CLEVELAND, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Parker Hannifin (NYSE: PH) today announced that it has acquired Porter Instrument Company, Inc., a global leader in analytical, industrial, medical and dental instrumentation. Parker purchased Porter Instrument for an undisclosed amount. Porter's annual revenue for the year ended 2004 was approximately $35 million. The acquisition is expected to be accretive in its first full year of integration.
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"Porter's precision instruments will give Parker a solid position in new markets such as medical and dental," said Tom Williams, President of Parker's Instrumentation Group. "This is another example of Parker's movement into markets that provide profitable growth potential and reduce cyclicality. The customers in the industrial and analytical markets that are already served by Parker will benefit from this expanded offering of products and technologies."
"We're pleased to become part of the Parker family," said Gary Porter, Porter Instrument President. "Parker's strong global presence will provide new distribution channels for our products, as well as exciting opportunities for our employees."
Since 1968, Porter Instrument Company has specialized in the development and manufacture of precision instruments that measure and control gases and liquids. Porter's 56,000 sq. ft. headquarters and manufacturing facility is located in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.
With annual sales exceeding $8 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 50,000 people in 48 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 49 consecutive years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.parker.com, or its investor information site at http://www.phstock.com.
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SOURCE Parker Hannifin Corporation
10/17/2005
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