Fluid Power Journal

RHEINTACHO Sets July 30 Webinar

RHEINTACHO announced a webinar exploring measuring devices, sensors, and accessories for speed recording and monitoring. The webinar is set for July 30, 12 …

Muncie Power Products Plans New Tulsa Facility

Muncie Power Products Inc., a manufacturer of power take-offs and fluid power components, recently broke ground for a new manufacturing facility in Tulsa, …

Festo Virtual Trade Show Features Bilingual Staff

Festo will livestream its North American trade show Aug. 5-6. The event, which the company is calling the Festo Experience, will stream each day from 10 a.m. …

Kaman Distribution Announces New Executives

Kaman Distribution Group, a distributor of bearings, power transmission, automation, and fluid power products, has appointed two new vice presidents. Stephen …

Hengst Acquires Bosch Rexroth Hydraulic Filtration

  Hengst Filtration is acquiring Bosch Rexroth’s hydraulic filtration business. The acquisition includes the Bosch Rexroth site in Ketsch, …

NFPA Announces Robotics Scholarship Winner

The National Fluid Power Association recently announced Matthew Morley of Sunnyvale, California, as the winner of the 2020 NFPA Robotics Challenge Scholarship. …

PIRTEK Franchises Open in Fort Worth

Two new franchises, PIRTEK Fort Worth North and PIRTEK Fort Worth South, opened July 13 to provide hydraulic and industrial hose repair services for the Texas …

Freudenberg Expands Engineering Services

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, a manufacturer of engineered sealing applications, recently opened an engineering service center in North America as part of …

SIKO Announces Strategic Partnership with STW 

Photo: AndreyPopov, istockphoto.com   SIKO and Sensor-Technik Wiedemann (STW) have agreed on a strategic partnership to further open the market for mobile …

Industry Saw Growth in 2019 Exports

By Michael Degan, Editor While U.S. sales of fluid power products were down last year, exports were up from 2018 industry figures. Fluid power exports were …