EandM is an authorized Festo distributor serving manufacturers, system integrators, and industrial facilities across the West Coast — California, Oregon, and Washington. With 160,000 parts in stock shipping out of Healdsburg, California, and a fully West Coast-based team covering inside sales, technical support, product specialists, and pre-sales engineering, EandM is the local source for the complete Festo automation portfolio: pneumatic cylinders and actuators, valve terminals, air preparation components, electric drives, and motion controllers.
✦ Authorized Festo Distributor — Certified Festo Distributor Assembly Program Member
The Right Source for Festo on the West Coast
If you're specifying or purchasing Festo products — from pneumatic cylinders and valve terminals to air preparation assemblies and electric motion systems — distributor selection matters as much as product selection. Inventory availability, application knowledge, and local support directly affect your project timelines and your team's ability to get systems running correctly the first time.
EandM has served West Coast manufacturers and machine builders since 1955. As an authorized Festo distributor certified through the Festo Distributor Assembly Program, we build MS Series air preparation and VTUG valve manifold assemblies to your specifications at our Healdsburg, California facility — reducing lead times significantly over ordering finished assemblies through the standard supply chain.
Festo Products EandM Stocks and Supports
Pneumatic Cylinders and Actuators
Festo's cylinder and actuator portfolio covers the full range of linear, rotary, and gripping motion for machine automation. Round line cylinders (DSBC), compact cylinders (ADNGF), guided drives, and semi-rotary actuators provide reliable motion across a wide range of bore sizes, strokes, and mounting configurations. For collaborative robot and gantry applications, lightweight Festo Cartesian gantry systems offer ready-to-install multi-axis motion in a compact envelope.
Valve Terminals — VTUX, VTUG, and CPV
VTUX — Festo's Next-Generation Valve Terminal Platform
The VTUX is Festo's most advanced valve terminal, combining all the capabilities of the CPV, MPA, and VTUG platforms into a single unified architecture. Key performance figures:
- Flow rate: up to 730 l/min
- AP communication cycle time: 250µs
- Single 10mm valve replaces multiple valve sizes previously needed
- AP cable connects components up to 50 meters apart with a single cable
- Vacuum integration with smart air-saving function
- 30% smaller machine footprint vs. traditional configurations
- 40% faster installation with snap-together design
- Modular architecture: single valves or 4-valve groups, mix-and-match
The VTUX works equally well in centralized, distributed, and hybrid machine architectures, making it suitable for everything from compact standalone machines to multi-zone production lines. Its lightweight high-performance polymer construction also makes it a viable option for front-end units such as gantry arms and robot end-of-arm tooling.
VTUG Valve Manifold (Available as Built Assemblies)
EandM is certified to build VTUG valve manifold assemblies to your specifications at our Healdsburg facility through the Festo Distributor Assembly Program. This cuts lead time significantly compared to ordering pre-built manifolds — a meaningful advantage when a machine is waiting on pneumatics.
Air Preparation — MS Series (Available as Built Assemblies)
Festo MS Series modular air preparation units handle filtration, regulation, and lubrication for pneumatic systems in a compact, standardized form factor. EandM is certified to build MS Series air preparation assemblies to your specifications through the Festo Distributor Assembly Program. Tell us the configuration you need — filter, regulator, lubricator, combinations, port sizes, flow requirements — and we build it at our West Coast facility.
Electric Drives and Motion Controllers
Festo's electric drive portfolio provides a direct bridge between pneumatic and electromechanical automation. Electric cylinders (EPCO, ESBF), servo drive systems (CMMT), and integrated servo-motor combinations offer positioning capability and force control for applications where pneumatics alone aren't sufficient. For complex multi-axis applications, Festo's CMXR motion controller handles coordinated kinematics across up to 6 axes.
IO-Link Devices and Sensors
Festo IO-Link-enabled components — including valve terminals, pressure sensors, and flow sensors — integrate directly with SIMATIC PLCs and other IO-Link masters, enabling parameter access, real-time diagnostics, and predictive maintenance capabilities without additional wiring.
The Festo Distributor Assembly Program — Built at Our Healdsburg Facility
EandM is certified through the Festo Distributor Assembly Program to build select Festo assemblies to your specifications at our facility in Healdsburg, California. Currently available assembly services:
MS Series Air Preparation Assemblies
Specify your filter/regulator/lubricator combination, port size, pressure range, and mounting configuration. We build it and ship it — no waiting on factory lead times for configured assemblies.
VTUG Valve Manifold Assemblies
Specify your valve count, solenoid configuration, port sizes, and communication type. We configure and build the manifold at our facility.
This program was designed specifically to reduce the time from project design to delivery. For engineers and machine builders on tight timelines, it's one of the most practical advantages of sourcing Festo through EandM.
Why Manufacturers and Machine Builders Choose EandM for Festo
160,000 Parts in Stock — Ships from Healdsburg, CA
EandM maintains 160,000 automation parts in stock at our West Coast warehouse in Healdsburg, California. An average of 1,400 parts ship from that warehouse every day. Local inventory means your project doesn't stall waiting on cross-country freight.
Backed by Festo Fast for Anything We Don't Stock
Even with 160,000 parts on the shelf in Healdsburg, no distributor stocks every Festo part number. For anything outside our local inventory, EandM customers still benefit from Festo Fast — Festo's program covering its most popular products, stocked and shipped from Festo's Mason, Ohio facility. If a part falls within the Festo Fast portfolio, it carries a short lead time even when it's not sitting on our shelves, so a gap in local stock rarely turns into a long wait on your project.
Award-Winning Inside Sales Team
Our inside sales team is 100% West Coast-based and known for the fastest response times in the region.
- 85% of quotes are sent within one hour of request, if not sooner
- 98% of quotes are sent the same day
No-Cost Technical Support — West Coast Based
EandM’s technical support is based on the West Coast.
- Overall satisfaction rating: 98.4%
- Technical ability rating: 98.9%
- Professionalism rating: 99.6%
Technical support is available at no charge, Monday through Friday, 8am–4pm PT.
West Coast Product Specialists and Pre-Sales Engineering
Our Festo product specialists work with your engineers before the purchase — helping select the right cylinder bore and stroke, valve terminal configuration, air prep sizing, or electric drive pairing for your specific application. Application-specific guidance, not generic product recommendations.
Common Applications We Support Across the West Coast
- Packaging and Food & Beverage: Festo pneumatics are a natural fit for pick-and-place, form-fill-seal, carton erecting, and conveyor divert applications. The VTUX valve terminal's 730 l/min flow rate and 250µs AP cycle times support high-speed packaging machines where pneumatic response time matters.
- Semiconductor and Electronics: Precision pneumatic grippers, guided drives, and electric cylinders handle the delicate material transfer and positioning tasks common in semiconductor fab, PCB assembly, and electronics manufacturing across California.
- Machine Building and OEMs: West Coast OEMs building custom automation equipment rely on Festo's modular cylinder and valve terminal portfolio for flexible, standardized pneumatic systems. The VTUX's mix-and-match modularity supports both standard builds and custom configurations without a separate part number for every variant.
- Assembly Automation: For assembly applications requiring programmable force and position control, Festo electric cylinders (EPCO, ESBF) paired with CMMT servo drives provide the precision that pure pneumatics can't deliver, while keeping the same Festo ecosystem for sourcing and support.
- Robotics: Festo Cartesian gantry systems and lightweight pneumatic end-of-arm tooling integrate directly with collaborative robot applications across EandM's West Coast robotics customer base.
- System Integrators: System integrators specifying Festo for end-user projects get application support before the sale — cylinder selection, valve terminal configuration, air prep sizing, and electric drive pairing — from product specialists who know the portfolio. With 160,000 parts in stock in Healdsburg and the ability to build MS Series air prep and VTUG manifold assemblies locally, EandM helps SIs hit their project timelines without waiting on factory lead times.
Serving the West Coast
EandM has offices and local support teams across California, Oregon, and Washington, with the main warehouse and headquarters in Healdsburg, CA. Offices are also located in Irvine, Walnut Creek, Portland, and Seattle.
Frequently Asked Questions
EandM stocks Festo pneumatic cylinders and actuators, valve terminals (VTUX, VTUG, CPV), MS Series air preparation components, electric cylinders and servo drives, Cartesian gantry systems, and IO-Link devices — across 160,000 total automation parts in our Healdsburg warehouse.
Yes. EandM is certified through the Festo Distributor Assembly Program to build MS Series air preparation assemblies and VTUG valve manifold assemblies to your specifications at our Healdsburg, California facility.
The VTUX is Festo's next-generation valve terminal platform, designed to consolidate and replace the CPV, MPA, and VTUG product lines into a single architecture. It offers higher flow rates (up to 730 l/min), faster AP communication (250µs), single-cable connections up to 50 meters, and a modular design that accommodates virtually any machine architecture.
Yes. Our product specialists can assist with CMMT servo drive selection, EPCO and ESBF electric cylinder sizing, and CMXR motion controller applications. Support is provided at no cost.
There's still a good chance you're not looking at a long wait. Festo's most popular products are covered under their Festo Fast program and stocked at Festo's own facility in Mason, Ohio — so even parts outside our Healdsburg inventory often ship with a short lead time.
EandM works across packaging, food and beverage, semiconductor, assembly automation, robotics, and general manufacturing, as well as with OEMs, panel builders, and system integrators throughout California, Oregon, and Washington.
All orders ship from our West Coast warehouse in Healdsburg, California, with an average of 1,400 parts shipped per day.
Ready to Specify or Purchase Festo Products?
Talk to a Festo product specialist at EandM. We'll help you identify the right products, confirm availability from our local stock, discuss assembly options, and get you a fast quote.
EandM is an authorized Festo distributor — and one of the few distributors on the West Coast certified through the Festo Distributor Assembly Program to build MS Series air preparation and VTUG valve manifold assemblies to your specifications.