Changes in the way component parts are manufactured and distributed have addressed supply chain issues as well as design issues. Festo, for example, has launched its Pneumatic Essentials program.

Festo recently introduced the manually operated VHEF and the mechanically operated VMEF pneumatic valves ... Both VHEF and VMEF offer 3/2 or 5/2-way functionality. Flow rates are up to 1,200 l/min, ...