V&P Hydraulic Products - Company Info

Our Mission

"The Mission of V&P Hydraulic Products, LLC is to be a World Class Manufacturing Leader by providing our customers with the highest quality custom-designed, welded hydraulic cylinders at the lowest possible cost".

Company Background

V&P Hydraulic Products, LLC, is the successor company to Valves and Presses, Inc., a family-owned business founded in 1937. Re-organized on April 1, 2006, V&P manufactures custom mobile hydraulic cylinders and related products for use by manufacturers of heavy duty mobile equipment, (OE’s). Our markets are anywhere heavy duty, high quality, and custom welded mobile hydraulic cylinders are required. Whether in low, medium, or high volume quantities, V&P, LLC can design and manufacture the “perfect” cylinder for your mobile application. Currently we sell to OE’s in the underground mining, construction, fire, nursery, forklift, and utility truck industries.

In order to expand and improve, we have moved to a new facility in the Delaware, Ohio Industrial Park. V&P is known for superior quality in both cylinder design and construction. By utilizing our new lean manufacturing business model and access to high quality, low cost parts, V&P is quickly becoming the supplier of choice for many equipment manufacturers!

V&P HYDRAULIC PRODUCTS LLC COMPANY HISTORY

Valves & Presses was founded in 1937 by Glen Manter in Delaware Ohio. It started out literally as a one man machine shop making parts for motorized cranes. During the first 5 years, additional customers and machinists were added as needed. In 1942, big changes occurred. V&P (as it became known as) became heavily involved in the war effort, running 3 shifts a day, 7 days a week making machined parts for motorized cranes, rollers, & graders. During the war years, V&P also started making custom hydraulic cylinders for that same equipment. In 1946, after the war, Mr. Manter decided that designing and manufacturing hydraulic cylinders for mobile equipment was to be the vision for the company in the future. To this day, this remains the focus of the company serving the mining, construction, fire, and nursery industries.

Valves and Presses, Inc was family-owned & operated for its first 68 years. Then, in April, 2006, the company was re-organized as V&P Hydraulic Products LLC. The new company is 50% owned by Valves & Presses Inc and 50% by Propel LLC, a holding company.