In April 1925 Albert Fezer and Gottlieb Stoll founded “Fezer & Stoll”, focused on to the manufacture of woodworking machines. The brand name Festo is a combination of the surnames of the two founders and has stood for innovation ever since. After a few years, Gottlieb Stoll took over sole responsibility. His way of thinking and acting was shaped by wanting to make work easier for people. The first company headquarters in Ulmer Straße in Esslingen am Neckar (see picture below) was built in 1939. It was home to modern production and office spaces. The foundation stone for further development had been laid and a place where ideas could be created had been opened. In the mid-1950s, the focus shifted to industrial automation when Festo set started developing pneumatic products and thus set new standards in automation. Festo grew and went global. The first national company was founded in Italy in 1956, followed by Switzerland, France, and Austria. The current headquarters were built back in 1962, at the first dedicated site for the Festo Pneumatics division in Esslingen-Berkheim; Administration and Production were now centralized. Six years later, Festo opened a production site in Rohrbach, Saarland; today, this site is its largest production and logistics center in the world. Based on the firm conviction that innovative strength and competitiveness go hand in hand with learning and knowledge, the company set up Festo Didactic in the 1960s, with the specific aim of developing training courses for apprentices, employees and customers. It quickly became the leading provider of technical training and further education. „Festo – one mission, many hands.“ Gottlieb Stoll with his wife Berta In motion for 100 years. More impressions and information about our successful company history: > www.festo.com/history
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