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May 2024

Design News - Festo Introduces New Generation of Electric Actuators for Linear Applications

Design Engineering - Festo introduces ELGD, a new generation of electric actuator for linear applications

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Introduces ELGD, a New Generation of Electric Actuator for Linear Applications

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Introduces ELGD, a New Generation of Electric Actuator for Linear Applications

Assembly - New & Noteworthy: Four New Motion Control Products

Control Automation - Festo Creates a Buzz with Swarming Bees and Busy Bacteria

Mechatronics Canada - Festo BionicBee

Power & Motion - Robotics Spur Growth in Grippers and Suction Cups

MachineDesign - Optimizing Pick-and-place with Cartesian Robots

MachineDesign - Hannover Messe 2024: Festo’s Frank Notz on the State of the Automation Industry

A3 Association for Advancing Automation - Festo Introduces a New Generation of Mechanical Axes at Automate 2024

Tech Briefs - Tech Focus: A New Generation of Mechanical Axes

Battery Technology - The Battery Show Europe 2024: Keynotes Revealed

The Automation Blog - Stronger together: We enter a strategic technology partnership with Festo

Automation World - Festo Adopts Phoenix Contact’s PLCnext Technology

Control - Festo will use Phoenix Contact’s PLCnext in intelligent devices

Design World - Reshoring and supply-chain security

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Develops a New Flexible Pipetting Solution

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo’s Innovative Solutions for Laboratory Automation

Mechatronics Canada - Festo’s Innovative Solutions for Laboratory Automation

Packing World - Breakthrough in Recyclable Coffee Packaging

April 2024

MachineDesign - Ready Robotics Reinvents Robotic Palletizing from Specification to Operation and Maintenance

Power & Motion - Pneumatics Provide a Tried-and-True Technology for Robotics

Automated Warehouse - Festo introduces heavy duty gantry system for palletizing

Packing World - Heavy-Duty Palletizing Gantry

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Introduces a Heavy-Duty Palletizing Gantry With Lift Capability of Up to 200kg per Pick

The Automation Blog - Festo’s Smart Proximity Switch Commissions Itself

Fluid Power Journal - Festo’s Smart Proximity Switch Commissions Itself, for Time Savings That Add Up

Mechatronics Canada - Festo’s Smart Proximity Switch Commissions Itself for Time Savings that Add Up

AgriTech Tomorrow - Autonomous Flying in a Swarm BionicBee – ultralight flying object with precise control

Automation.com - Festo Unveils Its Smallest Flying Creation: Bionic Honeybees That Fly in Coordinated Swarm

New Atlas - Robot bee swarms fly collision-free in close formation

DutchHTS Gateway to Dutch High Tech - BionicBee – ultralight flying object with precise control

Electronic Specifier - BionicBees: autonomous swarm flying

Drives & Controls - Festo creates a buzz at Hannover with its swarming bionic bees

YouTube - BionicBee - Festo Unveils Its Smallest Flying Creation That Fly in Coordinated Swarm

Robotics Tomorrow - Autonomous Flying in a Swarm BionicBee – ultralight flying object with precise control

Robots-Blog - Festo at Hannover Fair unveils Bionic Honeybees that fly in swarms

Interesting Engineering - Miniature robotic bees navigate swarm flight autonomously

Inceptive Mind - BionicBee ultra-light bots can fly autonomously in coordinated swarm

Thomas - Autonomous BionicBee, Capable of Flying in Swarms, Debuts

Direct Industry Emag - Festo Unveils Their New Bionic Bee at Hannover Messe

AOL - Germany's Festo is using robotic animals to improve manufacturing

ASI Adhesives & Sealants Industry - Robotic Dispenser Helps Expand Use of Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

Mechatronics Canada - Government of Canada’s New Canada Green Buildings Strategy: A Plan to Help Canadians Save Money on Their Energy Bills

Automation World - Festo Spotlights Intralogistics

Automation.com - Festo Customer Solutions Reduces Multi-Panel Building Costs by as Much as 50%

mechatronicscanada.ca - Festo Customer Solutions Extended Throughout North America

Automation.com - Festo Sees Good Growth Prospects

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Sees Good Growth Prospects

Control Design - Automation suppliers partner in open ecosystem

Mechatronics Canada - The Festo Group

EP&T Electronic Products & Technology - Festo and Phoenix Contact partner on PLCnext Technology

March 2024

CISION PRWeb - Festo Electric and Pneumatic Intralogistics Solutions Push/Sort, Grip/Pick, and Lift/Convey

Machine Design - Festo Offers Components for Intralogistics Motion Automation

Drives & Controls - Festo Electric and Pneumatic Intralogistics Solutions Push/Sort, Grip/Pick, and Lift/Convey

Automation.com - Festo Integrates Cobots from Different Manufacturers in a 7th-axis Solution for Bin Picking

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Electric and Pneumatic Intralogistics Solutions Push/Sort, Grip/Pick, and Lift/Convey

Robotics Tomorrow - Festo Introduces a Heavy-Duty Palletizing Gantry With Lift Capability of Up to 440 Pounds per Pick

Design World - Festo’s new palletizing gantry lifts up to 440 lb

Automation.com - Festo Introduces a Heavy-Duty Palletizing Gantry With Lift Capability of Up to 440 Pounds per Pick

Manufacturing Tomorrow - Festo Introduces a Heavy-Duty Palletizing Gantry With Lift Capability of Up to 440 Pounds per Pick

Control Design - How energy efficiency is influencing machine design and industrial automation

MODEX 2024- Festo Brings Its One-Stop-Shop Of Electric And Pneumatic Automation To MODEX 2024

Plant Engineering - Modex 2024 recap: Making logistics, supply chain management safer and smarter

Power & Motion - Hannover Messe 2024 to Spotlight Key Industrial Sector Trends

Control Design - Is it better to use one supplier’s components or take an open approach?

Design World - Integrated linear-motion variations becoming the norm

MachineDesign - CAD/CAM Roundup: Engineering Software Productivity Tools and Services

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Develops AI Robot Solution for Logistics Center at Würth