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Festo press photo, 2019 DMG MORI Innovation Partner Award Festo was presented with the DMG MORI Innovation Partner Award 2019 at the EMO. From left to right: Christian Thönes, Chairman of the Management Board at DMG MORI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Timo Rickermann, Chief Purchasing Officer at DMG MORI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Dietfried Lustig, Global Key Account Manager at Festo, Dr. Oliver Jung, Chairman of the Management Board at Festo AG, moderators Angela Julie Wadenpohl and Yasmine Blair, as well as Dr.-Ing. Masahiko Mori, President of DMG MORI COMPANY LIMITED. (Photo: DMG MORI)

Future Skills Industry 4.0 Insights into the working world of the future: Industry 4.0-related tasks are solved within Future Skills I4.0.

Water Technology competition The EDS® Water Management Learning System models the water cycle- participants in the water technology competition use it to solve their water and wastewater treatment tasks.

Mechatronics competition For all 37 participants of the mechatronics competition, MPS - modular production system serves as their "sports device". Photo: courtesy of WorldSkills International

Motion Terminal VTEM 1 Revolution in automation with the Festo Motion Terminal: thanks to the activation of new functions via apps, machine developers can create a basic machine type and equip it with different features as per the customer requirements. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Motion Terminal VTEM 2 Festo Motion Terminal VTEM: beneath the somewhat unassuming exterior and classic Festo product design lies technical refinement based on state-of-the-art information technology. (Photos: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Motion Terminal VTEM 3 Festo Motion Terminal VTEM: beneath the somewhat unassuming exterior and classic Festo product design lies technical refinement based on state-of-the-art information technology. (Photos: Festo AG & Co. KG)

BionicWorkplace 1 Exciting concept study from Festo: in the BionicWorkplace, a person works with a robot arm as well as numerous assistance systems that are networked with each other. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

BionicWorkplace 2 The future in sight: a worker can intuitively control the BionicCobot using movement, touch or speech. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

BionicWorkplace 3 The future belongs to sensor technology. Sensors and camera systems record the positions of the worker, components and tools. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Duerkopp Adler 1 The automatic eyelet buttonholer 581 from Dürkopp Adler delivers the necessary speed. Thanks to the compact Festo solenoid valves VUVG, it takes just under four seconds to create a buttonhole. (Photos: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Duerkopp Adler VUVG The automatic eyelet buttonholer 581 from Dürkopp Adler delivers the necessary speed. Thanks to the compact Festo solenoid valves VUVG, it takes just under four seconds to create a buttonhole. (Photos: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Duerkopp Adler 2 Buttonholes are not only functional but also have a visual aspect. However, in textile manufacturing there is generally very little time to produce them. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Duerkopp Adler_Markus Richter “Our automatic double-chainstitch eyelet buttonholer 581 is the fastest of its kind in the world thanks to Festo technology”, says Markus Richter, Head of Development at Dürkopp Adler. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Textile industry No matter whether the need is for spinning, stretch texturing, weaving, round knitting, flat knitting or textile finishing – Festo offers attractively-priced and robust products for all areas of textile production. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

DSBC 1 Textile production demands reliable and cost-optimised machines: robust and inexpensive components, such as ISO cylinders DSBC from Festo, are ideal for this purpose. (Photos: Festo AG & Co. KG)

VTUG Textile production demands reliable and cost-optimised machines: robust and inexpensive components, such as valve terminals VTUG from Festo, are ideal for this purpose. (Photos: Festo AG & Co. KG)

DSBC 2 A fully assembled DSBC cylinder, complete with sensors, fittings and attachments - compiled online with the aid of the Festo Design Tool 3D. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Bernhard Wolz “Many textile machine builders have their development centres for pre-production machines in Europe. Their textile machines are, however, assembled in production countries such as China or India. In these cases, closeness to customers needs to be more than just an empty promise,” explains Bernhard Wolz, Key Account Manager for the textile industry at Festo. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Technology plant VUVG assembly line A compact valve every 12 seconds: automated assembly plants with fast retooling times ensure high output volumes for the automation products of the Festo core product range. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

DGST Precision and high performance with yoke and slide as a single part: mini slide DGST. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

DFM Sturdy and compact with a range of mounting options: guided drive DFM. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

VUVG High flow rate with a narrow width: compact valve VUVG. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

ADN-S Space-saving and precise with numerous mounting options: compact cylinder ADN-S. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

MS2 Lightweight and powerful for decentralised applications: filter regulator MS2. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

PUN-H/Q Variety of colours, transparent, highly flexible: tubing/fitting combination PUN-H/Q. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Pressebild Head Office Head Office of Festo in Esslingen a.N., Germany. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Pressebild process automation Festo supports its customers in all project phases, from engineering right through to operation and maintenance. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image SIL and explosion protection Festo supplies products and solutions for safety-related applications. (Foto: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image CP Factory Qualification for Industry 4.0: Festo Didactic offers a cyber-physical learning and research platform in the form of the CP Factory. This platform models the stations in a real production plant. (Photo: Festo Didactic SE)