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)
3.65 billion euros
Number of employees (Group)
Around 20,500 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
Around 7% of turnover
Portfolio
Around 33,000 catalogue products in several hundred thousand variants
Approximately 15,000 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
Companies
In about 60 countries
Branch offices
Over 250 branch offices
Distributors
Authorised representatives in a further 40 countries
Worldwide service
In 176 countries
Quality certificates
ISO 9001 (since 1990)
PED 97/23/EC, Module D1 for air reservoirs (since 2004)
ISO/IEC 80079-34 since 2013 for products in explosion protection areas (2004-2013 to EN 13980)
ISO 13485 (since 2015)
Sustainability certificate/audit
Letter of conformity for Festo SE & Co. KG (en)
Environmental certificates
ISO 14001 (since 1999) (EMAS I 1996-2002)
Group certification in development, production and logistics network