Hercules Fluid Power Group
The Hercules Fluid Power Group ("HFPG") supplies a range of hydraulic seals, gaskets, cylinders, components and kits for heavy mobile machinery and specialised industrial applications.
HFPG Aftermarket businesses
The core Hercules ("Hercules Sealing Products") business based in Clearwater, Florida provides a next day delivery service throughout the US for seals and seal kits used in the repair of hydraulic cylinders. The products are used in a range of heavy mobile machinery applications, including heavy construction equipment, dump trucks and refuse collection, lift trucks and fork lifts. Hercules also supplies a range of replacement tie-rod cylinders to a similar customer base. Hercules in Canada offers a similar range of products from its branch operations located in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
In Europe, Hercules has centred its operations in the Netherlands. The business has been re-located to a larger building and has built a good inventory of seal kit products for popular European heavy equipment models. Seal and seal kit catalogues in four languages are available.
Hercules locations: US (Clearwater, FL), Canada (Barrie, ON; Dorval, QC), Netherlands (Breda).
Bulldog ("Bulldog Hydraulics and Gaskets") supplies a range of gasket and seal kits for heavy duty diesel engines, transmissions and hydraulic cylinders used in off road and marine applications. Customers include equipment re-builders and the larger tractor parts distributors. Bulldog is based in Reno, Nevada but more than 75% of sales are to international customers outside the US.
Bulldog location: Reno, NV
HKX is based near Seattle, Washington State and supplies hydraulic kits used in the installation of attachments on excavators. HKX’s colour coded kit systems, with "lego-logic" instructions, substantially reduce the time and engineering expertise required to install attachments.
HKX location: Monroe, WA
HFPG Industrial OEM businesses
RT Dygert supplies Seals, O-rings and custom moulded and machined parts to a range of Industrial OEM customers, cylinder manufacturers and sub distributors. Applications range from spray painting guns to medical devices.
RT Dygert locations: Minneapolis, MN and Chicago, IL
In September 2010, HFPG acquired All Seals, a long established supplier of O-rings and custom manufactured parts to Industrial OEM customers across a range of specialised applications in aerospace, medical, filtration and general manufacturing industries. All Seals has a strong position in the important Californian market and the adjacent South Western states.
All Seals location: Santa Ana, California