After one year of operating under the Continental umbrella, the U.S.-based home of ContiTech continues to grow and refine its businesses. “It has been an exciting first year filled with many of the elements inherent in a merger,” said Jim Hill, ContiTech NAFTA CEO. “But I’m pleased that we’ve made steady progress, and we have […]
NFPA hosting Detroit regional meeting
The National Fluid Power Association has announced that it will be holding the 2016 Detroit Regional Meeting on Wednesday, March 30, 2016. The association will again use the facilities at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan—which will also be the site of the Detroit Fluid Power Challenge championed by Master Pneumatic-Detroit. Attendees are encouraged to come early to […]
EXAIR releases new catalog
EXAIR says its new Catalog 29 is the company’s best catalog yet. It is a full color technical guide offering solutions to common industrial cooling, drying, conveying, blowoff, cleaning, coating and static electricity problems. This 192-page catalog includes new Static Eliminators and their associated selectable voltage Power Supply. The Ion Air Gun, Ion Air Cannon, Ion Air Jet, […]
Hartfiel Automation acquires Advanced Pneumatics Company
Hartfiel Automation Inc. announced that it has acquired Advanced Pneumatics Company Inc. Advanced Pneumatics, with offices in Fredericksburg, Virginia and Concord, North Carolina expands Hartfiel’s national service area from 11 to 17 states and increases its east coast coverage from Georgia to Delaware. Myron J. Moser, CEO of Hartfiel, said, “Hartfiel is excited about combining […]
PIAB raises the bar with rectangular suction cup
Following a six-month period of exclusive use by one of the market’s machine builders, the the rectangular Duraflex RB20x40P suction cup is now available to the rest of the flow pack industry. “Our RB20x40P cup was developed specifically for handling flow-packed bars of sweets, but it can of course be used for any small, rectangular […]
Obama, Merkel to open Hannover Fair in April
The White House has announced that President Barack Obama will join German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Hannover, Germany at Hannover Messe to participate in the world’s largest trade show for industrial technology. President Obama will appear at the fair’s official opening ceremony on Sunday, April 24, 2016, and the traditional opening tour with Chancellor Merkel […]
Deutsche Messe calls for Hermes Award 2016 nominations
Presented every year by Deutsche Messe, the Hermes Award is one of the world’s most important prizes in the world of industry. The award is given in honor of a technologically innovative product making its debut at Hannover Messe. Products entered for the award must have undergone industrial trials and/or already be used in industrial […]
New Aventics President for the Americas is named
Pneumatic components and systems manufacturer Aventics Corp. has announced the appointment of Rudi Coetzee as President, Americas for the company. After having completed his studies in Physical Metallurgy in South Africa, Coetzee started his professional career as a Chief Research Technician at MINTEK, a leading provider of minerals processing and metallurgical engineering products, before he joined […]
Motion Industries launches online pneumatics catalog
Distributor Motion Industries has launched its first online Pneumatics Catalog. With the needs of its customer base in mind, Motion created the catalog by starting with its broad pneumatic product offering and narrowing it down to more than 1,800 commonly ordered items organized into 13 subcategories. That way, the company says, customers can easily and […]
NFPA Conference coming to Texas’ Hill Country
The NFPA Annual Conference, perhaps the best networking event in the fluid power industry, is coming to San Antonio’s La Cantera resort in March, with a great lineup.