Fluid Power Journal

Peninsular Cylinder Company voted #1 in Annual Michigan Manufacturing Association “Coolest Thing Made in Michigan” Competition

ROSEVILLE, MI – Peninsular Cylinder in Roseville is honored and pleased to announce that the company was voted #1 in the 2nd annual Michigan Manufacturing …

International Fluid Power Society Announces 2018 President and Board of Directors

The International Fluid Power Society (IFPS) is pleased to announce Dean Houdeshell, PE, CFPAI, CFPE, CFPS, CFPIHT, CFPMHT, CFPMHM, Cemen Tech Inc., was …

FPDA, ISD Joint Industry Summit Announces Joint Business Meeting and Panel

The 2017 FPDA Motion and Control Network (FPDA) and the International Sealing Distribution Association (ISD) Joint Industry Summit introduces a Joint FPDA/ISD …

Industry Profile: New PIRTEK Location Aims at Hydraulic, Pneumatic Customer Base on Space Coast

Residents of Florida’s Space Coast can still occasionally see an Atlas rocket roar off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral and crease the sky—and with …

NFPA Elects Tricia Fulton to be Chairwoman of the Board of Directors

The NFPA officially has elected Tricia Fulton, the CFO at Sun Hydraulics, to be the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors for the 2016-17 fiscal year. Fulton is …

“Spare Parts” Movie Debuts in Theaters Featuring Robots Built by <i>FIRST</i> Teams

The stars are aligning for science and engineering as a new movie starring Jamie Lee Curtis, George Lopez, Carlos PenaVega, and Marisa Tomei about a …

Manufacturing Q&A

Shirish Pareek is the founder and CEO of Hydraulex Global, a corporation that specializes in worldwide remanufacturing, repair, and distribution of major-brand …

Karen Boehme – National Fluid Power Association (NFPA)

How did your career with the NFPA start? I started at NFPA in July 1984 and worked for about a year and a half writing for and editing the NFPA Reporter and …

International Fluid Power Society Elects 2014 President

Tom Blansett, CFPAI, CFPS, CFPIHT, CFPCC, from Eaton Corp. has been elected the 54th president of IFPS during its annual meeting in Buffalo, N.Y. Mr. Blansett …