and
former Discovery Channel presenter of the program “Daily Planet”.
Customers and employees were equally impressed by the presenta-
tion of a number of bionics projects, including AirPenguin, AirJelly,
SmartBird and BionicOpter. There was also a driving simulator with
interactive moving seats which delighted attendees with a simulat-
ed drive across the Philippines. The seats were developed by the
customer solutions team at Festo Canada on behalf of SimEx-Iwerks
Entertainment.
Poland
Atmospheric celebrations
25 years of Festo Poland
In the April this year, the General Manager of Festo Poland, welcomed some 200 guests to the beautifully illuminated Royal
Castle in Warsaw. Dr. Eberhard Veit, Chairman of the Management Board of Festo AG, introduced the evening’s programme
with a presentation on the groundbreaking topic of ‘Industry 4.0’. The innovative power of Festo was impressively demonstrated
with presentations on superconductor technologies and bionics projects like the BionicANTS.
In his address at the gala celebration, the Managing Director of the Festo Holding Company, Dr. Wilfried Stoll, stressed the import­
ance of Festo Poland for the entire company. With 110 employees and some 7,000 customers, Festo Poland makes a significant
contribution to the success of Festo worldwide.
Festo Poland celebrates its 25th
anniversary in the Kubicki Arcades
of Warsaw’s Royal Castle.
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