Festo Experience Center Esslingen

The Festo Experience Center in Esslingen offers you a wide range of opportunities to experience Festo's extensive expertise in the field of automation. Demonstrations of real applications and feasibility tests will give you an impressive insight into the performance of our technologies. In addition, you will have the unique opportunity to enter into a dialog with our technical and didactic experts and find solutions for your individual projects and challenges together. At the Festo Experience Center, you will have direct access to the latest technologies and qualifications that will help you to increase your efficiency and productivity in the long term. As your partner for pneumatic and electrical automation in the dynamic high-tech environment of Esslingen, we are there to help and advise you.

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Dispensing Day - on 06.05.2025

Dispensing Day

Xperience Day Special Dispensing – on 06.05.2025

Dispensing – a key process in automation – is becoming increasingly crucial for delivering competitive end products to the market. At our Xperience Day Special Dispensing in the Festo Experience Center in Esslingen, you'll gain valuable insights into innovative dispensing applications of the future.

Look forward to exciting expert talks and hands-on presentations from leading companies like bdtronic, Rampf, Viscotec, Atlas Copco and dosmatix, as well as interdisciplinary know-how from our Festo specialists.

Our event offers insights into:

  • Precise dispensing of highly filled adhesives and gap fillers
  • High-precision, low-wear dosing systems for abrasive 1K/2K adhesives and TIM materials
  • Smart solutions for digitalized adhesive applications
  • Innovative metering technologies for process reliability and maximum system uptime
  • Scalable systems for miniaturized and small batch production

Join us and shape the future of dispensing! Register now to secure your spot.

The full invitation and agenda can be found here.

Xperience Day Special Process Automation - on 15.05.2025

Xperience Day Special Process Automation - on 15.05.2025

In many industries of the process industry, extreme environmental conditions such as freezing cold, scorching heat, high humidity, saltwater, or intense UV radiation are part of everyday life. To enhance the productivity of plants, innovative automation solutions are required to ensure long-term safe and reliable process control. The components and systems from Festo are specifically designed for such demanding applications and meet the highest requirements for explosion protection and functional safety (SIL).

Our Xperience Day Special offers you new insights into the following topics:

  • Process automation in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry
  • Innovative solutions in water management
  • Exciting insights into functional safety in the process industry

Join us! Register now and secure your spot.
We look forward to welcoming you to our event.

The full PDF invitation can be found here.

Xperience Day Spezial Machine Tool - on 22.05.2025

Xperience Day Special

Xperience Day Special Machine Tool – on 22.05.2025

Experience the future of the machine tool industry – live at the Festo Experience Center!
Discover innovative solutions that take productivity and efficiency to a whole new level. In a dynamic setting, we will showcase cutting-edge technologies – from highly automated motion sequences to the digital transformation of manufacturing.

Our Xperience Day Special offers you exciting insights into the following topics:

  • Highly automated processes for workpiece and tool handling
  • Intelligent control systems for maximum efficiency
  • Artificial intelligence for process optimization
  • Connected solutions for future-proof production
  • Airefficient Motion for fast and precise movements in machine tools

Take the opportunity to exchange ideas with industry experts, gain fresh inspiration for your production, and explore the latest developments shaping the future.

Join us – register now and secure your spot!
We look forward to welcoming you to the Festo FEC.

You can find the full PDF invitation here.

Beginners' seminar FluidDraw - on 24.06.2025

Beginners' seminar FluidDraw - on 24.06.2025

Get your circuit diagram safely and error-free with just a few clicks!

Get to know the many useful functions of the FluidDraw schematic version.

What awaits you:

  • General handling of the software Use equipment labeling
  • Define product properties for symbols Creating parts lists
  • Live demo: efficient circuit diagram creation
  • And much more

Participation fee: 290 p. P. (Invoice will be issued subsequently)

Seminar places: 10 participants

Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m

No previous knowledge is required for the beginners' seminar.

Your physical well-being is taken care of.

Join us and shape the future of dispensing! Register now to secure your spot.

You will find the full PDF invitation here.
(In German language available)

Advanced seminar FluidDraw - on 25.06.2025

Advanced seminar FluidDraw - on 25.06.2025

Create your circuit diagram safely and error-free with just a few clicks!

Deepen your knowledge of the circuit diagram version FluidDraw.

What you can expect:

  • Create advanced evaluations
  • Create your own drawing frames and project templates
  • Create symbols and symbol combinations for configurable symbols
  • Create and use your own translation database and product database
  • Assign key combinations
  • And much more

Participation fee: 290.- p. p. (invoice will be issued afterwards)

Seminar places: 10 participants

Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m

Basic knowledge of the general handling of the software is required for the advanced seminar.

Your physical well-being will be taken care of.

Join us and shape the future of dispensing! Register now to secure your spot.

You will find the full PDF invitation here.
(In German language available)

Spotlight Energy Efficiency - on 26.06.2025

Efficiency Under Pressure – Your Key to the Future of Compressed Air Technology - on 26.06.2025

Rising energy costs and the growing importance of sustainability are placing energy efficiency firmly in the spotlight. Discover how to generate, measure, and use compressed air efficiently with cutting-edge technologies at the Xperience Day “Efficiency Under Pressure” at the Festo Experience Center in Esslingen – in collaboration with Almig Kompressoren and CS Instruments.

Look forward to hands-on expert talks, live demonstrations, and exclusive insights into smart solutions for energy-efficient compressed air generation and usage.

Key topics include:

  • Energy efficiency in automation: Reducing compressed air consumption and optimizing systems
  • Measuring and evaluating accurately
  • Efficient compressed air generation: Sustainable systems with heat recovery
  • Energy efficiency in compressed air production

Register now and benefit from expert insights!
You can find the full invitation and agenda here.

Spotlight Safety - on 17.07 2025

Spotlight Safety - on 17.07.2025

Machine safety can be a complex and time-consuming topic – but not with us!

Look forward to exciting content, live demonstrations, and the opportunity to engage with our experts on-site.

The full PDF invitation will follow soon.

Trends in Qualification Live - on 08.10.2025

TiQ Live

Trends in Qualification Live - on 08.10.2025

Let yourself be inspired by new impulses for the education of the future at our free event series. Experience exciting keynotes, creative marketplaces, and successful best-practice examples.

Please register on the following page. (Only DE)

Spotlight Battery - on 12.11.2025

Spotlight Battery - on 12.11.2025

We are living in exciting times:

The automotive industry is undergoing rapid transformation, and e-mobility is paving the way toward a sustainable future. Key technologies such as battery cells and battery systems play a crucial role in this process. These developments bring profound changes—from established processes and structures to value chains and supply chains, all the way to new propulsion and vehicle concepts.

Our invitation to you:

Join us in taking a look into the future!

We aim to present practical solutions that make your processes more flexible, smarter, and more energy-efficient.

Our event offers you fascinating insights into the following topics:

Controlled pneumatics and tensioning solutions, Efficient battery cell manufacturing, Recycling, Festo Automation Experience (Festo AX), Festo Didactic Learning Experience

Be part of it! Register now and secure your spot. We look forward to welcoming you to our event and shaping the future of the automotive industry with you.

The full PDF invitation will follow shortly.

Events at the Festo Experience Center: New solutions and real results

Our exciting and regular events such as innovative workshops, informative forums, spotlight events and much more will help you to further improve your automation know-how.

Find out again here which content of our regular events suits your daily challenges: