for other uses see festo disambiguation . for the landmark patent law case see festo corp. v. shoketsu kinzoku kogyo kabushiki co. this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message festo ag & co. kg type kommanditgesellschaft founded esslingen am neckar weimar republic 1925 1925 founder gottlieb stoll headquarters esslingen am neckar germany number of locations sankt ingbert key people claus jessen ceo revenue 2.45 billion 2014 number of employees 17 800 2014 website www.festo.com festo is a german industrial control and automation company based in esslingen am neckar germany . 1 festo is an engineering driven company producing and selling pneumatic and electrical control and drive technology for factory or process automation . festo didactic is a world market leader in industrial education and consultancy . sales subsidiaries distribution centers and factories are located in 61 countries worldwide . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message festo was founded in 1925 by albert fezer and gottlieb stoll . initially the company manufactured wood cutting tools and later diversified into the automation industry . a noteworthy early product was the first portable gasoline powered chainsaw . in 2000 its portable power tool activities were spun off into an independent company festool . in 2002 festo went to the united states supreme court to defend a change to a patent application in festo corp. v. shoketsu kinzoku kogyo kabushiki co. . . see also edit bionickangaroo robotino references edit company profile goliath external links edit official website official website festo didactic festo uk website festo us website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title festo & oldid 711420503 categories engineering companies of germanyrobotics companiescompanies established in 1925companies of germanyhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from february 2014all articles with a promotional tonearticles lacking reliable references from february 2014all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles needing additional references from february 2014all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutsch fran aisbasa jawabahasa melayunederlandsnorsk bokm lportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 22 march 2016 at 20 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view