Legal form:
Limited partnership
Registered office: Esslingen a. N.
Registry court Stuttgart
HRA 211583
Value added tax id. number:
DE 145 339 206
General partner:
Festo Management
Aktiengesellschaft
Registered office: Vienna/Austria
Commercial registry court:
Commercial court Vienna
Register no. FN 303027 d
Management Board:
Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Borho
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Oliver D. Jung (Chairman)
Dr. Ansgar Kriwet
Dr. Frank Melzer
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Frank Notz
Chairman of the Supervisory Board:
Dr. Friedrich Eichiner
Festo AG & Co. KG
Anna Fehrenbacher
Ruiter Straße 82
73734 Esslingen
GERMANY
Phone +49 711 347-52827
Fax +49 711 34754-53094
presse@festo.com
www.festo.com

Date
November 18th, 2019

Our reference
CC-T/NFH	
Press release CC-T_14_2019_Festo_LifeTech_EN	
	
The Festo Group	
Components and automation solutions for laboratory automation and medical technology	
	
Festo is both a global player and an independent family-owned company based in Ess-lingen am Neckar, Germany. The company has become the global market leader in its sector over the past 60 years thanks to its innovations and problem-solving competency, as well as a unique range of industrial training and vocational education programmes. Festo has been developing components and system solutions for equipment manufacturers who specialise in the automation of laboratory processes and the manufacture of medical devices since 2004.	

Due to its annual double-digit growth rate, the LifeTech business area has been a separate division of Festo since 2015 and is being continuously expanded. Since the United States is at the forefront of the global life science market, it’s there that most industry-relevant innovations and new technologies emerge. In order to participate in these developments at an early stage, Festo began setting up a development centre in Boston at the end of 2017. 

In addition to standard components, the LifeTech division develops separate components with new technologies that are designed specifically for the Life Science market. In the development of customised automation solutions for its customers, Festo’s approach in-volves the joint development of engineering concepts together with the customer, begin-ning already with the very first planning phase.

Product range for laboratory automation
Festo develops intelligent, tested subsystems for the automation of liquid media and sample handling applications.

The focus is on:
•	Feeding and identification of test tubes
•	Opening and closing of test tubes
•	Feeding of liquid media and solids

The applications involve the use of both electric and pneumatic actuators with motors, controllers and handling systems, as well as grippers, sensors and camera systems. 

Product range for medical technology
In the field of medical technology, Festo develops products and subsystems for medical devices.

Attention is focused on efficient open and closed-loop control of medical gases, for example:
•	Flow control with compact valves for ventilation and anaesthesia devices
•	Pneumatic integration solutions for surgical devices
•	Closed-loop control of fluids in dental stations

Highlights at MEDICA 2019, booth D95 in hall 3
The lightweight, compact proportional solenoid valve VPWS is new to the market. It’s predestined for use in applications with minimal installation space, for example in ventilator breathing and anaesthetic systems where respiratory gases need to be mixed with oxygen. But it’s also suitable for dental drills and other surgical instruments which are operated with compressed air – wherever the flow of gas has to be accurately regulated.

Ready-to-install solutions for in vitro diagnostics are another highlight at this year’s MEDICA. Mobile analysis instruments make quick testing possible at the doctor’s office in order to identify the pathogen responsible for a cold or flu, as well as other bacterial or viral infections. In particular for this type of equipment, Festo offers ready-to-install automation solutions including customised engineering.

With the VYKA, a new media-separated solenoid valve for precise dispensing of liquids or control of liquid flows in manifold duct plates came onto the market. A current-controlled solenoid permits highly precise and reliable operation. Media separation ensures highest possible safety standards and chemical resistance.

Festo medical technology: http://www.festo.com/medtech 
Festo laboratory automation: http://www.festo.com/lab 
Regular news on our LifeTech Blog: https://www.festo.blog

Please refer to:	Festo Press Image Head Office	

	
Caption:	The corporate head office of Festo at Esslingen a.N., Germany. 
(Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)	
Please refer to:	Festo Press Image laboratory automation	

	
Caption:	Festo develops intelligent, tested subsystems for the automation of liquid media and sample handling applications. The applications involve the use of both electric and pneumatic actuators with motors, controllers and handling systems, as well as grippers, sensors and camera systems.
(Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)	

Please refer to:	Festo Press Image medical technology	

	
Caption:	In medical technology, the focus is on the efficient open-loop and closed-loop control of medical gases.
(Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

About Festo:
Festo AG is a global player and an independent family-owned company with headquarters in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. The company supplies pneumatic and electrical automation technology to 300,000 customers of factory and process automation in over 35 industries. The products and services are available in 176 countries. With about 21,200 employees in over 250 branch offices in 61 countries worldwide, Festo achieved a turnover of around €3.2 billion in 2018. Each year around    8% of this turnover is invested in research and development. 
In this learning company, 1.5% of turnover is invested in basic and further training. Yet training services are not only provided for Festo’s own staff – Festo Didactic SE also supplies basic and further training programmes in the field of automation technology for customers, students and trainees.

Further information:
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