Fluid Power Journal

Industry News

Alliance Sensors Group and AIM Electronics Announce Partnership

H.G. Schaevitz LLC (dba Alliance Sensors Group), Moorestown, N.J., has partnered with AIM Electronics in Levittown, Pa., to distribute its line of LVDT and …

Hercules Announces Staff Additions

Hercules Sealing Products in Clearwater, Fla., announced the following staff appointments. Jason Looker has been appointed a regional sales manager. He has …

HAWE North America Celebrates 20th Birthday

HAWE Hydraulik celebrated 20 years of business in North America in Charlotte, Houston, and Clackamas. The company provides hydraulic solutions for five key …

Gehring 2017 Honing Conference and Workshops a Big Success

Gehring held its 2017 honing conference and workshops event on May 10-11 at the Inn of St. John’s in Plymouth, Mich. The conference and workshops brought …

Hydroline Oy Receives Investment for International Growth

Hydroline Oy, a family based company in Siilinjärvi, Finland, received an investment from Juuri Partners Ltd., enabling it to grow internationally. The …

Reed Switch Developments Corp. Announces Distribution Agreement with Amazon

Reed Switch Developments Corp., Racine, Wis., has established a North American sales and distribution agreement with Amazon.com for its magnetic reed switch …

Des-Case Repeats as a Top Workplace

Des-Case Corp., Goodlettsville, Tenn., has been named a Tennessean Top Workplace for the third year in a row. The annual nationwide selection program, …

PIRTEK Opens New Location in Palm Beach

PIRTEK has expanded its South Florida presence with a new location in Palm Beach. Owner Sam Belin opened the location earlier in April, staffing it with three …

Motion Industries Opens Dallas Distribution Center

Motion Industries successfully moved into its newly built distribution center in Grand Prairie, Tex.—in the center of the DFW Metroplex. New hanging and …

PHD, Inc. Celebrates 60 Years in Business

PHD, Inc., Fort Wayne and Huntington, Ind., was founded in 1957, and its first product, the Tom Thumb® pneumatic cylinder is still popular today. The company …

Belden Universal Announces Relocation, Expansion of Production Facility

Belden Universal, Broadview, Ill., plans to relocate into a 40,000 ft2 factory, which is currently under construction, in Hillside, Ill. Relocation will …

SCHUNK Opens Service and Technology Center in Houston

SCHUNK held its grand opening to launch its new Service and Technology Center in Houston, Tex. The center has a milling machine, lathe, air chuck display, and …

Young Entrepreneur Launches 24/7 Business in Houston

When RYCO 24/7 Katy Frwy, operated by Central Hydraulic Supply, opened for business, and 26-year-old owner Ben Pacheco launched his first entrepreneurial …

Clippard Chairman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

William L. Clippard, chairman of the board for Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc., received the Stillman Robinson Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the …

OMEGA Increases Safety in Food and Personal Care Industry

A manufacturer of personal and household care products needed to maintain the temperature of the cleaning liquid within one degree Celsius of the target …

PIRTEK Breaks Ground on New Headquarters

PIRTEK has significantly expanded its national corporate offices and distribution facilities currently located in Rockledge, Fla. During a groundbreaking …

OMEGA Engineering Sponsors <i>FIRST</i> Robotics Team

Omega Engineering sponsored the Sim-City robotics team from Simsbury High School at the 4-day FIRST Robotics National Championship in St. Louis, Mo., from …

Hydraulic Oil Receives RDE 90345 Fluid Rating

PANOLIN HLP SYNTH 32 from The PANOLIN Group is the first rapidly biodegradable hydraulic oil to obtain the Bosch Rexroth RDE 90245 fluid rating. It was also …

Yates Industries Announces New Hires

Yates Industries added two members to its inside sales team: Stacie R. Weissert has been named inside sales manager where she manages the inside sales team and …

Poclain Receives Award by Caterpillar in India

Poclain Hydraulics PVT Ltd., part of POCLAIN Group and based in Pondicherry, India, successfully met the challenging requirements of the CAT SQEP certification …

Hengli Expands to New U.S. Facility

On May 1, Hengli America started operating from its newly acquired 47,000 sq.ft. facility located in Bolingbrook, Ill. Since 2012, the company, a subsidiary of …

SPS-Industrial Automation Fair Guangzhou 2017 Achieves Record Visitor Attendance

SPS-Industrial Automation Fair Guangzhou, held March 1-3, 2017, ended with record-breaking attendance at the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou, …

Ritter Technology Acquires Fluid Systems Engineering

Ritter Technology, LLC acquired the business of Fluid Systems Engineering in Clinton Township, Mich., which has been serving the automotive, industrial, and …

WABCO Plans New Engineering Center in Hanover

WABCO Holdings Inc. laid the foundation stone for its new Engineering Innovation Center in Hanover, Germany. Starting in 2018, approximately 450 employees will …

Bishop-Wisecarver Celebrates a Decade as <i>FIRST</i> Sponsor

Bishop-Wisecarver Group, celebrated a decade of support to STEM education in 2017 as it continues to sponsor the FIRST® Robotics programs. The company, a …