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PIRTEK Announces New Owner in South Philadelphia
PIRTEK, a provider of hydraulic hose replacement and industrial hose repair services, announced a new owner for its South Philadelphia location. Ken Adair is a …
Schroeder Launches Upgraded Website
Schroeder Industries recently launched a “reimagined, mobile-friendly version” of its website, schroederindustries.com. The redesign compliments an …
TE Connectivity named one of Fast Company’s 100 Best Workplaces
TE Connectivity, of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, a world leader in connectivity and sensors, has been named among the 2020 Best Workplaces for Innovators by Fast …
NFPA Seeks Videos for Fall Online College Courses
The National Fluid Power Association is asking member companies to submit videos to be used in online fluid power courses during the fall semester. In a series …
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 …
IEOC Speakers Announced
The National Fluid Power Association’s 2020 Industry & Economic Outlook Conference, conducted virtually this year, has released its lineup of speakers …
Simon Phillips to Head SPX FLOW Overseas
SPX FLOW Inc., a provider of process solutions, appointed Simon Phillips as vice president and head of its commercial business in Europe, the Middle East, and …
AEM Publishes USMCA Implementation Guide
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) entered into force on July 1. To help companies navigate the agreement’s new regulations, the Association …
AEM Hosts Workforce Summit
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers will host a virtual workforce solutions summit Aug. 10-12. Targeted to C-suite and human resources professionals in …
Bosch Rexroth Virtual Event Explores Factory of the Future
Bosch Rexroth is hosting a four-day virtual event exploring “the factory of the future.” The free virtual event streams July 13-16. The sessions explore …
PIRTEK Owners Team Up for Barge Projects
A team of PIRTEK service-and-supply-center owners completed several projects over the past year on ships in the Great Lakes region. Tom Fechter, owner of …
Sun Hydraulics Releases Configuration Software
Sun Hydraulics announced the release of CANpoint XMD Configuration Software, available as a free download from its website. The CANpoint software expands the …
Muncie Power Products Names Sales Manager
Muncie Power Products Inc. has named Bob Doucett as regional sales manager for the East. Doucett, who has been with Muncie Power for five years, will focus on …
Bosch Rexroth Launches Hägglunds Service Website
Bosch Rexroth recently introduced a new online service portal for its Hägglunds hydraulic motors. The site gives users a single information source to …
ZSi-Foster Acquires Hydra-Zorb
ZSi-Foster Inc., an Ideal Tridon company, announced June 25 that it completed the acquisition of Hydra-Zorb Company. Terms of the transaction were not …
Kraft Fluid Systems Names Adam Cornell As Territory Manager
Kraft Fluid Systems, a provider of hydraulic equipment and mobile drive solutions, recently welcomed Adam Cornell as a new territory manager in Wisconsin. …
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