Facts and figures

Festo as a company at a glance

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