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NFPA Says Exhibit Space Opens Up at IFPE

Due to exhibitors canceling attendance at next year’s International Fluid Power Exhibition, limited space has opened up in South Hall, the National Fluid …

Trelleborg Names HR Director

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, a manufacturer of precision seals, bearings and custom-molded polymer components, recently promoted Hector Hernandez to human …

IFPS Names Pollander CEO

Donna Pollander, executive director of the International Fluid Power Society, has been promoted to CEO of the organization. IFPS’s board of directors …

Fluid Power Shipments Drop in July

Fluid power shipments fell in July, according to the latest data from the National Fluid Power Association. Raw index data shows that pneumatic, mobile …

Trelleborg Names HR Manager

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, a manufacturer of precision seals, bearings, and custom-molded polymer components, recently named Tabby Jarrett as human …

Villanova Student Wins Emerson ASCO Scholarship

Emerson announced on Sept. 21 the recipient of its 2022 ASCO Engineering Scholarship Program. Grant Cignarella, of Hopewell Valley, New Jersey, a master’s …

Motion Launches New Website

Motion Industries, a distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts and a provider of industrial technology solutions, recently launched …

Helios Completes Daman Acquisition

Helios Technologies announced that it has completed acquisition of Daman Products. Daman, a manufacturer of complex manifold design and manufacturing for …

IMTS Day Five: ‘Game-Changing Solutions’ at Component Pavilion

One more day for the 33rd International Manufacturing Technology Show, which runs through tomorrow at Chicago’s McCormick Place. The Association for …

Bosch Rexroth Announces New Plant in Mexico

A new Bosch Rexroth plant is under construction in Mexico, the company announced. Bosch Rexroth, a global supplier of drive and control technologies, said the …

Muncie Names Sales Managers

Muncie Power Products, manufacturers of power take-offs and fluid power components, recently announced the addition of two new sales managers. Muncie named …

OFCO Announces ‘Significant’ Growth This Year

Ohio Fabricators Company recently reported strong results despite many challenges in the overall business environment, the company said in a press release. …

IMTS Day Four: Controls & CAD-CAM Pavilion a ‘first step in optimizing’

It’s day four of the 33rd International Manufacturing Technology Show, which runs through Saturday at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Attendees to the biennial …

IMTS Day Three: Additive Manufacturing Pavilion Envisions ‘Democratization’

Welcome to the third day of the 33rd International Manufacturing Technology Show, which runs through Saturday at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Sponsored by the …

IMTS Day Two: New Products at Tooling & Workholding Pavilion

From the Association for Manufacturing Technology. Today is day two of the 33rd International Manufacturing Technology Show, which runs through Saturday at …

IMTS Opens Today in Chicago

By Michael Degan, Fluid Power Journal Editor. The 33rd International Manufacturing Technology Show, which organizers call the largest and longest-running …

NFPA Launches Task Force on Electrification

By Michael Degan, Fluid Power Journal Editor. The National Fluid Power Association recently launched a task force that will work to provide, among other …

Hallite Names Business Development Manager

Hallite Seals Americas recently hired Mark Hill as business development manager. Hill will apply his extensive sales and application engineering experience in …

Danfoss Names Diversity and Inclusion Director

Danfoss Power Solutions recently named someone to the newly created post of global director of talent and diversity & inclusion, the company announced in …

Trelleborg Expands Ordering for Fluid Power Customers

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions recently expanded its online Fluid Power Seals-Shop ordering solution to new customers in Canada and Mexico. The Seals-Shop, an …

Helios to Acquire Daman Products

Helios Technologies announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Daman Products.  Daman, founded in 1976 and …

Smalley Wins Supplier Award

Smalley won the 2021 General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award. It is the 10th consecutive time Smalley has won the award, which was created in 2012. …

PACK EXPO Names Technology Award Finalists

Organizers of October’s PACK EXPO recently named the finalists for its Technology Excellence Awards. The awards recognize innovative solutions that are new …

IFPE Launches Awards Program

The International Fluid Power Exposition and CONEXPO-CON/AGG recently unveiled the Next Level Awards Program for exhibitors at next year’s trade show. The …

Festo Marks 50 Years with Expansions

Festo U.S., celebrating its 50th anniversary year, recently announced expansion plans for its 47-acre campus in Mason, Ohio. A new production facility and the …