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Basic and further training
1963 First customer seminar, first film
about pneumatics in Europe
1965 Creation of the ‘Training Material and Courses’
business segment
1967 Sale of training material begins
1976 The Festo Didactic name is introduced
1990 Founder member of WorldSkills
1994 Start of consulting services
Today:
More than 40,000 course participants every year, around 2,900
courses/workshops in 39 languages, provider of equipment for
over 35,000 educational institutions
Trade fairs/Expotainer
1948 First European trade fair in Basel, Switzerland
1950 International Trade Fair in Chicago, USA
1960 First independent trade fair appearance
by Festo Pneumatic at the Hanover Fair
1970 Mobile trade fair/Expotainer visits customers
1978 Expotainer crosses the Atlantic for the first time
Today:
Over 100 trade fairs around the world each year
2.2013 trends in automation
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