Talking manufacturing and education with Festo Didactic's Thomas Lichtenberger

Published: Oct. 4, 2019, 1:44 p.m.

b"In our latest Executive Edition series, Mary Gannon of Design World chats with Festo Didactic's CEO Thomas Lichtenberger, about the organizations successful programs to change the manufacturing landscape in the United States. Festo Didactic provides equipment and solutions for technical education for all areas of technology in factory and process automation, such as pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical engineering, production technology, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, CNC, HVAC and telecommunications.\\n\\nLichtenberger discusses the Festo's successful Mason, Ohio apprenticeship program and its newest work with The Space Coast Consortium Apprenticeship Program \\u2013 an industry-driven apprenticeship program led by a group of advanced manufacturing companies operating on the Space Coast. \\n\\nHe talks about the future of manufacturing and how Festo's training programs are designed to shape that future."