Festo

{{Short description|German automation company}}

{{About|the German company}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Festo SE & Co. KG

| logo = File:Festo logo.svg

| type = Kommanditgesellschaft

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| foundation = Esslingen am Neckar, Weimar Republic ({{Start date|1925}})

| founder = Albert Fezer
Gottlieb Stoll

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| location_city = Esslingen am Neckar

| location_country = Germany

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| locations = Sankt Ingbert

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| key_people = Thomas Böck (CEO)

| industry = Automation

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| revenue = {{decrease}} €3.65 billion (2023)

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| num_employees = {{decrease}} 20,545 (2023)

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| homepage = [http://www.festo.com/ www.festo.com/group]

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Festo is a German automation company based in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany.[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0000463878-page.html Company Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823102744/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0000463878-page.html |date=2011-08-23 }}, Goliath Festo produces and sells pneumatic and electrical control systems and drive technology for factories and process automation. Festo Didactic also offers industrial education and consultation services and is one of the sponsors and partners of the WorldSkills Mechatronics Competitions. Sales subsidiaries, distribution centres and factories of Festo are located in 61 countries worldwide. The company was named after its founders Albert Fezer and Gottlieb Stoll.