Fluid Power Journal

Industry News

SVF Flow Controls Opens New Location in Gulf Coast

SVF Flow Controls opened a new support center in Houston, Tex. The new location opened on October 27 and allows the company to provide quicker deliveries …

Manufacturing CFOs Cite Economic Uncertainty as a Top Concern

According to the latest edition of Grant Thornton’s LLP’s CFO Survey, which reflects the insights of more than 900 chief financial officers and other …

Des-Case Named Top Workplace

Des-Case Corp. has been named a Tennessean Top Workplace in an annual competition, which is part of a national program orchestrated by 30 regional daily …

HAWE North America Names Service Distribution Partners

HAWE Hydraulik, North America, named its first-ever service partner distributors: Fluid Concepts Inc. in Ohio and Central Hydraulics in Pennsylvania. The …

PIRTEK Opens in Richmond, Virginia

PIRTEK opened a new service and supply center in Richmond, Va. The site, located on Dabney Road, was chosen because of its central location and the fact that …

STAUFF Acquires Couplings Producer

STAUFF Group has acquired VOSWINKEL, a producer of quick-release couplings for hydraulic systems. Founded in 1928, VOSWINKEL also develops and produces …

RG Group Breaks Ground on Branch Expansion

RG Group announced the groundbreaking for the expansion of its Flour Mill Road manufacturing and distribution center in York, Pa. The new facility plan will …

PIRTEK Opens Fourth Center in Chicago Area

Joining the existing three service and supply centers in the Chicago area, the location at 1701 Quincy Avenue in Naperville, Ill., will provide easy access to …

POCLAIN Acquires Castings Company

The POCLAIN Group has acquired Grandry Technologies, which specializes in the manufacture of complex molded parts from nodular cast iron and is a supplier to …

Curtiss-Wright Receives Award from Lockheed Martin

The Defense Solutions division of Curtiss-Wright Corp. received a production award from Lockheed Martin to provide the Turret Drive Servo System (TDSS) for use …

MTS Sensors Expands Integration Partner Program

MTS Sensors expanded its Integration Partner Program to offer complete integrated sensor hydraulic control system solutions. The program was introduced …

Engis® and Delapena Sign Agreement for Precision Bore Honing

Engis Corp. in Illinois and Delapena Group in the UK signed an agreement for the distribution of the Delapena stroke honing machine tools in North America and …

Curtiss-Wright Awarded Contracts for Submarine Program

The contracts, valued at over $480 million when fully funded, will supply pumps, valves, generators, and propulsors for the U.S. Navy’s Block IV Virginia …

Schmalz Breaks Ground on New Facility

Schmalz Inc.’s new six-acre facility in Raleigh, N.C. will provide more room for testing and assembly of automation systems, along with a dedicated customer …

Hengli Expands Distribution Network

Hengli, a hydraulic cylinder manufacturer, added TECO Technology to its North American distribution network, covering northern California, western Nevada, …

Concept Machine Tool Named Distributor for Six Midwest States

Concept Machine Tool Sales, Inc. (CMT) has been appointed distributor of Fives Machining Systems for Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, …

RG Group Opens Marcellus Shale Service Center

The center, located in Montoursville, Pa. specializes in servicing, maintaining, and refurbishing heavy equipment particularly used in the hydraulic fracking …

Linde Hydraulics Opens New Facility in China

Linde Hydraulics GmbH & Co. KG opened a new plant in Weifang, a city on the east coast of China. After the branch in Xiamen, this is the company’s first …

PIRTEK Opens Fourth Center in Detroit

PIRTEK Metro Detroit added a fourth service and supply center, PIRTEK Wixom in May 2015. The location operates four on-site service vehicles and provides …

Servi Fluid Power Gains Certification

Servi Fluid Power Inc., a division of The Servi Group, received ISO 9001:2008 certification. To complement the standard ASME certification for bladder …

Crane Warning Systems Receives Top Sales Award

Hirschmann Automation and Control (PAT), Chambersburg, Pa., awarded Crane Warning Systems, Lakeland, Fla., the 2014 Top Sales Award for North America for the …

SCHUNK Featured in Robot Revolution Exhibit in Chicago

On May 21, 2015, the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI), supported by Google.org, premiered Robot Revolution, a new national touring exhibit that …

CFC Maintenance Training® Celebrates 25-Year Milestone

CFC Maintenance Training®, a division of CFC-Solar Inc., celebrates 25 years as a global leader in providing industrial skills training and consulting for …

Holmatro Cylinders Chosen for Snorre A Platform

In early 2015, Holmatro Industrial Equipment and its Norwegian dealer EIVA-SAFEX AS jointly supplied 64 cylinders, each with a capacity of 536 tons, to the …

Atos SpA Acquires North American Master Distributor

Atos SpA acquired full ownership of Fluid Power Associates, Inc., an importation, distribution, and repair center for electro-hydraulic components in which it …