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Festo South Africa
Festo South Africa

18-26 Electron Avenue, Isando, Kempton Park

toll-free:  
08600 FESTO (33786)
email:  
[email protected]
url:  
www.festo.co.za

Iso Certification ISO 9001:2015

Core business offering: Global leader in industrial automation and technical education, providing innovative solutions in pneumatic, electric and process automation. Core offerings include high-performance components, intelligent systems, and training services that enhance productivity, efficiency, and innovation across key industrial sectors, including manufacturing, packaging, automotive, and food processing.


AMS Bearings
Durban
tel: +27 31 467 3380
AnG Industrial Solutions
Kempton Park
tel: +27 10 035 5502/03
Bear Electrical Limited
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
tel: +255 757 232 735
BMG
Bellville
tel: +27 21 945 1850
Pinetown
tel: +27 31 713 8580
Gqeberha
tel: +27 41 406 0300
East London
tel: +27 43 722 3091
BMG Park
tel: +27 51 434 1169
Maputo, Mozambique
tel: +258 21 752 898
Matola, Mozambique
tel: +258 84 310 6911
Tete, Mozambique
tel: +258 84 754 3892
Beira, Mozambique
tel: +258 823 081 335
Pretoria East
tel: +27 12 849 1700
Brenley
Mbombela - White River
tel: +27 13 751 1417
C Woermann
Lagos, Nigeria
tel: +234 012 918 597
Central Process Automation Solutions
Bloemfontein
tel: +27 51 434 1169
CET Industrial
Nairobi, Kenya
tel: +254 20 260 3413/4/5
Kampala, Uganda
tel: +256 41 466 0280
CIM Automation
Cape Town
tel: +27 21 531 1410
Clure Projects CC
Gqeberha
tel: +27 41 453 4783
CMS Bearings & Pneumatic Supplies
Mossel Bay
tel: +27 44 690 3245
Compressed Air
Meadowdale
tel: +27 11 452 7983
Compressed Air Equipment
Durban
tel: +27 31 263 2839
Control Systems Rustenburg
Rustenburg
tel: +27 87 230 8391
Control Systems Steelpoort
Steelpoort
tel: +27 82 654 5263
Corel Instrumentation and Control
Vaal Triangle
tel: +27 16 971 3970
Crush Plant
Windhoek, Namibia
tel: +26 46 123 7753
CSM Bearings & Pneumatic Supplies
Delmas
tel: +27 10 021 0255
CSM Bearings and Pneumatic Supplies
Ashton
tel: +27 21 154 0990
Centurion
tel: +27 12 653 4764
CSM Engineering
Centurion
tel: +27 12 653 4764
Dickinson Marketing
Richards Bay
tel: +27 35 789 1303/4
Diya Valves
Pietermaritzburg
tel: +27 33 345 6965
Cornubia
tel: +27 31 337 1084
DRG Services
Polokwane
tel: +27 15 292 2184
Electrical Instrumentation Services
Kitwe, Zambia
tel: +260 212 228 077
Electrical Maintenance Lusaka
Zambia
tel: +260 211 227 8247
Elephant Trade
Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo
tel: +243 81 401 5302
Epsilon Technologies
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
tel: +242 056 836 083
Fluiconnecto
Gaborone, Botswana
tel: +267 391 2879
Fluid Systems
Francistown, Botswana
tel: +267 241 5488
Palapye, Botswana
tel: +267 391 2879
GEH Solutions
Bethal
tel: +27 84 513 6587
General Pneumatics KZN
Kempton Park
tel: +27 11 392 4453
New Germany, KwaZulu-Natal
tel: +27 31 705 4987
General Pneumatics Natal - Cape Town
Ndabeni, Cape Town
tel: +27 21 891 3896
Global pour Industrie et Commerce (GIC)
Limete, Democratic Republic of Congo
tel: +243 900 111 188
H.P.E Industries
Accra, Ghana
tel: +233 3022 35187
Hackmack Enterprises T/A Techno Hose And Fittings
East London
tel: +27 43 743 1394
Headline Trading 123 T/A Hydromatc
Cape Town
tel: +27 22 487 3048
Help Industries
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
tel: +225 27 21 35 75 48
HMF Technologies
Secunda
tel: +27 17 687 1915
IAA Distribution
Randfontein
tel: +27 82 339 2035
InControl
Victoria Mahe, Seychelles
tel: +248 254 0334
Indesols
Mombasa, Kenya
tel: +254 790 488 901
Kigali Bearing Import
Kigali, Rwanda
tel: +250 788 303 113
Kitwe Hydraulics
Matsapha, Eswatini
tel: +268 2518 5060/76/83
Lauryn Elec
Toamasina, Madagascar
tel: +261 348 729 788
LaurynElec
Antananarivo, Madagascar
tel: +261 345 890 066
MDW Pneumatic Trading
Pretoria
tel: +27 12 846 3340
Namib Trading
Oranjemund, Namibia
tel: +264 63 234 328
Swakopmund, Namibia
tel: +264 83 377 2500
Nova Sotecma
Luanda, Angola
tel: +244 222 263 315
PEX Hydraulics
Port Louis, Mauritius
tel: +230 208 0468
Promax Sivex Distributors
Pretoria
tel: +27 12 340 2400
Rapid Industrial Supplies
Boksburg
tel: +27 11 205 9004
Supplyrite
Germiston
tel: +27 11 907 0230
TIAD Sa
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
tel: +243 822 631 006
Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
tel: +243 999 908 557
Turning Point Investments
Harare and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
tel: +263 242 443 216
Vescotech
Potchefstroom
tel: +27 18 297 7193
Victory Electrical
Montague Gardens, Cape Town
tel: +27 21 555 2468
Festo
(Manufacturer, Sole Agency, System Integrator)
InterApp
(Shared Agency)
Section - Computers & Software
-Electrical design
-Mechanical design
-Motion control system design
-Simulation systems
-Communication standard
- Ethernet/IP
- Fieldbus
- Modbus
- Other
- RS232/485/422
-Distributed I/O systems
- PLC-centric
-I/O blocks/modules
-Mounting methods
- DIN rail
- Panel/rack mount modules
- Plug in cards
-Operating features
- Intrinsically safe
-Signal modules
- Analog
- Digital
- Mixed
-Applications
- Artificial intelligence
- Asset management
- Data acquisition, analysis
- Operator interface
- Programming languages
- Soft PLC
-Datasharing
- OPC clients
- OPC servers
-Language
- PLC languages
-Network communications
- Fieldbus
- TCP/IP
Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-Barcode systems
- Automated
-Machine health monitoring
-Maintenence management
-Integration into MES and ERP systems
-Number of I/O points
- 0-1024
- 0-32
- 0-512
-Number of PLC or I/O drivers
- 0-16
- 16-64
- 64-640
-Operating system
- Linux
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
-In-stream/in situ
- Pneumatic air filtration/conditioning
-Out-of-stream/ex situ
- Pneumatic air filtration/conditioning
-In-stream/in situ
- Pneumatic air
-Condition monitoring
- Remote site condition monitoring
-Consulting
- Technical
-Education & training
- Computer-based
- Instructor-led
- Onsite
-Maintenance
- Hardware repair
- Maintenance
- Planning
- Predictive maintenance
-Optimisation
- Energy
-Performance monitoring
- Energy
- Process/production
-Education & training
- Competency-based learning
- Simulation for training
-IoT driver & OPC software
-Maintenance
- Computerised maintenance management (CMM)
- Predictive maintenance
- Preventive maintenance
-Optimisation & efficiency
- Asset optimisation
- Energy optimisation
- Simulation for optimisation
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
-Instrument power supplies
-Mains AC-DC converters
-Boxes - electronics
- Metal construction
- Plastic construction
-Cabinets
- Explosion protected
- Free-standing
- Wall mount
-Enclosures (special)
- Corrosion proof
- Environmentally protected
-DIN rail-mount
-Fieldbus terminal blocks
-I/O system
-PLC interface
Section - Networks for Communication & Control
-4-20mA analog loop
-ASI
-CANbus
-CC-Link
-DeviceNet
-EtherCat
-Ethernet
-HART
-Interbus-S
-Modbus
-Profibus
-Profinet
-Proprietary
-Remote I/O
-RS232/422/485
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-Electric
-Emergency shutdown
-Limit switches
-Partial stroke testing devices
-Pneumatic
-Valve position transmitters
- Valve positioners
-Control valves (applications)
- Globe - sanitary
- Hygienic
- Re-circulating
- Safety release
- Severe service/harsh application valves
- Slurry control
-Control valves (type)
- Ball
- Butterfly
-Eccentric plug
-Expanding plug
-Globe
- double seated
- split-body
- three-way
-Lined valves
-Manifolds
-Pinch-type sleeve
-Rotary control valves
-Shut tight valves
-Sliding/knife gate
-Solenoid
-Weir-type diaphragm
-Communications
- Fieldbus
- Proprietary
- RS232
- RS422/RS485
-Functionality
- Adaptive gain
- Auto/self tuning
- Cascade control
- Logic
- Maths/calculations
- Pattern/profile
- PID/PD
- Ratio control
- Scaling of I/O
-Inputs
- 0/4-20mA
- mV/V
- RTD
- Thermocouple
-Outputs
- 0/4-20 mA
- 0-5V
- mA/mV
- Pulse
- Relay contact
-Panel size (mm)
- 150x150
- 24x48
- 48x48
- 48x96
- 72x72
- 96x96
-Visual display
-Networked controllers
-PACs - Programmable Automation Controllers
-Flowmeters (type)
- Differential pressure (DP)
- Orifice plate, flow nozzle
-Monitors/indicators
-Regulators
-Switches
-Explosion proof
-Flameproof
-Intrinsic safety
- Sensors
- Solenoid valves
- Transmitters - flow
- Transmitters - pressure
- Valve positioners
-Analytics & reporting
-Artificial intelligence
-Asset/calibration management
-Big data & cloud technologies
-Smart sensors
-Specialist consulting services
-System simulation
-Machine vision lighting
-Machine vision sensors
-Machine vision systems
-Visual inspection systems
-Displays
- LCD, flat-panel
- Programmable message
- Touchscreens
-HMI
-Analog I/O
- 1-16
- 17-64
- 65-256
- 257-512
- more than 512
-Digital I/O
- 1-16
- 17-64
- 65-256
- 257-512
- more than 512
-Display
-Multiprocessor
-Networking organisation
- Host-to-PLC link
- PLC-to-PLC
- Remote I/O
-Networking
- 20 mA loop
- Ethernet
- Fieldbus
- PLC-to-PLC
- Proprietary data bus
- Remote I/O
- RS232, RS422, RS485
-Operator interface panel
-PACs - Programmable Automation Controllers
-Programming
- Diagnostic software
- Documenting software
- Function block diagram
- High level (C, Basic, etc.)
- IEC 1131
- Ladder diagram (relay logic)
- Logic diagram
- Sequential function chart
-Scan rate less than 1µs per step
-Scan rate less than 1ms per step
-Actuators
- Linear
- Rotary
-Air dryers
-Controllers/logic devices
-Cylinders
- Double acting
- Positioners
- Rodless
- Single acting
-Filters
-Pneumatic conveying systems
-Pressure/vacuum switches
-Seals
-Tubes & fittings
-Valves
- Check
- Flow
- Gauge
- Isolation
- Manifolds
- Pressure
- Servo
-Control transducers
- Displacement/position transducers
-Gearboxes
-Programmable motion control systems
- Custom system design
- Pneumatic drive systems
- Servo systems
- Stepper systems
-Servo amplifiers
- Electronic
-Servo motors
- Brushless DC motors
- DC motors
- Geared motor units
- Stepper motors
- Synchro motors
-Differential pressure transducers
-Pressure gauges/indicators
-Pressure switches
-Pressure-electrical transducers
-Regulators
- Pilot operated pressure reducing
- Self-acting back pressure
- Self-acting pressure reducing
-Colour mark
-Edge detection
-Inductive
-Infrared
-Laser
-Limit switch
-Magnetic
-Photoelectric
-Peripherals
- grippers
-Robots
-Fibre-optic
-Flow
-Loadcell
-Presence
-Vision
-Amplifiers & pre-amplifiers
-Converters
- A-D
- D-A
- I-P, P-I
-Counters
- Mechanical
- Panel mount
-Timers
- Analog
- Digital
- Panel mount
-Control signal
-Differential pressure
-Flow
-Pneumatic
-Pressure
-Universal, programmable
Section - Services & Systems
-Consulting engineers
- Gap analysis
- Project management
- Systems specification
-Programmers
- Other
- PLC
- SCADA
-System integration/consulting
- Electrical
- Factory automation
- Materials handling
- Other
- Process control
- SCADA/DCS/PLC
-Training (excluding supplier/product specific training)
-Automotive
-Batch production
-Blending
-Boiler/furnace control
-Building management
-Chemicals
-Compressed air
-Energy management
-Environmental control & monitoring
-Extrusion control
-Food & beverage
-Furnace control & management
-Gas, infrared heating systems
-HVAC control
-Induction heating systems
-Injection moulding
-Kiln control
-Laboratory control & management
-Laser-based
- cutting, drilling
- marking
- welding
-Marine
-Materials handling
-Mining & metals
-Packaging and Labelling
-Petrochemical
-Pharmaceutical
-Power generation & distribution
-Pulp & paper
-Rubber & plastics
-Shop-floor data collection
-Sugar
-Textiles
-Trace heating
-Transportation
-Water & waste water
Section - Test, Measurement & Calibration
News from Festo South Africa:
Engineering simplicity: shaping the future of valve automation
July 2026, Valves, Actuators & Pump Control, Editor's Choice, Festo South Africa

Festo’s VTOP pneumatic assembly offers a streamlined approach to managing pneumatic and electrical interfaces at the valve assembly.

How to size and select a servo motor
Second Quarter 2026, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Festo South Africa

Festo highlights some factors to consider in the process of sizing and selecting a servo motor effectively to ensure optimal performance, reliability and energy efficiency.

Solving common automation challenges with Festo’s servo drive and servo motor solutions
May 2026, Motion Control & Drives, Festo South Africa

Automation projects face challenges that include limited installation space, the need for precise and repeatable linear motion, rising cycle-speed demands, and seamless integration with existing control architectures. Festo’s servo portfolio directly addresses these issues with compact, modular drive and motor solutions designed for specific applications.

How to size and select a servo motor
May 2026, Motion Control & Drives, Editor's Choice, Festo South Africa

Festo highlights some factors to consider in the process of sizing and selecting a servo motor effectively to ensure optimal performance, reliability and energy efficiency.

Understanding Festo Automation Experience
March 2026, Editor's Choice, Festo South Africa

Festo’s automation portfolio delivers solutions that help manufacturers increase productivity, flexibility and reliability while reducing lifecycle costs. Central to this portfolio is Festo Automation Experience, a unified automation platform that combines modern control technology and industrial intelligence to meet the needs of today’s smart production systems.

A technological leap with the proportional valve terminal
Fourth Quarter 2025, Editor's Choice, Festo South Africa

Festo continually makes bold technological leaps to keep pace with global advancements. Controlled Pneumatics is redefining the boundaries of compressed air technology to meet the demands of today’s most advanced applications.

Precision meets performance: The ELGD Axes Family from Festo
January 2026, Motion Control & Drives, Festo South Africa

Festo has introduced the ELGD axes family, engineered for the demands of future-focused industries. With cutting-edge guide technology, exceptional rigidity and high load capacity, these axes deliver more performance within the same installation footprint.

Super-skilled employees: The imperative for proactive employee training
January 2026, News, Festo South Africa

In an era of rapid technological advancement and shifting market demands, companies are facing a significant challenge: predicting the skills their employees will need for the future.

Pneumatics makes a technological leap with the proportional valve terminal
January 2026, Motion Control & Drives, Editor's Choice, Festo South Africa

Festo continually makes bold technological leaps to keep pace with global advancements. Controlled Pneumatics is redefining the boundaries of compressed air technology to meet the demands of today’s most advanced applications.

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