Fluid Power Journal

PIRTEK Opens New Franchises

PIRTEK USA, a provider of hydraulic and industrial hose repair services, recently opened new franchises in Alabama and Wisconsin. PIRTEK’s new location in …

Continental Names ContiTech CEO

Continental Corporation, headquartered in Hanover, Germany, recently named Philip Nelles as CEO of its ContiTech business area. In his new role, Nelles stands …

Registration Open for August NFPA Economic Conference

Registration is now open for the National Fluid Power Association’s 2021 Industry & Economic Outlook Conference set for Aug. 16-18 in Chicago.  Focusing …

Kenco Hydraulics Becomes Part of Dakota Fluid Power

Kenco Hydraulics and its subsidiaries have been acquired by SBP Holdings, which will place Kenco within the holding company’s fluid power/automation …

LA-MAN Offers AMD-035 SuperStar Membrane Dryer

LA-MAN Corporation’s AMD-035 SuperStar Membrane Dryer provides ultraclean and ultradry compressed air. It was designed with the automotive industry in mind …

Bosch Rexroth Launches Hägglunds Atom Hydraulic Motor 

Bosch Rexroth recently revamped its Hägglunds CAb motor and renamed it the Hägglunds Atom. The Hägglunds Atom supplies more revolutions per minute and more …

ASG Adds MHE-7 Series LVIT 

Alliance Sensors Group, a division of H.G. Schaevitz, has expanded its in-cylinder position sensor product line to include the embeddable MHE-7 Series linear …

Festo Names New Executives for North America

Festo recently named two new executives to oversee operations in North America. Kim Harper-Gage, was appointed chief operating officer, and John Holmes is the …

Positive Drug Tests Down Except Marijuana, Quest Reports

From Quest Diagnostics The COVID-19 pandemic did not dampen workforce drug testing positivity for marijuana, which continued to increase last year in the …

APSCO Acquires STAC

APSCO LLC, a manufacturer of pneumatic and hydraulic products for the mobile equipment and transportation industries, has acquired STAC Inc.  STAC, …