Ansgar Kriwet, member of the management board of Festo, said Vietnam has the fastest growing economy in South-east Asia with a growth rate of 6.5%.As Asia’s new manufacturing hub, Vietnam requires strong support from motion automation, he said.
Festo’s cyber-physical systems encompass the new developments of networked production in industry 4.0 and offer a modular smart factory system for teaching and research purposes. It annually invests around 8% of its revenues into research and development and makes 100 new products ready for patenting.