CLEVELAND, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE: PH) and IPS Industrial Profile Systems today jointly announced that Parker has acquired the operations of Houston-based IPS for an undisclosed amount of cash. The acquisition of IPS, formerly known as "Item Products, Inc.," is expected to be accretive.
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IPS is a leading manufacturer of specialized structural systems used in factory automation, machine building, safety enclosures, and assembly workstations. IPS has annual revenues of $20 million with 150 employees and nine facilities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. As part of Parker's Automation Group, the IPS unit will become part of the Automation Actuator Division based in Wadsworth, Ohio.
"This addition is another step in our strategy to offer complete systems for industrial automation," said Automation Group President Bob Bond. Roger Sherrard, General Manager of Parker's Automation Actuator Division, added, "IPS is a perfect complement to our own structural systems and linear motion products, with a welcome combination of talented people, innovative products, and local systems integration expertise."
With annual sales exceeding $6 billion, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company employs more than 45,000 people in 45 countries around the world. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.parker.com , or its investor information site at www.phstock.com .
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