Mr. Marcelo Illescas , CFO and Chairman of the Board of FESTO Argentina , along with Dr. Gabriela Robiolo , Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, signed an agreement to seek synergies and promote joint collaborations. Under this agreement, we will explore opportunities for development and mutual collaboration. Also present at the signing were Eng. Alejandro Chapero , member of the Faculty of Engineering's Governing Council and Director of Postgraduate Studies and Technology Transfer, and Adrián Rodríguez, Head of Service and Digitalization at Festo.
Festo Argentina is a subsidiary of Festo, a renowned German industrial automation company that provides solutions for factory and process automation and technical training. Festo Argentina is dedicated to offering innovative technologies and services to industry and educational institutions in Argentina.
This new alliance promotes collaborative work on the following areas:
“For Festo, it is very important to establish strong and trusting relationships with strategic teams: by creating active networks and maintaining a dialogue with diverse environments, we can quickly capture new ideas from the environment and direct the exploration.”
Through specific research collaborations and joint projects, future-oriented ideas are developed that contribute decisively to ensuring long-term technological leadership and the ongoing development of the community in differentiating technologies.
Festo is an independent, family-owned global company headquartered in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany, with approximately 20.800 employees in 60 countries. Since its inception, Festo has set standards in industrial automation technology and technical training, thereby contributing to the sustainable development of the environment, the economy, and society. The company supplies pneumatic and electrical automation technology to 300.000 customers for factory and process automation in more than 35 industries and invests around 7% of its revenue in research and development. Its products and services are available in 176 countries worldwide.
Festo Argentina, headquartered in Buenos Aires with a broad network of distributors, also offers engineering, technical support, and training services to its customers. This includes the implementation of customized automation solutions, process optimization, and training on the use of Festo products and technologies.
Its goal is to help companies improve their efficiency, productivity, and competitiveness through automation and cutting-edge technology.
