Festo

About Festo

Festo is a leading independent family-owned company specializing in pneumatic and electrical automation technology. Headquartered in Esslingen am Neckar, Festo has been a pioneer in automation for over 60 years and is a global leader in technical education. It offers pneumatic and electric drive technology for factory and process automation and serves customers worldwide. The company focuses on efficient and productive solutions emphasizing sustainability.

Festo and PLCnext Technology

The partnership between Festo and PLCnext Technology marks a significant step in industrial automation. Festo will use PLCnext Technology in future intelligent devices to combine the innovative power of both companies and take industrial automation to a new level.

This collaboration enables customized automation solutions through PLCnext Technology’s open architecture, which supports individual solutions and seamless integration of existing systems. Combining the expertise of both companies promises innovative solutions for Industry 4.0 and strengthens future viability by tackling technological challenges together.

Through this strategic technology partnership, Festo and Phoenix Contact are setting new standards in the automation industry and driving the digital transformation forward.

“With PLCnext Technology, we harness the cutting-edge platform in automation technology. We belive that the openness of PLCnext Technology provides numerous advantages to our customers.”

Gerhard Borho
Executive Board Member for Information Technology and Digitalization at Festo