Vanguard, Hydraulic Controls Inc. Partner to Bring Electric Solutions to Hydraulics Systems
Briggs & Stratton announced a new partnership with Hydraulic Controls Inc., a premier fluid power distributor in the southwestern United States. For more than 50 years, Hydraulic Controls has specialized in the hydraulics, pneumatics, service and repair, as well as manufacturing of custom power units. Through this new partnership, Hydraulics Controls will be able to utilize Vanguard Lithium-Ion battery solutions in its custom power units.
“Hydraulic Controls has a longstanding history of delivering quality products and solutions to its customers,” said Chris Davison, senior marketing manager — electrification at Briggs & Stratton. “We are excited to have them join our growing list of battery technology partners as we work together to deliver electric power solutions that meet the unique applications needs of their customers.”
Hydraulic Controls has 13 employee-owned branches in California, Utah, Arizona, and Colorado. Each facility keeps an inventory suited to the local market, whether it is custom harvesting equipment for California agriculture, oil drilling in Colorado, mining in Utah and Arizona, or industrial applications in major metropolitan areas. Their team of experts includes multiple certified fluid power hydraulic specialists as well as experienced repair technicians.
No matter what the application needs of a customer are, Hydraulic Controls strives to be the one source solution through its custom hydraulic components and integrated systems.
"Today’s hydraulic systems are becoming increasingly complex as customers look to integrate more and more electronics into their systems,” said Rob Hulse, executive vice president at Hydraulic Controls. “With Vanguard’s electrification expertise and powerful battery solutions, we’ll be able to offer our customers electric power solutions they can depend on to deliver a rugged, reliable performance.”
Vanguard Commercial Lithium-Ion Battery Packs are designed to offer an integrated, complete battery solution. The Lithium-Ion battery pack, battery management system and charger work together to deliver efficient power and performance. Vanguard offers a competitive range of battery power solutions, including 1.5kWh, 3.5kWh, 3.8kWh, 5kWh, 7kWh and 10kWh options. This offers OEMs a fully integrated electric system with the capacity to connect other Vanguard packs in parallel for more power. For more information on products and innovations, visit vanguardpower.com.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.