The modular valve system RPEK1-03/B from ARGO-HYTOS, Baar, Switzerland, is a flexible system suited for a wide range of applications in mobile and stationary machinery. The RPEK1-03 (size 03) sectional directional valve, with a maximum flow of 20 l/min (5.3 gpm) per section is the basic component of the assembly. Thanks to a large number […]
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Sun Hydraulics announces 50 year anniversary photo contest
Sun Hydraulics is celebrating 50 years in business this year. In honor of this anniversary, the company is launching a Photo Contest that will capture the most timeless and exemplary applications of Sun technology in the field in the company’s first 50 years. There are two contest categories: Timeless Technology – Photo of the oldest […]
Bosch Rexroth announces leadership changes for North America
Bosch Rexroth announced a change to its North American executive leadership team. Paul Cooke, President and CEO of Bosch Rexroth North America, based in Charlotte, will retire on December 31, after 38 years of distinguished service in various international positions within Bosch Rexroth. Greg Gumbs is to be appointed as the new President and CEO […]
U.S. Navy wakes up, revisits hydraulics
In a push toward everything “cutting edge” and “high-tech,” the U.S. Navy in recent years has gone overboard — no pun intended — with the wholesale replacement of proven hydraulic-powered systems with untested electric drives. The results in many cases have been dismal. The $13 billion USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is the most […]
AEM establishes Equipped to Vote pro-manufacturing campaign
Today, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) launched Equipped to Vote, a national get-out-the-vote campaign to urge the 2.8 million men and women of the industry to register to vote and support pro-manufacturing candidates during the 2020 election. The goal of the campaign is to engage, educate, and mobilize manufacturing voters on the policies that […]
Inside the new Liebherr USA, Co. Headquarters
As part of the 50th Anniversary celebration of Liebherr in the United States, Liebherr USA. Co. is proud to present its new U.S. corporate headquarters. The Liebherr Group added 251,000 square feet to its existing site in Newport News, Virginia. The newly expanded Liebherr USA, Co. corporate headquarters is open in Newport News, Virginia. It […]
Muncie Power Products breaks ground on new manufacturing facility
Muncie Power Products Inc. has broken ground to begin building a new manufacturing facility in Tulsa, Okla. The new facility will be 250,000 square feet and provide additional capacity for new manufacturing machinery, assembly equipment, and warehousing. This will be the primary manufacturing facility for Muncie Power Products where they manufacture and assemble power take-offs […]
New-generation hydraulics for electrically powered machines
Climate-change mitigation and lower CO2 emissions are keen topics of discussion among construction industry OEMs and manufacturers of mobile machines for agriculture, forestry and mining. Which drive systems will be most suitable in the future to meet the demands for high power density and efficient, economical operation with minimal pollutant emissions? Industry expert Dierk Peitsmeyer, […]
Dana makes changes to its off-highway leadership team
Dana Incorporated has made recent changes in the company’s off-highway leadership team. These changes are as follows: Jeroen Decleer has been named VP and general manager of mobile Europe for Dana Off-Highway Drive and Motion Systems. Decleer has been with Dana since 2004 and has directed global sales, product and program management, and strategy for […]
East versus West in the mobile equipment battle
Are Asian manufacturers primed to be the new global superpowers of the industry? Callum Sarsfield, a founding partner at industrial and energy consulting firm Pullmann Global, recently talked with Alan Berger about the global battle for market share and innovation in the construction equipment industry. Mr. Berger was the senior VP of technology at Volvo […]
