For more than 50 years, Festo has been a pulse generator in Polish industry. With its know-how in automation and technical training, the company supports growth and competition in the country as a production site for international companies and the domestic economy, increasingly with a focus on Industry 4.0.
27 years ago, the company founded its own Festo national company in Poland, Festo Sp. z o.o. in Warsaw. With 120 employees, Festo Poland has looked after approximately 6,500 customers in factory and process automation. Poland is on a growth trajectory and intends to drive forward the domestic industry as well as strengthen its competitiveness on the booming markets of Asia and America through education, know-how and a high degree of automation.
“Polish industry is not yet as advanced as industries in other European countries when it comes to production automation, with many companies still being at the stage of Industry 2.0. There are many opportunities to develop and implement automation, training and innovation,” said Marcin Zygadło, General Manager of Festo Poland.
“The activities of Festo Poland are an excellent example of how it works together with Polish industry. Festo cooperates via its subsidiary with the Polish industry by producing specialised solutions, designing production automation equipment and systems for all the different industries in Poland and combines this with suitable training courses, including educational support for schools and technical colleges. This cooperation dates back to the 1960s and is now increasingly focused on training for Industry 4.0,” Zygadło said.
In Poland, Festo primarily develops and manufactures individual automation solutions for the automotive, food, packaging, water technology and power plant technology fields. The company produces for the Polish market, for Germany as well as for neighbouring countries such as Austria, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria.
In the 1960s, Festo began its first training programs in the country, including courses in schools and technical universities. Today, the learning systems of Festo Didactic are employed in 600 higher education and other educational establishments in Poland. It is no coincidence that Poland is currently home to a large number of very well educated engineers whose standard of education and know-how is on a par with all of their counterparts from other European countries. These specialists are driving forward Polish reindustrialisation 4.0 and bringing Polish machine and equipment suppliers to the global market. For Qualification 4.0, Festo Didactic developed a cyber-physical training factory as a research and qualification platform. Festo is currently working together with Polish educational establishments on developing Qualification 4.0 training and further training programmes for students and professionals in Poland.
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