It was heartening for me to see the name P.K. Guha come up in a press release this week, when it was announced that he had launched a new company, Hydraulic Management Group. P.K. has been around for a long time, going back to the days when Vickers was a dominant force in the industry […]
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Government infographic on manufacturing: An engine of job growth
Jenni LeCompte, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs, posted a blog on the Treasury department’s site describing how manufacturing is an engine of job growth and re-shoring is increasing.
Fluid power manufacturer earnings all trending in the right direction
It’s that time of the year when everyone’s releasing sales data from Q1, and the big three fluid power players have all come out with numbers.
An upturn in fluid power?
These are bullish times for fluid power, or so says the director of the British Fluid Power Association. The Agronomist reports that “survey data from the BFPA suggests that 2011 was a very good year for both hydraulics and pneumatics in the UK, despite the turmoil in the EU economy.”
NFPA conference talks global challenges
The highlight in the fluid power community over the past couple of weeks was certainly the annual conference of the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) in Hawaii.