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December 2025

Mechatronics Canada - Protect Your Production with Festo’s Interchangeable Pneumatic Cylinders

Drives & Control Solutions - Protect Your Production with Festo’s Interchangeable Pneumatic Cylinders

Panel Builder & Systems Integrator - Protect Your Production with Festo’s Interchangeable Pneumatic Cylinders

MRO Magazine - Festo AX Motion Insights Pneumatic

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Didactic Showcases Next-Generation Industry 4.0 and AI Training Systems at ACTE CareerTech VISION 2025

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Didactic Showcases Next-Generation Industry 4.0 and AI Training Systems at ACTE CareerTech VISION 2025

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo’s New Hygienic Adaptive Gripper Revolutionizes Workflows in Food, Pharma, Cosmetic Industries

Canadian Packaging - Festo Unveils HPSX Hygienic Adaptive Gripper, Reshaping Food, Pharma, Co

Panel Builder & Systems Integrator - New Festo HPSX All-In-One Pneumatic Gripper Handles a Wide Variety of Different Shapes & Sizes Without Requiring a Tool Change

Design Engineering - Festo unveils HPSX universal adaptive gripper

Manufacturing Automation - Festo unveils HPSX universal adaptive gripper

Design Engineering - Laser Focussed on Innovation

Mechatronics Canada - Festo CMMT-AS-S3 Servo Drives with Built-In Safety Functions Simplify Machine Commissioning and Safety Certification

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo CMMT-AS-S3 Servo Drives with Built-In Safety Functions Simplify Machine Commissioning and Safety Certification

Design Engineering - Festo releases CMMT-AS-S3 servo drive series

Manufacturing Automation - Festo releases CMMT-AS-S3 servo drive series

Canadian Packaging - Safety Built In: Festo’s New CMMT-AS-S3 Servo Drives Speed Commissioning, Simplify Certification

Process Equipment & Control News - Festo Introduces Servo Drives with Integrated Safety Functions

Manufacturing Auomation - Festo releases CMMT-AS-S3 servo drive series

Manufacturing Automation - Festo unveils HPSX universal adaptive gripper

April 2025

Machine Design - Four Tips for Effective Component Selection

Control.com - Motion Control Tutorial: Setting up a Linear Axis

Control.com - Connecting Motion to a PLC: A Complete Project

Control.com - A New Way to Pneumatic: Industrial Piezo Electric Valves

Automation.com - Festo Unveils 'the Incredible Machine' at Hannover Fair 2025

Design Engineering - Festo’s “Incredible Machine” showcases 100 years of innovation

Machine Design - 100 Years of Innovation: Festo’s Incredible Machine Impels Seamless Connectivity

Control Engineering - A century in automation: new leadership and a technology showcase

Design News - Earth-Bound Space Program Secures Supplier News

Design World - Festo unveils Incredible Machine for 100th anniversary

Drives and Control Solutions - Festo’s “Incredible Machine” at Hannover Messe Highlights Festo’s Innovative Strength

Mechatronics Canada - Festo’s Incredible Machine

Mechatronics Canada - Festo’s “Incredible Machine” at Hannover Messe Highlights Festo’s Innovative Strength

Automation.com - The Festo Group Reports a Positive Result in Financial Year 2024

Canadian Packaging - Festo kicks off 100th year with strong optimism

Drives and Control Solutions - Festo: Optimistic Start for 100th Anniversary Year

Mechatronics Canada - Festo: Optimistic Start for 100th Anniversary Year

Assembly - Linear Axis Extends Range of Cobots

Automation.com - Festo Expands Line of Rotary Grippers for Laboratory Automation

Drives and Control Solutions - Festo Canada Celebrating 50 Years of Helping Make Canada an Automation Nation

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Canada Celebrating 50 Years of Helping Make Canada an Automation Nation

Pneumatic Tips - Keeping it clean in food & beverage with pneumatics technologies

March 2025

Design Engineering - Festo celebrates 100 years in motion

Fluid Power World - Festo celebrates 100 years in business, announces new leadership

Pneumatic Tips - Festo names Dr. Wilm Uhlenbecker CEO of its North America Business Region

Automation.com - Festo Celebrates Its Centenary, Names a New North American CEO

Canadian Packaging - Festo marks 100 years of innovation in automation, motion control worldwide

Design World - Festo’s 100th anniversary and an “Incredible Machine” on tap for 2025 Hannover Messe

Control Design - Festo names Dr. Wilm Uhlenbecker CEO of North America

Control Design - Festo celebrates 100 years in motion

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Names Dr. Wilm Uhlenbecker CEO of its North America Business Region

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Celebrates its Centenary – 100 Years in Motion!

Control.com - Festo Now Offers a Developer’s Kit for CMMT-ST Multiprotocol Servo Drives

Design Engineering - Festo packages multiprotocol servo drive and motor into developer’s kit

Motion Control Tips - Festo introduces a multiprotocol servo drive and motor developer’s kit

Automation.com - Festo Packages a Multiprotocol Servo Drive and Motor into an Innovative Developer’s Kit

Design World - Festo introduces a multiprotocol servo drive and motor developer’s kit

Machine Design - Gear Up: March Briefs, Reviews, Standards, Product Updates & More

Drives and Control Solutions - Festo Packages a Multiprotocol Servo Drive and Motor Into an innovative Developer’s Kit

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Packages a Multiprotocol Servo Drive and Motor Into an innovative Developer’s Kit

Design World - Design World Trends Handbook | March 2025

Automation.com - Festo Takes Pneumatics to a New Level of Performance Through Digital Closed-Loop Control

Compressed Air Best Practices - Festo Takes Pneumatics to a New Level of Performance Through Digital Closed-Loop Control

Today’s Medical Developments - Festo Incredible Machine celebrates its premiere at the Hannover Messe

Automation World - March 2025 Product Roundup: Motion Control

Automation World - Stepper Motors

Design Engineering - Gescan to offer full Festo product line across Western Canada

Canadian Packaging - Gescan named authorized Festo distributor for Western Canada, expanding automation, motion-control supply

Mechatronics Canada - Gescan, New Authorized Festo Distributor for Western Canada

Power & Motion - NFPA Presenting Fluid Power Conference Sessions at Automate 2025

Robotics Tomorrow - NGen, Humber Polytechnic, and Festo Didactic Showcase Canadian Skills at Hannover Messe 2025

Mechatronics Canada - NGen, Humber Polytechnic, and Festo Didactic Showcase Canadian Skills at Hannover Messe 2025

MRO - Festo CMMT-ST servo drive starter kit

Design Engineering - Festo packages multiprotocol servo drive and motor into developer’s kit

Canadian Electrical Wholesaler - Gescan, New Authorized Festo Distributor for Western Canada

Panel Builder Systems Integrator - NGen, Humber Polytechnic & Festo Didactic Showcase Canadian Skills at Hannover Messe 2025

Design Engineering - Gescan to offer full Festo product line across Western Canada

Panel Builder Systems Integrator - Gescan – New Authorized Festo Distributor for Western Canada

Process Equipment & Control News - Festo’s “Incredible Machine” at Hannover Messe highlights company’s innovative strength

February 2025

Drives & Control Solutions - The Festo Incredible Machine Celebrates Its Premiere at the Hannover Messe

Mechatronics Canada - The Festo Incredible Machine Celebrates Its Premiere at the Hannover Messe

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Celebrates its Centenary – 100 Years in Motion!

Semiconductor Packaging News - Festo Introduces the VEFC Mass Flow Controller for Precise Control of Inert Gases

Cision PRWeb - Festo Introduces the VEFC Mass Flow Controller for Precise Control of Inert Gases

Control.com - Festo Releases VEFC Mass Flow Controller for Inert Gases

Automation.com - Festo Introduces VEFC Mass Flow Controller for Precise Control of Inert Gases

Design Engineering - How Ontario’s Pro-Line simplified machine design, assembly

Automation.com - Festo Enhances VEMD Mass Flow Controller

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Enhanced Its Popular VEMD Mass Flow Controller

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Enhanced Its Popular VEMD Mass Flow Controller

Design World - Several markets are spurring new innovation in motion systems

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Servo Drives Starter Kit CMMT-ST-MP-SK

Power & Motion - The Technologies Enabling Digitalization of Fluid Power Systems

Power & Motion - Digitalization Improves Performance of Hydraulics and Pneumatics

Automation.com - Current Economic and Geopolitical Realities Demand Decisive Action

Fluid Power Journal - Fluid power paves the way for industry at Hannover Messe 2025

Today’s Medical Developments - Current economic and geopolitical realities demand decisive action

Design Engineering - How Ontario’s Pro-Line simplified machine design, assembly

Panel builder systems integrator - Festo Introduces the VEFC Mass Flow Controller for Precise Control of Inert Gases

September 2024

Mechatronics Canada - Festo’s Seamless Connectivity: Electromechanics for All Linear Movements

Drives and Controls - New Festo Canada Program Helps End Users Find System Integrators for Automation Projects

CPECN.com - Festo Canada offering new Certified System Integrator Program

Mechatronics Canada - New Festo Canada Program Helps End Users Find System Integrators for Automation Projects

Manufacturing Automation - Festo Canada launches Certified System Integrator Program to connect manufacturers with expert integrators

Design Engineering - Festo Canada helps find system integrators for automation projects

Panel Builder & Systems Integrator - New Festo Canada Program Helps End Users Find System Integrators for Automation Projects

X-Automationmag - New Post: Festo Canada launches Certified System Integrator Program to connect manufacturers with expert integrators

Canadian Packaging - Festo Launches Certified System Integrator Program, Connecting Manufacturers with Automation Experts

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo’s Seamless Connectivity: Electromechanics for All Linear Movements

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Introduces One-Stop Shop for Servo Drive Tech, with CMMT-ST Multi-Protocol DC Drive, New Stepper Motor

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Introduces One-Stop Shop for Servo Drive Tech, with CMMT-ST Multi-Protocol DC Drive, New Stepper Motor

CPECN.com - Festo introduces one-stop shop for servo drive tech, with CMMT-ST Multi-Protocol DC drive, new stepper motor

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Launches Rooftop Solar Project at Its North American Hub in Mason, Ohio

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Launches Rooftop Solar Project at Its North American Hub in Mason, Ohio

Canadian Packaging - Festo powers sustainability with new rooftop solar project at North American hub in Ohio

Canadian Packaging - Festo Launches Online One-Stop Shop for Servo-Drive Solutions, Streamlining Original-Equipment Manufacturing

My Digital Publication - An Eggcellent Adventure

February 2024

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Develops a New Flexible Pipetting Solution

Design Engineering (pg 26)- New Products