Festo is a global player and an independent, family-owned company with companies in about 60 countries. We supply automation technology and technical education solutions for over 35 industries.
Founded
1925 in Esslingen, Germany
Turnover (Group)
3.45 billion euros
Number of employees (Group)
Around 20,600 employees worldwide
Business divisions
Automation: automation technology
Didactic: learning systems, training and consulting
Festo customers
Automation: more than 300,000 industry customers in 176 countries
Didactic: around 56,000 customers worldwide
R&D investment
More than 8% of turnover
Portfolio
Around 36,000 catalogue products in several hundred thousand variants
Approximately 10,000 customised solutions per year
Pneumatic, servo-pneumatic and electric automation technology
LifeTech with medical technology and laboratory automation
Industry-specific skills development solutions and industry consulting