Festo AG is a global player and an independent family-owned company with headquarters in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. The company supplies pneumatic and electrical automation technology to 300,000 customers of factory and process automation in over 40 industries. The products and services are available in 176 countries. With about 21,200 employees in over 250 branch offices in 61 countries worldwide, Festo achieved a turnover of around €3.20 billion in 2018. Each year around 8 % of this turnover is invested in research and development. In this learning company, 1.5 % of turnover is invested in basic and further training. Yet training services are not only provided for Festo's own staff – Festo Didactic SE also supplies basic and further training programmes in the field of automation technology for customers, students and trainees. In Bulgaria Festo AG deploys all of its operations by two independent legal entities: Festo EOOD (Sales and Didactics) and Festo Production EOOD (Production and R&D operations). Global Production Center (GPC) Sofia is one of the biggest plants of Festo AG specializing in production of electronics – more than 1300 different products: flow, position and pressure sensors, valve modules, connectivity cables, PLC controllers and electric drives. Within the Technological and Engineering Center (TEC) Sofia are developed more than 40 new products in close cooperation with the research and development teams of other Festo sites. Currently Festo Production is expanding these operations not only by increasing the number of engineers and developers hired but also – with spreading the count and the level of competencies and technologies used. With more than 850 employees in two locations – Sofia and Smolyan - more than 20 000 sq. m. of buildings space and turnover of more than 135,3 million BGN, Festo Production is one of the leading employers in Bulgaria. Are you ready to move the world with us? Welcome to Festo: Your solid base for lift-off.
