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Festool celebrates its 100th anniversary
January 2024
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In 2025, the power tool manufacturer Festool from Wendlingen is celebrating its 100th anniversary: A century of family, company and development history, fuelled by a great passion for craftsmanship. Making the daily work of many generations of craftsmen and craftswomen easier, faster and safer: That has always been the aspiration from the year the company was founded in 1925 until today. And it will remain so for the next 100 years.
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Festool continues to invest in its German site
October 2021
Festool is expanding its site in Germany with a sustainable, modern new building in Weilheim/Teck. It is located just five kilometres from the previous main production site in the southern German town of Neidlingen. The new assembly hall creates much needed expansion space to ensure long-term growth.
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Festool counts on FSC™
October 2021
The premium brand is taking the next important step towards sustainability and has successfully had products certified with the FSC™ label. This makes the Wendlingen-based company one of the first power tool manufacturer to commit to preserving forests for future generations.
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Product testers wanted for the new ExoActive exoskeleton
March 2023
As part of an international pilot study, Festool is offering you the exclusive opportunity to test the new ExoActive exoskeleton, completely free of charge, before its market launch.
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Festool Connected
September 2022
Whether in the workshop, on the construction site or at home – with Festool Connected, users have access to intelligent products and smart apps that can optimally help in everyday work situations.
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German power tool manufacturer Festool has been recognised as a "Brand of the Century"
June 2022
Most tradespeople have been aware and fond of the Festool brand for decades and it had already become a cult brand. As part of the "Marken des Jahrhunderts" ("Brands of the Century") podcast series, Chair of the Supervisory Board Barbara Austel and CEO Sascha Menges discuss exactly what lies behind the brand, why innovations are crucial to it and how the brand manages to get its loyal fans raving about new products time and again.
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Change of CEO at TTS Tooltechnic Systems
April 2021
Effective September 1, 2021, Sascha Menges will join the company and, after a brief orientation period, take over the position of CEO from Dr. Christian Rolfs, who on October 1 will be entering retirement according to plan.