What about FESTO and SMC?

Brand comparison\nFESTO: German pneumatic components manufacturer!
FESTO's brand quality includes many aspects, mainly reflected in intelligent and easy-to-operate product design, long-lasting efficiency optimization and globalization.
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Festo was founded in 1925 by Albert Fezer and Gottlieb Stoll. The company's name is a combination of the Chinese and English letters FE and STO of the two founders. FESTO is a completely independent family business, mainly managed and operated by the Stoll family after Albert Fezer gradually withdrew from management.
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Festo AG & Co. KG is the world's most renowned manufacturer of pneumatic components, assemblies and systems. The company is headquartered in Esslingen, Germany. Festo (China) Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary established in mainland China in 1993. It is fully responsible for the operation of regional business in China and is headquartered in Jinqiao Development Zone, Pudong, Shanghai. Festo (China) Co., Ltd. adheres to the sales concept of direct sales and tries to avoid intermediate links. It has established 38 branches and offices across the country (as of 2007) to directly face the needs of users and provide customers with high-quality services.
FESTO is the first company among global pneumatic component manufacturers to pass ISO 9001 quality certification.
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With the development of automatic control technology and the continuous improvement of modern industrial levels, pneumatic components and pneumatic systems derived from hydraulic components have broad application space and development potential. Kurt Stoll, known as the father of German pneumatics, keenly discovered and followed this trend, led FESTO to continue to develop and grow in this field, and became the world leader in the field of pneumatic automation.
FESTO Group (Festo Group) has 3 subsidiaries
(1) DSG’s subsidiary is mainly engaged in the power safety door business.
(2) Beck subsidiary
Mainly focusing on control technology (such as PLC, IPC, touch screen) and the electronic control part of FESTO electrical related products.
(3) Festo AG & Co. KG subsidiaries
Mainly focusing on pneumatic products, electric drive products and teaching training. In China, the mention of FESTO generally refers to Festo AG & Co. KG and its wholly-owned subsidiary Festo (China) Co., Ltd. established in the mainland in 1993.
\nsmc: R&D, manufacturing and sales of pneumatic components!
SMC CORPORATION was established in 1959 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. SMC has become a world-class R&D, manufacturer and seller of pneumatic components. It also has a huge market network in Japan to provide customers with products and after-sales services. As the world's most famous multinational company in the manufacturing and sales of pneumatic components, SMC has sales networks and production bases all over the world. SMC products are world-famous for their complete variety, high reliability, economy and durability, and their ability to meet the needs of different users in many fields. SMC, which has a market share of more than 60% in Japan, integrates the production and sales of SMC products from all over the world through overseas subsidiaries and distributors in 51 countries around the world, providing users with direct and complete services.
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SMC (China) Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary invested and established by SMC Group in Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone in September 1994. It is one of the first batch of high-tech enterprises in Beijing. The investment has reached US$500 million. It has built a R&D center, four processing and logistics factories in China, covering an area of ​​520,000 square meters, with nearly 5,100 employees, and produces pneumatic components for industrial automation. The company adopts the most sophisticated automated production equipment in the same industry in the world today and has introduced a complete modern pneumatic component manufacturing process. After 18 years of rapid development, SMC (China) Co., Ltd. has become one of the world's largest pneumatic component production and export bases, with products sold in 55 countries and regions around the world. At the same time, 64 sales and service branches have been established in major industrial cities across the country.
\nProduct comparison
FESTO:
1. Factory automation:
driver
Motors and servo drives
gripper
Crawl system
vacuum technology
Valves and valve terminals
Motion Terminal (digital control terminal)
sensor
image processing system
Compressed air treatment
Connection technology
Control technology and software