Actuant Corp.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
13000 W Silver Spring Dr., Butler, WI 53007-1028, United States
(800)624-5242, (414)352-4160, http://www.actuant.com

Primary SIC: Service Industry Machinery, Not Elsewhere Classified, Primary NAICS: Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
Description: Actuant Corp., headquartered in Butler, Wis., was founded in 1910 as American Grinder and Manufacturing. The name was changed to Actuant Corp.in 2001. Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 1992, the company is a manufacturer of a broad range of industrial products and systems. Actuant is organized into four business segments as follows: industrial, electrical, actuation systems and engineered products. The industrial segment is primarily involved in the design, manufacture and distribution of branded hydraulic and mechanical tools to the maintenance, industrial, infrastructure, oil and gas, power generation and production automation markets. The industrial segment also provides manpower services and product rental to the global joint integrity market. The electrical segment is primarily involved in the design, manufacture and distribution of electrical tools and supplies to the retail electrical, wholesale, original equipment manufacturer and marine markets. The actuation systems segment primarily focuses on developing and marketing highly-engineered position and motion control systems for original equipment manufacturers in the recreational vehicle, automotive, truck and other industrial markets. Finally, the engineered products segment designs and manufactures a variety of products for industrial, aerospace and power distribution markets. Actuant operates in more than 80 locations across 30 countries. More

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Actuant Corp., News and Information

Patent No. 7,610,636 Issued on Nov. 3, Assigned to Actuant for In-vehicle Lift Mechanism (Indiana, Michigan Inventors)
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/4/2009; 487 words; ...mechanism. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,610,636 on Nov. 3. The patent has been assigned to Actuant Corp., Glendale, Wis. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention...

Patent No. D601,600 Issued on Oct. 6, Assigned to Actuant, Ornamental Design for Hydraulic Tensioner (British Inventor)
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/14/2009; 297 words; ...hydraulic tensioner. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D601,600 on Oct. 6. The patent has been assigned to Actuant Corp., Butler, Wis. The original application was filed on May 15, 2008. For more information about US Fed News contract...

Businesses preparing; for swine flu's punch Firms coming up with plans, modifying policies
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/11/2009; 1174 words; ...president of global human resources at Actuant Corp., started talking to the company...t have a companywide policy." Actuant's diverse product line -- it employs...Johnson Controls Inc., A.O. Smith Corp. and others, for example, are...

Businesses preparing; for swine flu's impact Firms coming up with plans, modifying policies
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/11/2009; 1174 words; ...president of global human resources at Actuant Corp., started talking to the company...t have a companywide policy." Actuant's diverse product line -- it employs...Johnson Controls Inc., A.O. Smith Corp. and others, for example, are...

47.6% Of All NYSE Trading Wednesday Was Short Selling. SNG, REN, FOE, ATU, LXK, GNA Highest % Of Daily Trading Volume Short.
M2 Presswire; 10/8/2009; 3262 words; ...attributed to short sales. Canadian Superior Energy (AMEX: SNG), Resolute Energy (NYSE: REN), Ferro Corp (NYSE: FOE), Actuant Corp (NYSE: ATU), Lexmark International (NYSE: LXK) and Gerdau Ameristeel (NYSE: GNA). To access SqueezeTrigger...

Manufacturing: High force tools, hydraulic components, tools and equipment, engineered products, production automation, hydraulic workholding and fixturing components and systems, quick die and mold change components.


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