Festool is a brand of high-end

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from Germany. Festool Group GmbH & Co. KG is based in Wendlingen and is a subsidiary of the TTS Tooltechnic Systems holding company. It is known for its system-based approach to power tools and its focus on dust extractors. The company was founded by Gottlieb Stoll and Albert Fezer in 1925 under the name ''Fezer & Stoll''. The company manufactured the world's first portable

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in 1927. The company's name was shortened to ''Festo'' in 1933.

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founded Festo Tooltechnic in 1992, and the power tool division was spun off into an independent company, Festool, in 2000. The company remains privately owned by the family of co-founder Gottlieb Stoll. As of October 2017, Festool operates subsidiaries in 26 countries including the

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, the

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, the

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, and Russia. In late 2017, it set up its first Asian subsidiary in South Korea. Festool products are primarily manufactured in Neidlingen (Germany),

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(Germany), and

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(Czech Republic). In July 2017, Festool opened its first North American production line at its

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, Indiana, facility, where it produces mainly guide rails for its track-saw system. Festool's system-based power tool design includes the use of modular plastic containers, called " systainers", that are produced by its sister company TANOS, and multi-function parts such as guide rails for stationary work and power tools. It also produces a workbench system involving Multifunction tables (MFTs). https://www.festool.com/accessory/accessories-for-equipment/work-benches/work-benches/495315---mft3#Overview

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