Fluid Power Journal

Local Entrepreneur is New Owner of Charlotte-Area PIRTEK Franchise

Viresh Sitapara, a local business owner and engineer, is the owner of PIRTEK in Gastonia, North Carolina. The center features four 24/7 mobile service vehicles …

Enerpac Wins Contract to Build Rotor Removal System

Enerpac has been awarded a contract from S.T. Cotter Turbine Services to build a rotor removal system that will provide a tool to reduce the time and labor …

National Oilwell Varco Sponsors “Impact A Hero” Event

National Oilwell Varco (NOV), together with Impact a Hero, hosted the fifth-annual NOV sporting clay shoot on October 30, 2015 at Westside Sporting Grounds in …

Trelleborg Opens Technology Resource Center for Engineers

“The Knowledge Center” by Trelleborg Sealing Solutions was developed to bridge the gap between design engineers’ needs and standard technology …

Gardner Denver Opens Applied Technology Center

The Thomas Division of Gardner Denver opened the Thomas Center of Applied Technology (TCAT) facility in Sheboygan, Wis. This 65,000-ft2 facility provides to …

Parker Hosts Engineering Student Challenge

The “Stretch Your Mind” engineering challenge by Parker Hannifin Corp. gives university students an opportunity to design and create original market …

IFPE 2017 Exhibitors’ Education Meeting on August 23 in Chicago

Rick Guidish of Deltrol Fluid Products, representing the IFPE 2017 Management Committee, and Rich Goldsbury of Bobcat/Doosan, chair of the CONEXPO-CON/AGG …

Recertification Q&A

I took my certification test, so why do I need to recertify? Because technology changes all the time and the IFPS wants to make sure you are up-to-date with …

Great Things Come From Outstanding Support!

What a few of our past scholarship winners are up to… Andrew Hansen, CFPHS, attends Iowa State University and is currently in his last semester of …

Profile: Randy Bobbitt, CFPS

Why did you decide to work in the fluid power industry? The fluid power industry found me in 1985 when Hydro-Line Mfg., a well-known industrial tie-rod …