Our Brand Promise
We work with our customers to build true partnerships through our commitment to integrity, positive attitude and dependable customer service. Because every employee is an owner, our team is personally invested in the success of our customers and the company.
THE PURSUIT OF A DREAM
Our roots stretch back to three defense engineers from California who set out for Texas with a trunk full of hydraulic valves in pursuit of a dream. That dream turned into reality when Hydraquip Corporation was founded in 1951.
Our Brand Promise
We work with our customers to build true partnerships through our commitment to integrity, positive attitude and dependable customer service. Because every employee is an owner, our team is personally invested in the success of our customers and the company.
Through the Decades…
1960’s
Growth and prosperity, the company initiated a plan for profit sharing.
1970’s and 1980’s
- Expanded our presence throughout Texas, with new offices in the Dallas, Longview and San Antonio areas.
- Increased fabrication department to develop a power unit division.
- Hydraquip became owned and operated by its employees in 1986 through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
1990’s
Expanded into the Louisiana marine industry, with the company opening offices in New Orleans and Lafayette.
2000’s
- In 2002, we expanded and gained new vendors and a full-line distributorship with Eaton Corporation by purchasing a fluid power distributor in Oklahoma
- In 2005, we opened our first Express Hose Store in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a second store in Lafayette, in November 2007.
- In 2007, the systems group split off to become Hydraquip Custom Systems, Inc. in order to provide better customer support while enhancing the ability to focus on the systems it does best.
- Employee Owned Holdings, Inc. (EOHI) became the parent company of Hydraquip and Hydraquip Custom Systems, Inc.
- In 2009, we expanded into Arizona and New Mexico.
- In 2012, formed an agreement with Eaton Aeroquip to provide Eaton Fluid Conveyance products throughout the entire state of Texas.
Present Day Hydraquip
Hydraquip continues its growth, recently being able to provide service and repair within the state of Louisiana through the acquisition of Huber, Inc. in 2013 and then expand into Colorado with the acquisition of Emrick & Hill in 2014. Our partnerships with our sister companies, Supreme Integrated Technology, Inc. & Elite Controls Inc., have allowed us to provide complete control systems (electro-hydraulic or fully electric), design engineering and fabrication capabilities to our customers.
The EOHI Family
Hydraquip, 100% employee-owned, specializes in providing innovative power solutions across multiple markets. With several offices across the country to assist you in system design, service & repair and fluid conveyance through our world class manufacturers, Hydraquip has been providing quality products to the fluid power industry since 1951.
