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New PIRTEK Norfolk Owner

PIRTEK Norfolk serves a broad base of clients that includes military, seaport, and airports. The PIRTEK franchise, the only hydraulic hose service company …

Interpump Hydraulic Connectors Partners With Hose & Accessory Sales

Interpump Hydraulic Connectors, a member of the Interpump Group, has been a producer of hose and fittings for nearly 30 years, operating as I.M.M. Hydraulics …

Triton to Sell Aventics Pneumatics to Emerson

There has been an agreement on terms, and the regulatory approval process is now underway for Triton to sell Aventics to Emerson. Aventics is a manufacturer of …

FORCE America Breaks Ground on New Distribution Location

The new 20,000 sq. ft. facility in Limerick, PA is being built within one mile of the current facility. This investment will increase capacity by 70%, …

RG Group Announces ISO 9001 Certification for Fluid Component Services Division

Fluid Component Services (FCS) is a technical service provider to the Energy, Marine, and Industrial market, located at 3256 US Route 60, Ona, West Virginia. …

AW-LAKE Appoints Vogtlin Sales Channel Manager

AW-Lake COMPANY announces the appointment of Robert Murphy as Vogtlin Sales Channel Manager responsible for new international business growth and customer …

Dana Catalog Available in Famic Automation Studio™ Software

Famic Technologies has released the first Dana Catalog in Automation Studio™, its design and simulation software solution. This version contains all …

Ohio Transmission Corporation Acquires Louisiana Compressed Air Company

Compressed Air Systems, LLC, headquartered in Lafayette, La., is a provider of compressed air products and services to various industries in south Louisiana …

Partners for Integrated Control Solutions

HAWE Hydraulik and Sensor-Technik Wiedemann (STW) have formed a partnership for integrated mechatronic control solutions for mobile machines. Together, the two …

NOSHOK Announces New Purchasing Manager

Robert Campbell has taken on the role of Purchasing Manager, which includes maintaining communication and strengthening NOSHOK’s partnerships with suppliers, …

Savigent Software Announces New CEO and CFO

This provider of event-driven Smart Manufacturing and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) workflow automation software has named Dean Truitt as Chief …

Donaldson Company Recognizes Patent Recipients and Inventor Award Winners

The winners of this year’s Inventor Awards from Donaldson Company, Inc., a worldwide manufacturer of filtration systems and parts are: Emerging Innovator …

Echo Engineering Brings $2.4 Million and 60 Jobs to Michigan-based Location

Indianapolis, Ind., – Echo Engineering is investing $2.4 million into 60+ full-time jobs with additional real estate and automated manufacturing …

Elliott Equipment Company Celebrates 70 Years in Business

Founded in 1948 by Dick Elliott in Omaha, Nebraska, where it is still based, this company was one of the pioneers in developing truck-mounted aerial equipment. …

PIRTEK Awards

PIRTEK Broadway received high honors as PIRTEK USA’s National Franchise of the Year for 2017 – the second consecutive year the San Antonio, TX location has …

Dan Perry Named President/COO; Kim Gubera Promoted to CFO as PIRTEK Continues Franchise Growth

PIRTEK announced executive promotions on its leadership team as the company launches into new markets and continues its growth of new franchises. Dan Perry has …

Scott Industrial Systems Acquires Sun Coast Hydraulic Electric Manufacturing Inc.

Scott Industrial Systems, a full-line fluid power distributor, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, is proud to announce their acquisition of Sun Coast Hydraulic …

New ‘Mobile-only’ Cartersville Location Expands PIRTEK’s Presence in Metro Atlanta

Technician at PIRTEK Red Oak starts his own franchise under Tier 2 program PIRTEK, a fluid transfer solutions company, has added a mobile-only franchise in …

Essentra Components Celebrates 50 Years of Manufacturing Excellence

  Essentra Components has come a long way from its days as a local three-man shop. In 1968, those three men formed their own business, dubbed Alliance …

Distribution Partnership: RG Group with Dynex High Pressure Hydraulics

RG Group, headquartered in York, PA, announced the agreement with manufacturer Dynex to distribute pumps, valves, motors and power units to the Mid-Atlantic …

SFC KOENIG® Increases Plug Production In North America

SFC KOENIG®, a global supplier of sealing and flow control components, has added manufacturing equipment for KOENIG EXPANDER® pull-style plugs in its North …

PIRTEK Expands Southeast Presence

The new PIRTEK location is its first hydraulic hose service location in South Carolina. Jason Barrs opened his franchise, PIRTEK Columbia, under the …

Echo Engineering Acquires Ammex Plastics

Echo Engineering and Production Supplies, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Ammex Plastics, a full-service plastic components manufacturer, based in …

MP Filtri Invests in Research and Testing Laboratory

MP Filtri, a company specializing in hydraulic filtering, recently invested 2.5 million euros in building a 1200 sq m laboratory for researching and testing …

Anchor Fluid Power Acquires Maxbar Inc.

Anchor Fluid Power, a supplier of flange and inline valve components for the fluid power industry, announced today it has acquired Maxbar Inc located in …

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