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May 2025

Canadian Packaging - Festo Floats to Future with SupraMotion: Contactless Handling, Weighing for Cleanroom Precision

Clinical Lab Products - SupraMotion Automates Contactless Handling of Lab Materials

Process Equipment & Control News - Festo Offering Solutions for Contactless Handling and Weighing of Samples in Clean Environments

Drives & Control Solutions - SupraMotion – Festo Offering Solutions for Contactless Handling and Weighing of Samples in Clean Environments

Frasers - Festo floats to future with SupraMotion: Contactless handling, weighing for cleanroom precision

YouTube - Festo - SupraMotion 2.0

Mechatronics Canada - SupraMotion – Festo Offering Solutions for Contactless Handling and Weighing of Samples in Clean Environments

Power & Motion - Automation Brings New Technology Requirements for Fluid Power Systems

Design World - Festo showing multi-axis positioning systems at Automate

Automation.com - Festo Features Multi-Axis Positioning Systems at Automate

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Features Multi-Axis Positioning Systems at Automate

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Features Multi-Axis Positioning Systems at Automate

Assembly New and Noteworthy - Motion control technology is constantly evolving.

Power & Motion - How Automation is Impacting Hydraulic and Pneumatic Designs

Automation World - Valve Terminal

Automation.com - Industrial Workforce Development Takes Center Stage at Automate 2025

Design World - Festo Didactic to showcase workforce development at Automate

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Didactic’s Industrial Workforce Development Takes Centre Stage at Automate 2025

Control Design - Northeastern University team wins MassRobotics challenge

Control Engineering - University teams recognized for robotics design and functionality

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Didactic Showcases Technical Education and Training at Hannover Messe 2025

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Didactic Showcases Technical Education and Training at Hannover Messe 2025

April 2025

MachineDesign - Four Tips for Effective Component Selection

Control.com - Part 1 – CMMT-ST starter kit

Control.com - Part 2 – CMMT-ST starter kit

Control.com - Piezo Electric Valves

Automation.com - Incredible Machine at Hannover Fair

Design Engineering - Festo’s “Incredible Machine” showcases 100 years of innovation

Today’s Medical Developments - Incredible Machine at Hannover Fair continued

MachineDesign - 100 Years of Innovation: Festo’s Incredible Machine Impels Seamless Connectivity

Control Engineering - A century in automation: new leadership and a technology showcase

Design News - Earth-Bound Space Program Secures Supplier News

Design World - Festo unveils Incredible Machine for 100th anniversary

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo’s “Incredible Machine” at Hannover Messe Highlights Festo’s Innovative Strength

Mechatronics Canada - Festo’s Incredible Machine

Mechatronics Canada - Festo’s “Incredible Machine” at Hannover Messe Highlights Festo’s Innovative Strength

Automation.com - The Festo Group Reports a Positive Result in Financial Year 2024

Canadian Packaging - Festo kicks off 100th year with strong optimism

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo: Optimistic Start for 100th Anniversary Year

Mechatronics Canada - Festo: Optimistic Start for 100th Anniversary Year

Assembly - Linear Axis Extends Range of Cobots

Automation.com - Festo Expands Line of Rotary Grippers for Laboratory Automation

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Canada Celebrating 50 Years of Helping Make Canada an Automation Nation

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Canada Celebrating 50 Years of Helping Make Canada an Automation Nation

Pneumatic Tips - Keeping it clean in food & beverage with pneumatics technologies

March 2025

Design Engineering - Festo celebrates 100 years in motion

Fluid Power World - Festo celebrates 100 years in business, announces new leadership

Pneumatic Tips - Festo names Dr. Wilm Uhlenbecker CEO of its North America Business Region

Automation.com - Festo Celebrates Its Centenary, Names a New North American CEO

Canadian Packaging - Festo marks 100 years of innovation in automation, motion control worldwide

Design World - Festo’s 100th anniversary and an “Incredible Machine” on tap for 2025 Hannover Messe

Control Design - Festo names Dr. Wilm Uhlenbecker CEO of North America

Control Design - Festo celebrates 100 years in motion

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Names Dr. Wilm Uhlenbecker CEO of its North America Business Region

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Celebrates its Centenary – 100 Years in Motion!

Control.com - Festo Now Offers a Developer’s Kit for CMMT-ST Multiprotocol Servo Drives

Design Engineering - Festo packages multiprotocol servo drive and motor into developer’s kit

Motion Control Tips - Festo introduces a multiprotocol servo drive and motor developer’s kit

Automation.com - Festo Packages a Multiprotocol Servo Drive and Motor into an Innovative Developer’s Kit

Design World - Festo introduces a multiprotocol servo drive and motor developer’s kit

Machine Design - Gear Up: March Briefs, Reviews, Standards, Product Updates & More

Drives and Control Solutions - Festo Packages a Multiprotocol Servo Drive and Motor Into an innovative Developer’s Kit

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Packages a Multiprotocol Servo Drive and Motor Into an innovative Developer’s Kit

Design World - Design World Trends Handbook | March 2025

Automation.com - Festo Takes Pneumatics to a New Level of Performance Through Digital Closed-Loop Control

Compressed Air Best Practices - Festo Takes Pneumatics to a New Level of Performance Through Digital Closed-Loop Control

Today’s Medical Developments - Festo Incredible Machine celebrates its premiere at the Hannover Messe

Automation World - March 2025 Product Roundup: Motion Control

Automation World - Stepper Motors

Design Engineering - Gescan to offer full Festo product line across Western Canada

Canadian Packaging - Gescan named authorized Festo distributor for Western Canada, expanding automation, motion-control supply

Mechatronics Canada - Gescan, New Authorized Festo Distributor for Western Canada

Power & Motion - NFPA Presenting Fluid Power Conference Sessions at Automate 2025

Robotics Tomorrow - NGen, Humber Polytechnic, and Festo Didactic Showcase Canadian Skills at Hannover Messe 2025

Mechatronics Canada - NGen, Humber Polytechnic, and Festo Didactic Showcase Canadian Skills at Hannover Messe 2025

MRO - Festo CMMT-ST servo drive starter kit

Design Engineering - Festo packages multiprotocol servo drive and motor into developer’s kit

Canadian Electrical Wholesaler - Gescan, New Authorized Festo Distributor for Western Canada

Panel Builder Systems Integrator - NGen, Humber Polytechnic & Festo Didactic Showcase Canadian Skills at Hannover Messe 2025

Design Engineering - Gescan to offer full Festo product line across Western Canada

Panel Builder Systems Integrator - Gescan – New Authorized Festo Distributor for Western Canada

Process Equipment & Control News - Festo’s “Incredible Machine” at Hannover Messe highlights company’s innovative strength

February 2025

Drives & Control Solutions - The Festo Incredible Machine Celebrates Its Premiere at the Hannover Messe

Mechatronics Canada - The Festo Incredible Machine Celebrates Its Premiere at the Hannover Messe

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Celebrates its Centenary – 100 Years in Motion!

Semiconductor Packaging News - Festo Introduces the VEFC Mass Flow Controller for Precise Control of Inert Gases

Cision PRWeb - Festo Introduces the VEFC Mass Flow Controller for Precise Control of Inert Gases

Control.com - Festo Releases VEFC Mass Flow Controller for Inert Gases

Automation.com - Festo Introduces VEFC Mass Flow Controller for Precise Control of Inert Gases

Design Engineering - How Ontario’s Pro-Line simplified machine design, assembly

Automation.com - Festo Enhances VEMD Mass Flow Controller

Mechatronics Canada - Festo Enhanced Its Popular VEMD Mass Flow Controller

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Enhanced Its Popular VEMD Mass Flow Controller

Design World - Several markets are spurring new innovation in motion systems

Drives & Control Solutions - Festo Servo Drives Starter Kit CMMT-ST-MP-SK

Power & Motion - The Technologies Enabling Digitalization of Fluid Power Systems

Power & Motion - Digitalization Improves Performance of Hydraulics and Pneumatics

Automation.com - Current Economic and Geopolitical Realities Demand Decisive Action

Fluid Power Journal - Fluid power paves the way for industry at Hannover Messe 2025

Today’s Medical Developments - Current economic and geopolitical realities demand decisive action

Design Engineering - How Ontario’s Pro-Line simplified machine design, assembly

Panel builder systems integrator - Festo Introduces the VEFC Mass Flow Controller for Precise Control of Inert Gases

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