TPi March 2019

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HydraForce celebrates 30 years of manufacturing in Birmingham

around the world, including the UK, North America, Brazil and Asia. The company designs and manufactures hydraulic fluid power cartridge valves, custom manifolds and electro-hydraulic controls. With plans to increase its sales to around £130mn in 2019, and to further add to its current employee numbers of 730, the company has expanded its market beyond Europe and has started to export to Asia over the last year. The HydraForce range of hydraulic car- tridge valves and manifolds is designed to be compact and robust. Valves per- forming different functions often use the same cavity bore, dependent only on capacity and number of ports. This mini- mises the cost of manufacturing mani- folds by reducing the tools required. HydraForce Hydraulics Ltd – UK sales-intl@hydraforce.com www.hydraforce.com

group and I want to say a personal thank you to the UK leadership team and the employees here in England for their continued support, and congratulate them on their success.” Tony Brown, managing director of HydraForce Ltd in Birmingham, echoed Mr Casale’s sentiments when he told the audience, “We are proud to be an employer here in Birmingham and are pleased to say that we are one of the biggest in the Aston area. This year alone we have created more than 100 jobs and we are looking forward to our continued success as we approach the end of this incredible year, where we anticipate sales exceeding £110mn.” HydraForce was first established in Chicago, USA, in 1985. The Birmingham site is the European headquarters of the business. It remains a privately owned company, with manufacturing facilities

HydraForce Hydraulics Ltd celebrated its 30 th anniversary of trading in the UK late last year, with an event at Birmingham’s Millennium Point. The manufacturer of hydraulic valves and manifold systems brought its employees together with families and friends for the celebration. More than 800 people attended the event, which included family activities ranging from face painting and fairground fun to Segways and street food vendors. Tony Casale, vice president of the USA- based parent company HydraForce Inc, flew in to attend the party, and was one of the key speakers at the event. Mr Casale said, “Here at HydraForce we see our employees as part of our family and the success of the business is due to the efforts and commitment of our staff. The facility in Birmingham is the second largest company in the HydraForce

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