About Us

Why 'Didactic'?

The word Didactic is - Derived from the Greek, ‘Didactikos’ and meaning ‘skilful in the science & art of teaching’, it represents our philosophy of developing people and organisations in a way that is pleasurable, entertaining, informative and productive.

Our mission

Festo Didactic Training & Consulting is dedicated to supporting excellence in UK manufacturing industry.   Based in the UK, but with a world of manufacturing experience, we bring knowledge and expertise to our clients, helping them compete and succeed in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.

We seek to help clients improve their business results working with them to develop and apply innovative learning solutions and taking a results based approach to business improvement projects.

World-wide support

We are part of the world-wide family of Festo Didactic businesses directly supporting clients in 52 countries.

We have been assisting businesses to meet their training objectives for over 40 years by providing training and support in three key business areas of Technology, Organisation and people development.  Festo Didactic currently educate over 30,000 delegates annually in technical, business, management, personal development and a range of other disciplines.

Part of the Festo Group

Established in 1925, Festo is an innovative and highly successful business with an annual turnover in excess of €1.2 bn. We employ over 10,500 people and provide training, consultancy, industrial automation and process industry solutions to 300,000 customers in 176 countries.

We seek to help clients improve their business results, working with them to develop and apply innovative learning solutions and taking a results based approach to business improvement projects.