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Fulflo Launches Redesigned Website 

Fulflo Specialties has launched a newly designed website to better serve customers of its hydraulic relief valves. Improved content organization, updated …

TE Connectivity Offers Programs for Minority Students

TE Connectivity has committed $3.5 million toward scholarships and internships for top-performing students who identify as Black or African-American to further …

EXAIR Launches New Website

EXAIR recently launched a new website with faster speed and ease of navigation, the company announced. The new EXAIR.com allows for quick and easy browsing of …

OSC Rebrands as Hydreco of Duplomatic Group

Duplomatic MS Spa recently announced that OCS Srl will rebrand as Hydreco Srl. Effective July 19, OCS will operate under the Hydreco name and logo but remain …

NFPA Fluid Power Clubs Conduct Hands-On Projects

This academic year, the National Fluid Power Association supported 13 Fluid Power Clubs on university campuses across the country. The goal of this …

MTS Sensors Becomes Temposonics

Amphenol, a global provider of high-technology interconnect, antenna, and sensor solutions, announced in June that it completed its acquisition of MTS Systems …

Lenze Americas Names President

Lenze, an automation company for the machine-building industry and a specialist in motion centric automation, recently appointed Steve Markham as president of …

NFPA Names Robotics Challenge Scholarship Winner

The National Fluid Power Association recently announced Caleb Qiu of Midland, Michigan, as the winner of the 2021 NFPA Robotics Challenge Scholarship. Despite …

NFPA Welcomes New Economics Manager

The National Fluid Power Association recently announced Sam Diedrich as its new economic and statistical services manager. Diedrich joined NFPA on June 22. He …

Endress+Hauser Expands Sales Rep’s Territory

Endress+Hauser, a provider of measurement instrumentation services and solutions, recently expanded its partnership with sales representative Field Instruments …

Barko Hydraulics Names New President

Barko Hydraulics, a manufacturer of forestry equipment, recently named Justin Rupar as president, effective June 15. He brings over 27 years of equipment …

TE Connectivity Named Best Workplace for New Grads

TE Connectivity, a provider of sensors and connectivity solutions, has been named by Forbes magazine as one of the Best Employers for New Graduates in the …

Schroeder Launches Audit Service

Schroeder Industries, a provider of filtration solutions, announced the launch of Schroeder Service at the WasteExpo trade show, June 28-30 in Las Vegas. Over …

RG Group Awarded Subcontract with Deloitte

RG Group, a provider of hydraulic, pneumatic, and other products with niche expertise in robotics and automation, recently announced the award of a subcontract …

PIRTEK Donates $25,000 to First Responders

PIRTEK USA, a hydraulic and industrial hose replacement provider, has signed a national partnership with the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which benefits first …

Kaman Names VP for Automation

Kaman Distribution Group, a value-added distributor of bearings, power transmission, automation, and fluid power products, recently named C. Todd Boone as vice …

Eaton Acquires Cobham Mission Systems

Power management company Eaton recently announced that it has acquired Cobham Mission Systems, a manufacturer of air-to-air refueling systems, environmental …

IFPS Names Hall of Fame Inductees

The success of the fluid power industry lies not in pumps, valves, and cylinders. Rather it is through the efforts of dedicated individuals that the industry …

Trelleborg Signs Daemar as Distributor

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has signed Daemar Inc. as an authorized distributor in the northeastern U.S. and Canada. Daemar manages the sourcing and delivery …

A Few Weeks Left to Be Heard 

We want to hear from you! The ongoing salary survey from Fluid Power Journal and the International Fluid Power Society tells us more than how much money you …

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 …

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 …