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Festo Corporation

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1377 Motor Parkway Suite 310
Islandia, NY 11749
United States
800/993-3786
800/963-3786
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Product Summary

Pneumatic/electromechanical systems,components & controls for process & factory automation

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Festo is a leading global manufacturer of pneumatic and electromechanical systems, components and controls for process control and factory automation solutions, with 61 national headquarters serving more than 175 countries.

With over 40 years of innovation in the United States and over 80 years globally, Festo has continuously elevated the state of manufacturing with innovations and optimized motion control solutions that deliver higher performing, more profitable automated manufacturing and processing equipment.

Our dedication to the advancement of automation extends beyond technology to the education of current and future automation and robotic designers with simulation tools, teaching programs, and on-site services.

Festo is globally recognized as a symbol of expertise in factory automation and process control. We can help decrease process costs by engaging Festo as an extended workbench and benefitting from our expertise with regard to pre-assembled pneumatics, customized product designs, and system solutions.

Festo enables its partners to obtain more intelligent automation solutions from a single source. In addition to tried and tested pneumatic drive units, Festo also provides both servo-pneumatic and electric drive units. Our intelligent systems for status monitoring and machine diagnosis (condition monitoring solutions) are made up of sensors, software, controllers, and visualization. These solutions can greatly reduce maintenance and servicing costs.

With a comprehensive line of automation components, custom components and complete electromechanical and pneumatic motion controlled multi-axis systems . . . Festo can support your most complex automation requirements.

Products

Festo AX Data Access App Protocol Translator
The Festo AX Data Access app is a protocol translator converting data from proprietary Festo operational technology protocols into the industry-standard MQTT messaging protocol...
June 3, 2026
Festo Servo Drive Kit
The new Festo CMMT-ST servo drive starter kit offers a low-cost way to learn how to commission and size Festo’s multiprotocol family of servo drives that range from 300W...
Sept. 5, 2025
Festo Mass Flow Controller
The capabilities of Festo’s VEMD have been upgraded to boost the controller’s connectivity, control dynamics and flow range. The controller is designed to...
Aug. 21, 2025
Festo Valve Terminal
Festo’s new VTUX valve terminal can serve as I/O, remote I/O and decentralized I/O. These IP65/67-rated terminals can be located anywhere on a machine. For high flow rates...
May 16, 2025
Festo Stepper Motors
Festo’s new stepper motor series — EMMT-ST — features absolute encoders, IP65 protection, holding brakes and control via a single cable. OEMs have the choice...
March 10, 2025
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Festo has introduced its newest generation of Cartesian handling system mechanical axes: ELGD-TB tooth belt actuators and ELGD-BS ball screw actuators. These actuators feature...
Nov. 7, 2024
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The DHPL long-stroke grippers for high-load and high-torque applications feature a lighter weight, higher precision and require no maintenance. The grippers have three rugged ...
June 6, 2024
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MS-Basic is a new family of lower cost pneumatic service units in polymer housings. MS-Basic air preparation components can perform the tasks necessary for compressed air preparation...
Feb. 6, 2024
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This cylinder achieves a breakthrough in small size while incorporating reliability and performance features.
Oct. 14, 2021
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Festo recently introduced the manually operated VHEF and the mechanically operated VMEF pneumatic valves. These small, durable, and versatile valves are core Festo products and...
Aug. 2, 2021

Videos

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Peter Rasmussen, global product manager for electric actuators at Festo, explains the company's new Festo AX Motion Insights Apps: The AX Motion Insights Electric app is designed...
Dec. 2, 2025
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Andy Lewis, manager of electric automation business development at Festo, explained how Festo’s new CPX-AP-A centralized I/O works with the CPX-AP-I distributed I/O can work separately...
Oct. 25, 2023
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Exhibits by Beckhoff, Schneider Electric, Stratus Technologies, and Festo highlight growing trends around automation use in the CPG industries.
Nov. 4, 2022
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In this Take Five video, we turn the spotlight on new robotic technologies from Festo, Honeywell, Universal Robots, and Robotiq showcased at PACK EXPO 2021.
Oct. 15, 2021
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At PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2021, Festo showcased its new Simplified Motion Series combining pneumatics and electric automation along with its new gripper technologies.
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Highlights of new automation technologies to be showcased at PACK EXPO Las Vegas from Beckhoff Automation, Festo, Nord Gear, Omron, and Universal Robots. Watch this Take Five ...
Sept. 3, 2021
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Though Festo first released its Motion Terminal two years ago, it continues to develop software upgrades that expand its range of capabilities.
Sept. 26, 2019
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At Festo's Pack Expo booth was a demonstration of how a Profibus fieldbus node can be connected to a safety network. This allows reliable communication to a pneumatic valve manifold...
Oct. 7, 2013
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New servo motor from Festo is specifically designed for packaging machinery. Offers Ethernet IP integrated controls. Motor and drive package are both in one compact, low-voltage...
Oct. 7, 2013
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It's no secret that technicians and engineers rarely arrive at manufacturing facilities ready to function effectively in their jobs without training. In this presentation from...
June 6, 2013

Podcasts

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Automation World: Gets Your Questions Answered
Learn about the different types of robot grippers—pneumatic, electric, vacuum, soft adaptive, and magnetic—and how to select them based on capabilities and robot/automation supplier...

Blogs

Craig Correia, Director of LifeTech & Process Industries, Festo
Examining the installation of IoT technology in a pharmaceutical production environment can help illustrate how IoT can aid energy conservation efforts, provide predictive analytics...
Aug. 16, 2019
Philipp Wahl, Festo
New technology behind cyber-physical systems unites traditional pneumatics with electric automation to propel digital pneumatics further into the age of Industry 4.0.
May 10, 2019
2019: The Year of the Industrial Network Protocol
The OPC Foundation, CC-Link Partner Association and ODVA have all made announcements about major moves planned for 2019, indicating serious movement toward greater device and ...
Nov. 28, 2018
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Using Industrial Internet of Things pneumatic solutions to improve OEE, energy efficiency and agile manufacturing.
Nov. 2, 2018
Buying Behaviors Alter Automation Technology Sales
Just as consumer buying behaviors have shifted online, the purchase of automation technologies is undergoing the same transition—and it’s changing how technology suppliers and...
Oct. 9, 2018
Platforms and the Industrial Technology Future
GE Digital’s ongoing development of the Predix platform highlights the intersection of OT and IT through end user app development, digital twin technology and machine learning...
Aug. 15, 2017
Automation vs. Jobs: Not a Zero-Sum Equation
The advance of automation is eliminating some jobs. It’s also creating others. The disconnect between these two realities is not that good jobs in industry no longer exist, but...
Jan. 10, 2017
B&R collaborates with ATS Automation, combining the SuperTrak linear track conveyance system with integrated machine and robotic control.
Automation providers are tackling the need for quick changeovers and shorter lead times with innovative conveyor systems for food and consumer packaging markets.
Dec. 30, 2016
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By allowing for a building-block approach when adapting machine functions to application requirements, the CPX modular control platform allows engineers to mix and match different...
Nov. 23, 2016
Festo Didactic’s two-year Mechatronics Apprenticeship Program helps employers develop the skills that are missing in the workforce today by combining theoretical education, hands-on training, and on the job training. Source: Festo
Working together with Sinclair Community College and manufacturers, Festo Didactic has introduced the German dual-track education model to the Cincinnati area, combining a two...
Oct. 23, 2016

News

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The VTOP modular installation platform with CMSH smart positioner improves valve control and lowers cost by up to 30%.
Sept. 21, 2022
Dr. Ulrich Stoll, member of the owner family and member of the Festo Supervisory Board, gives the keynote address at the historic Cincinnati Union Terminal on July 5 during the Festo U.S. 50th Anniversary Gala.
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The Festo Mason, Ohio, Campus will be the site of a Global Production Center and Technology Engineering Center.
Aug. 4, 2022
Festo’s new SDBT-MSX is the first programmable proximity switch with auto teach-in for fast, easy commissioning.
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Festo introduces the SDBT-MSX – the first programmable proximity switch with automatic switching point setting. With an initial detection range of 20 mm, the SDBT-MSX is easy...
April 28, 2022
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This solution allows OEMs to develop instruments targeted specifically to their application in minimum time.
March 14, 2022
Quick and easy online configuration for quarter turn actuators – the KDFP. Festo also offers the KVZA for configurating butterfly valves and the KVZB for ball valves.
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Online configurators from Festo bring OEM and end-user solutions to market faster.
Nov. 15, 2021
The high air flow rate of the CMSH positioner makes it suitable for a broad range of applications for either small or large actuators.
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The CMSH is user-friendly and easy to operate thanks to its large and rotatable plain-text display.
Nov. 15, 2021
Quick and easy online configuration for quarter turn actuators – the KDFP. Festo also offers the KVZA for configurating butterfly valves and the KVZB for ball valves.
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Online configurators and innovative products from Festo bring OEM and end-user solutions to market faster.
Nov. 15, 2021
Invitation to the webinar: On 16 June 2021, experts from Festo will answer questions about automation in liquid handling. (Image: Festo SE & Co. KG)
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Festo Life Science webinar on liquid handling opens up new perspectives for automation.
June 10, 2021
The VOVK valve is a miniature all-rounder in diagnostic and point-of-care devices, whether employed as a pilot valve or used to directly control small gas flows.
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At 6mm wide and with low power consumption, the VOVK is ideal for compact valve terminals and battery-powered solutions.
Jan. 19, 2021
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Decentralized systems from Mikron ensure supply in times of a pandemic. Festo is a key development partner.
June 17, 2020

Articles

Codi Manufacturing and Festo's Flex Pack Pro
Codi Manufacturing and Festo collaborate on a new automated palletizing system available in three weight capacities, offering scalable automation from single-phase to three-phase...
Nov. 27, 2025
Festo’s AX Motion Insights platform
Unscheduled machine downtime remains one of the biggest challenges in manufacturing. Festo's AX Motion Insights Electric and Pneumatic apps address this by combining the company...
Nov. 18, 2025
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Festo releases new online configurator to deliver a 3D CAD file of an actuator assembly and expedite ordering.
Sept. 27, 2023
Festo's CPX-AP line of I/O modules connect to a controller via a bus interface to reduce the number of devices requiring IP addresses on the network.
Updates to Festo’s I/O and servo drives center on streamlining network IP addressing, providing multi-protocol support and easing device configuration and equipment commissioning...
Sept. 7, 2023
Panel parts are clamped in pneumatically actuated devices and welded, controlled by Festo’s CPX/VTSA valve manifolds. Evert Forsberg (left), Lars Kreutner (right), both from Scania, and Leif Lindahl (center) from Festo.
Regulations restricting human use of welding tools helps Scania improve production processes and product quality with greater use of robots and Festo automation technologies.
July 3, 2023
Festo Multi Axis
Four additional axes can be added to the cobot’s six axes to increase its reach and enable additional uses.
June 19, 2023
Jim Heppelman delivers opening presentation at PTC LiveWorx 2023
Application of PTC software by automation suppliers such as Balluff, Festo and Schneider Electric highlight broad use of the company’s design and connectivity software as the ...
May 23, 2023
At an auto plant, AI continuously monitored the plant’s welding guns. This solution decreased unplanned downtime on the welding line by 25%.
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Machine learning and artificial intelligence may appear futuristic, but these solutions have advanced rapidly to where end users experience them as a practical, vital tool for...
May 9, 2023
Using advanced analytics, Festo AX maps data to learn a component, machine, product, or system’s healthy state and provide information for the correction of anomalies when data begins trending out of the normal range.
The Festo Automation Experience (AX) is an artificial intelligence platform for predictive quality, predictive maintenance, and energy optimization.
Oct. 24, 2022
With the Festo Motion Control Package, a seventh axis can be added to a Universal Robot cobot for a range of applications, including palletizing. Source: Festo.
The Festo Motion Control Package can add up to four axes of motion beyond the six axes of motion provided by Universal Robot’s collaborative robot products.
July 14, 2022

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A partnership between Festo-Didactic and two Ohio high schools underscores a growing interest in teaching automation technology skills at the primary and secondary levels.
April 13, 2022
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Improving workforce development outcomes and closing the skills gap depends on how well institutions and industries can work together. An interview with educators at Patrick &...
March 21, 2022
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Universal Robots, Bosch, Danfoss, and Festo have all launched new partnerships and collaborations with academic institutions in the interest of bridging the automation skills ...
Jan. 19, 2022
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With the rise of the Industrial Internet of Things, production systems are driving toward a seamlessly connected future, in which all mechanical, electrical, and intelligent interfaces...
Nov. 3, 2021
Festo’s SMS combines pneumatics with electric automation for use in positioning, indexing, clamping, feeding, and cut-to-length tasks.
The company’s new Simplified Motion Series adds IO-Link connectivity to make positioning, indexing, clamping, feeding, and cut-to-length tasks more cost effective than traditional...
Sept. 27, 2021
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A new collaboration between Festo and Solukon aims to design a flexible handling system for automated de-powdering of 3D printed components.
Aug. 30, 2021
The Festo Motion Terminal. Source: Festo
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As exemplified by the Festo Motion Terminal, the use of cyber-physical systems is extending the capabilities of automated devices—even pneumatic ones—in preparation for Industry...
Aug. 15, 2021
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A new collaboration between Festo and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology aims to make pick-and-place robots more adaptable.
Aug. 12, 2021
The new generation of flexographic presses are loaded with fast make-ready and waste-saving features. Photo courtesy of PCMC.
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By uniting end users, OEMs, and tier-one suppliers in support of uptime and sustainability, the digital transformation of industry can be leveraged to maximize overall equipment...
May 17, 2021
Festo uses predictive maintenance in the automotive industry to increase efficiency in the maintenance of servo-pneumatic welding guns by avoiding unforeseen downtimes and service and complaint costs. Source: Festo.
To showcase the use of AI in its automation technologies, Festo highlighted two use cases involving predictive maintenance and predictive energy.
April 20, 2021
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For a half century now, robots have been the centerpiece of Industry 3.0—the age of pre-digital automation. They will be just as critical, if not more so, as the world transitions...
March 2, 2021
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The Simplified Motion Series of electric drives are an alternative to pneumatic actuators. The CPX-AP-I remote I/O system maximizes machine performance.
Nov. 9, 2020