In 2000 its portable power tool activities were spun off into an independent company, Festool.
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In 2002, Festo went to the United States Supreme Court to defend a change to a patent application in Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co..
Festo Corporation (petitioner) possessed patents for an industrial device.
Festool was established as an independent company in 2000, after being spun off from its parent company Festo which was concentrating on automation technology.
Safety Network International e.V. was established by eight founding companies: ASK Systems GmbH, Dürr AG, Daimler AG, EMG Automation GmbH , Festo AG & Co.KG. , SICK AG , Pilz GmbH & Co.KG. and Volkswagen AG.
SmartBird is an autonomous ultralight unmanned aerial vehicle created by Festo's Bionic Learning Network with an emphasis on better aerodynamics and manoeuvrability.
A Festoon (from French feston, Italian festone, from a Late Latin festo, originally a festal garland, Latin festum, feast), is a wreath or garland, and in architecture typically a carved ornament depicting conventional arrangement of flowers, foliage or fruit bound together and suspended by ribbons.