About Festo

Prime movers in the field of automation and technical education

Each and every day at Festo, we pursue the goal of making tomorrow’s working world more productive, simpler and more sustainable. That’s why we develop solutions for automation and technical education that prepare people, companies and organizations for the digital future in production, and for new technologies.

As an internationally active, family-owned company, we know how important it is to maintain one’s roots. And that’s why we don’t just engage representatives around the globe, we have our own on-site companies with their own local identities. This has resulted in a global network consisting of around 20,600 experts who contribute their expertise every day. They make us a prime mover within our industry sector and help to keep the world moving.

Science-based climate targets

As part of Festo's global sustainability strategy, consistently avoiding or reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions) is a top priority. We have set ourselves ambitious, science-based climate targets to limit global warming to 1.5 °C compared to pre-industrial levels. These targets were officially validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in February 2025. The SBTi is an independent initiative that examines reduction targets based on climate science findings.

As an overarching "net zero" target, we are committed to absorbing as much greenhouse gas along the value chain (Scopes 1-3) by 2050 as we release.