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Press Release

22.07.2011 Güglingen

WEBER-HYDRAULIK
strengthens their international leading position in mobile hydraulics components and systems engineering by the acquisition of Hyco International Inc.

WEBER-HYDRAULIK, a leading and innovative international group that implements sophisticated customized solutions for hydraulic drive and control engineering has, with effect from 22. July 2011, acquired the US based Hyco International Inc. from the US financial investor Centre Partners Management LLC.

Hyco International Inc., with manufacturing locations in Canada, USA, Brazil and Germany is a world-wide supplier of hydraulic cylinders. With 600 employees and an annual turnover of approximately € 100 million, HYCO‘s products are used in forestry and construction machinery, refuse handling equipment, dump trucks, oil and gas field installations and cranes, as well as mining and agricultural equipment.

WEBER-HYDRAULIK, which is headquartered in Güglingen, north of Stuttgart, is a 100% family-owned company. With an annual sales of over € 200 million, the company has approximately 1,250 employees at several locations worldwide and is designing and producing customized hydraulic components and systems for market leading customers in a variety of industries including commercial vehicles, mobile cranes, agricultural and construction machines, fork-lift trucks, as well as utility vehicles and industrial equipment.

In addition, WEBER-RESCUE SYSTEMS ranks highly for design, quality and reliability among all major international manufacturers of hydraulic rescue tools. The company has also positioned itself successfully in the solar power industry, supplying hydraulic drive systems for solar power installations.

"With the acquisition of HYCO by WEBER-HYDRAULIK we gain a valuable addition and further diversification of our product and technology portfolio to our group, while significantly expanding our market presence in North and South America and in Europe. The expansion of our international presence enhances our position with our multi-national customers, an important factor in our continued profitable global growth. Furthermore, with this acquisition we strengthen our already powerful team with additional highly experienced hydraulic experts. The significant benefits and synergies developed through the broadening of our international customer base through the existing HYCO customers will provide opportunities for WEBER-HYDRAULIK to continue the success in global markets for sophisticated hydraulic systems", said CEO Bernhard Herzig.

Contact and responsible:
Frank Schmid
Head Human Resources / Public Relations
WEBER-HYDRAULIK GmbH
Heilbronner Straße 30
74363 Güglingen
Tel.: +49 (0)7135-71-311
E-Mail: frank.schmid@weber.de

WELCOME TO HYCO ALABAMA

Hyco Alabama has been designing and building custom hydraulic cylinders since 1974 when the plant started as the in-house cylinder manufacturing facility for the Heil company, a manufacturer of vehicles for the waste management industry. In 1998, we became an integral part of Hyco International, the largest manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders in the world.

Click here to download our Standard Telescopic Cylinder Catalog.

Click here to view the scope of Technical Services that we bring to our customers.

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Since joining Hyco, the Alabama plant has expanded from 90,000 sq. ft. to 130,000 sq. ft. We employ over 130 people and produce on average over 300 hydraulic cylinders per day.

Our parent company, Hyco International, has 5 manufacturing facilities on 3 continents. Hyco employs over 1200 people, producing, on average, over 5000 hydraulic cylinders each day!

We Are The World's Leading Manufacturer of Custom Hydraulic Cylinders.

What does that mean for our customers?

This means that Hyco has an unrivalled base of knowledge, technology and manufacturing capacity for designing and building custom hydraulic cylinders to meet the exact requirements and specifications of our customers all around the world.

State-of-the-art software for ERP, CAD and CAM applications supports Hyco in its information-driven approach to enterprise management, design excellence, best-practices manufacturing and the overall competitive advantage of the Hyco Group.

The Hyco guiding principles of Seamless Global Supply, One-Stop-Shopping and the Lowest Delivered Costs are central to Hyco's business strategy and to Hyco’s, and Hyco’s Partners’ long-term success.

We are the world's leading manufacturer of hydraulic rod cylinders and telescopic cylinders in Mobile Equipment, Construction Equipment, Material Handling, Heavy Cranes, Forestry, Mining, Heavy Trucks, Waste Management, Marine and Shipyard Equipment, Oilfield Equipment, and Agriculture.

Hyco Alabama and the worldwide engineering and manufacturing resources of Hyco International can provide hydraulic cylinder users with:

Contract design engineering to develop application specific cylinders.
Contract manufacturing of hydraulic cylinder components and assemblies.
Aftermarket hydraulic cylinders and components.
Factory remanufactured hydraulic cylinders.
Independent warranty and failure analysis.

Click here to learn more about HYCO Technical Services .

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Check our Custom Cylinder Products page for more information on the hydraulic cylinders we build and the applications we service.

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