WorldSkills and Festo: 30 years of successful partnership

from left: Elfi Klumpp, Festo Didactic, Head of Partnership Development Global Education,
Nader Imani, Festo Didactic, Executive Vice President Global Education
Michael Linn, Festo Didactic, Skill Competition Manager Mechatronics
David Hoey, WorldSkills International, Chief Executive Officer
Sasa Simovic, Festo Didactic, Skill Competition Manager Industry 4.0
Andy Hurst, Festo Didactic, Vice President Sales Management Europe
Alexander Amiri, WorldSkills International, Director of Sponsorship and Partnership

WorldSkills presented Festo with a certificate and a letter of appreciation for 30 years of a successful partnership. 

Festo is proud of this long-standing cooperation being a Global Industry Partner (GIP) of WorldSkills since 1991. Together, we are committed to the vocational training of young people. They are shaping the future, and Festo supports them in technical training by all means. 

In December 2021, Alexander Amiri, Head of Sponsorship and Partnerships at WorldSkills, presented the certificate and appreciation letter to the WorldSkills core team of Festo Didactic. David Hoey, WorldSkills board member, joined online. WorldSkills and Festo look forward to many more joint vocational championships and activities.

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Festo is both a global player and an independent family-owned company with companies in 61 countries. We supply automation technology and technical education solutions for more than 35 industries.


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Franziska Hentschel

Festo Didactic SE

Germany