TOTAL SALES 2022 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE EUR 3.81 billion 48.307 t 20.817 + 13,4 % + 60 Employees -3.599 t CO2equivalents GRI 2-1, GRI 2-2, GRI 201-1 CO2 COMPANIES in around 60 countries PRODUCTION SITES 12 Global Production Centres DISTRIBUTION CENTRES 4 Regional Service Centres BRANCHES over 250 worldwide SERVICE WORLDWIDE in 176 countries CO2 EMISSIONS: (SCOPE 1/2) EUR 264 million + EUR 25 million Company portrait Festo at a glance As a family-owned company that operates around the world, we know how important roots are in this process. That is why we are not just globally represented, but have local companies with their own local identity. The result is a global network of around 20,800 employees in around 60 countries with over 250 branches. Our products and services are available in 176 countries on this earth. In the 2022 financial year, the Festo Group generated sales of approximately EUR 3.81 billion, of which around 7% is invested annually in research and development. The share of training and development measures amounts to 1.5% of sales. GRI 2-1 The Festo Group is divided into the Automation and Didactic business divisions. Important industry segments are automotive, food and packaging, electronics and assembly, biotech, pharma and cosmetics, chemicals and water, as well as – with growing importance – medical technology and laboratory automation (life tech), which have been in focus since the beginning of the pandemic. Festo also supports all automated process steps in the field of electromobility, from battery production to the production of electric vehicles. GRI 2-1 The Automation business division The Automation division offers a wide range of solutions for factory and process automation: the business purpose comprises the development, manufacture and sale of pneumatic and electrical components, technical systems and services as well as the transfer of knowledge for automation tasks such as control, regulation, positioning and handling of machines, apparatus and technical processes. In terms of customer solutions, the increasing demand for energy and resource efficiency and humanisation of work is becoming a competitive factor in all industry segments. GRI 2-6 The Didactic business division The group’s activities in the Didactic division stand for technical basic and further training and, for more than five decades, have included the continuous development of professional, industry-oriented learning products and services relating to automation technology. The educational offerings focus on pneumatics, hydraulics, electronics and mechatronics as well as sensor technology, robotics, CNC and fieldbus technology. Festo Didactic is a system partner of companies as well as private and public educational institutions to make and keep people fit for work through education and training and to allow them to participate in economic development. GRI 2-6 At Festo, we pursue the goal of making tomorrow’s working world more productive, simpler and more sustainable on a daily basis. That is why we are developing solutions for automation and technical education that prepare people, companies and organisations for the demands of the future. GRI 2-1: Total sales by region Total sales by region 2020 2021 2022 Europe/Middle East 62% 60% 57% Asia 22% 24% 25% The Americas 16% 16% 18% 4 5 1. BLUE WORLD 2. STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT 3. CO2 REDUCTION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY 4. TECHNICAL EDUCATION 5. ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCE AND MATERIAL EFFICIENCY 6. PEOPLE AT FESTO 7. ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE 8. GRI-INDEX 9. REPORT PROFILE Festo SE & Co. KG Sustainability Report 2022 Festo SE & Co. KG Sustainability Report 2022
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