Festo UK & Ireland

Festo is a leading international supplier of pneumatic and electromechanical systems, components and controls for process control and factory automation solutions. Festo is a proven innovator and problem solver in the field of pneumatic and electrical automation where it has established itself as the performance leader. Festo offers over 30,000 pneumatic and electric products for factory and process automation technology which can be tailored to specific customer.

Festo has engaged with the Industry 4.0 initiative from its inception. Appointed by the German government as a member of the steering group the company has taken an active role in the definition of the core standards such as the RAMI model and the Administration Shell. Festo Didactic has also developed the Industry 4.0 Cyber-Physical Factory training hardware installed in many leading universities and training centres, as well as Industry 4.0 training courses covering the strategic overview for change managers and practical workshops for employees.

Combining Festo’s industrial heritage with its future-focused manufacturing and engineering expertise, Festo Training & Consulting creates courses that deliver greater productivity and competitive advantage to businesses. Festo offers a range of open courses, structured development programmes and tailor-made, customer-specific projects on technology, Industry 4.0 and People & productivity topics.