Shaping the Future of Skills: Festo is Premium Sponsor of Mechatronics and Industry 4.0

EuroSkills Herning 2025 will take place from 9 to 13 September 2025 in Herning, Denmark. As Europe’s largest skills event, it brings together around 600 talented young professionals competing in 38 different skill disciplines. With participation from 33 countries and an expected 100,000 visitors from Denmark and across Europe, the event is a true celebration of excellence in vocational education and training (VET). This unique platform offers an exceptional opportunity to network with experts from education, industry, and policy, while also inspiring the next generation of skilled workers.

The Place to Be for Everyone Committed to Skills and Education

Are you passionate about vocational training, empowering youth, and shaping a skilled workforce for the future? Then EuroSkills Herning 2025 is the place to be! Vocational education empowers people with practical skills for the green transition and technological change – blending tradition with innovation to shape a future-ready workforce. Experience it firsthand!

Under the inspiring motto “Skilled for a Greener Future”, this hands-on talent showcase is free of charge and welcomes:

• Families and school groups
• Teachers, trainers, and educators
• Stakeholders from education, politics, industry, and NGOs

Visitors will experience a wide variety of trades and professions in action, with interactive ‘Try-a-Skill’ areas where children and young people can explore careers hands-on.

Source: EuroSkills Herning 2025

Discover the Future of Skills at EuroSkills Herning 2025

• Experience innovative qualification solutions live
• Connect with international TVET experts
• Explore Festo’s smart learning systems
• Get insights into the latest education trends
• Network with decision-makers from across Europe
• See why education is key to future success
• Be inspired by the skill, passion, and discipline of Europe’s top young professionals

How Festo Supports Young Talents

EuroSkills has selected Festo as a Premium Supplier of technical competition equipment. Within the Manufacturing and Engineering Technology sector, Festo Didactic is the official provider of training equipment and components for two key skills:

• Mechatronics
• Industry 4.0

We also provide the FluidSIM simulation software and a linear axis for the skill Industrial Control.

Discover a greener future at the Festo Booth:

• The Environmental Discovery System (EDS) is the competition equipment of the official skill Water Technology at WorldSkills competitions. It demonstrates the entire water cycle and the diverse applications for water management.
• Also, the Nacelle wind turbine learning system, a complete scaled-down version of commercial wind turbine nacelles, will be exhibited. It prepares students with the skills and training for jobs as wind turbine technicians.

Festo has been a committed supporter of global skills development for decades — in fact, we became the first Global Industry Partner of WorldSkills back in 1991. Since then, we have actively promoted collaboration between industry, education, governments, and policymakers. Our shared mission: To elevate the recognition of skilled young professionals and highlight the critical role vocational training plays in shaping a future-ready workforce — across Europe and around the world.

Source: EuroSkills

Hands-on Experience for Young Visitors: Try-a-Skill

At EuroSkills Herning 2025, children and teenagers are especially welcome to get involved in the interactive “Try-a-Skill” area. Here, they can explore technical skills hands-on, try out tools and technologies, and gain unforgettable experiences that might just spark their interest in a future technical career – for a greener planet.

Source: Festo

Train Like a Champion – with Festo LX

Bring the excitement of international skills competitions into your classroom:
On Festo LX, our digital learning portal, you’ll find real tasks from previous WorldSkills and EuroSkills competitions – designed by experts and used in the skills Mechatronics and Industry 4.0.

Your students can:

• Tackle authentic challenges from past championships
• Understand what it takes to compete on an international level
• Develop industry-relevant skills aligned with global standards

With Festo Learning Experience (Festo LX), you transform your classroom into a training ground for tomorrow’s champions. Discover Festo LX – and bring WorldSkills into your lab!

Source: Festo

Dates and venues of EuroSkills Herning 2025

Dates

Opening Ceremony: TUE, 9 September 2025

Competition Days: WED 10-FRI 12 September 2025

Closing Ceremony: SAT 13 September 2025

Venue

MCH Messecenter Herning (Vardevej 1, 7400 Herning, Denmark) – Scandinavia’s largest exhibition & convention centre, hosting the competitions, exhibition booths, and “Try‑a‑Skill” areas.

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About Festo

Festo is a global player and an independent family-owned company with headquarters in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. Festo has set standards in industrial automation technology and technical education ever since its establishment, thereby making a contribution to sustainable development of the environment, the economy and society. The company supplies pneumatic and electrical automation technology to 300,000 customers of factory and process automation in over thirty-five industries. The products and services are available in 176 countries. With about 20,800 employees in over 250 branch offices in 61 countries worldwide, Festo is always near to the customer. Festo Didactic SE is a leading provider of technical education and training and offers its customers worldwide comprehensive digital and physical learning solutions in the industrial environment.

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Maren Gülck

Festo SE & Co. KG