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Issue 30 trends in automation
Inspiration 10 – 11
Customer solutions
At the customer’s request: special solutions and individual components
for individual customer needs are produced by hand.
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Learning Factory
as an integral part of
the Technology Plant in
the next issue.
housing or mounted circuit boards. Here
too, the variations run into the hundreds.
Innovation in automation
Besides offering highly efficient and
competitive production, the new plant
also sets an example. It is used by Festo
as a reference factory for its customers to
demonstrate the latest automation
technology. The Technology Factory is
characterised by lean and energy-efficient
processes as well as highly sustainable
and environmentally-friendly production.
The plant’s green credentials were
acknowledged with a Platinum Certificate
by the German Sustainable Building
Council (DGNB) which was awarded in
September 2015.
The high degree of adaptability of the
production site and the creation of
efficient value chains and value streams
were decisive factors for the overall plant
concept. Plant manager Stefan
Schwerdtle is positive about the future:
“With the Technology Plant we are well
prepared for future requirements. We
have created the space necessary for co-
operative technology and product
development and considerably improved
the time to market through optimised
procedures and reoriented core
processes.”