Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk Twin Cities

Posted on: September 7th, 2011

Team Hartfiel Heroes

The Hartfiel sponsored team ‘Hartfiel Heroes’ successfully completed the Susan G. Komen 3-day Walk for the Cure August 19-21, 2011. Hartfiel Heroes ranked sixth in fundraising for the Twin Cities walk with $35,000 raised!

The Twin Cities event itself raised over five million dollars to help with the fight against breast cancer!

Hartfiel Heroes took home life long memories of this amazing event. Check out the Hartfiel Facebook page to see the many pictures of the experience had by the Hartfiel team.

Posted in Events, Hartfiel News

Balluff Territory Expansion for Hartfiel

Posted on: July 21st, 2011

We are pleased to announce we have added Balluff to our product offering in our Iowa branch and Kansas branch. Balluff is now officially carried in every state Hartfiel Automation serves.

Check out Balluff Product Offerings.

Posted in Hartfiel News, Products

Hartfiel Automation Officially ISO 13485:2003 Certified

Posted on: June 17th, 2011

Hartfiel continually works to meet the needs of current and potential customers. In addition to being certified in ISO 9001:2008, Hartfiel can now add to their list ISO 13485:2003, a quality management standard for medical devices.

ISO 13485:2003, achieved May 18th, allows Hartfiel Automation to actively work with manufacturers and machine builders in the medical industry. New and current customers will now be able to consolidate vendors for projects and any medical manufacturer not satisfied with their current vendor will be able to experience the knowldege and customer service Hartfiel offers.

ISO 13485:2003 is the international standard recognized for medical device regulations around the world.

Posted in Hartfiel News, Services

Hartfiel Heroes

Posted on: June 10th, 2011

Hartfiel Automation will be participating in the 2011 Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure as the Hartfiel Heroes. Hartfiel Heroes has again joined forces to support this great cause, with their mission of ‘saving the world one pair at a time’.

Hartfiel Heroes, comprised of 11 walkers (+ one crew member), will be walking 20 miles a day August 19-21 in Minneapolis, MN. Nearing their goal of $25,000 and currently in sixth place of the top fundraisers for Minneapolis, the team still has almost two months left for fundraising. Having only completed one of three team fundraisers they are well on their way in exceeding their current goal.

The first event by Hartfiel Heroes, a brunch, took place in May at company headquarters in Eden Prairie. Tickets for the homemade brunch of, but not limited to, Baked French Toast, Quiche, and Biscuits & Gravy, proved to be an easy sell – who doesn’t like a homemade meal?

The next event taking place in Waverly, MN will be a crowd pleaser with a silent auction, pig roast, and live music.
June 25th, Waverly, MN at the Uptown Bar and Grill
-Pig Roast from 4:00 to 7:00
$10 (includes beer/soda)
-Silent Auction from 4:00 to 7:00
-Live Music from 5:00 to 8:00. (Hartfiel CEO, Myron Moser, on the drums!)

The final fundraising event will be a hamburger/bratwurst bbq including a bean bag toss competition.
July 27th, Hartfiel Headquarters, Eden Prairie, MN
-Lunch time BBQ – 11:30 – 2:00pm (everyone welcome)
-Bean Bag Toss Championship Game will be at end of lunch (*unfortunately this is for Hartfiel employees only)

If unable to attend either event but would like to donate please click on the link below to go to our team page: Donate to Hartfiel Heroes or contact events@hartfiel.com if you are interested in being a corporate sponsor.

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Posted in Events, Hartfiel News

Update: Food Drive Challenge 2011

Posted on: April 13th, 2011

Final Results for The Biggest Giver Food Challenge.

We met our goal of 750 lbs with 566 lbs of food and $185.50!
(each dollar counts as a pound)

Posted in Events, Hartfiel News

Food Drive Challenge 2011

Posted on: March 3rd, 2011

Last year Hartfiel Automation participated in The Biggest Giver Food Drive Challenge. We exceeded our goal of 500 lbs. with 512 pounds and $175 in cash. This year we upped our pledge to 750 pounds for our designated charity, the PROP Food Shelf in Eden Prairie, MN.

Throughout the month of March various collection stations are available throughout our headquarters in Eden Prairie. Special events will be taking place to raise money and spur additional food donations to reach our new goal.

The 2011 Food Drive was kicked off Tuesday March 1 with a special breakfast event.  Employees traded food donations for a bagel breakfast. We collected 250 pounds during the kick off event and more will be collected during additional events till the end of March. 

Track our Company’s progress and fun events we plan by Following us on Twitter or Liking us on Facebook.

Get your company involved too. Find all the details by visiting the website for Food Drive Challenge.

Posted in About Us

Another Patent for Hartfiel.

Posted on: February 22nd, 2011

We just received notice that our lastest patent application has been officially approved. This makes patent number 3 for Hartfiel Automation; all thanks to our own Steve Laumer and Gary Lagro.

Their invention “relates to control systems for hydraulic actuators, and more particularly, to the control of hydraulic actuators at certain positions in their range of travel.”

Abstract: A system for controlling motion of a hydraulic actuator during a portion of its range of motion is described, including a sensor on the hydraulic actuator for providing a signal indicating that the actuator is near a portion of its range of motion, and a pneumatic control valve that is configured to selectively modify a pressurized air control signal to in turn restrict flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic actuator control system further includes an electronic controller for controlling the pneumatic control valve in response to a signal from the sensor. The hydraulic actuator control system thereby slows the motion of the hydraulic actuator near the portion of its range of motion.

Read All About the Patent

Posted in Hartfiel News

New Team Member Has Over 34 Years of Industry Experience

Posted on: January 11th, 2011

The newest Hartfiel Automation team member, Carrie Scott, has over 34 years of industry knowledge in fluid power and industrial automation.

Carrie has joined Hartfiel in the role of Customer Service Representative working out of the Kansas City branch. She will be responsible for quoting, design assistance, order entry & status, follow-up and other related tasks.

Some of the product lines Carrie has extensive knowledge with are:

o   Bimba

o   Mead

o   TRD

o   Arrow

o   Pneumadyne

o   Canfield

o   Spartan

o   Freelin-Wade

o   Aladco

o   Yamaha

o   Unitronics

o   Springville

o   Watts

Check Out the Complete Hartfiel Product Line

A lot of you may already know Carrie and have worked with her in the past in the automation industry. If you have not it won’t take you long to realize what an asset she is for Hartfiel and for you, our customers.

You can reach Carrie at our Kansas City branch via phone or email:

(913) 894.6545 or carrie.scott@hartfiel.com

Posted in Careers, Hartfiel News

Hartfiel Automation CFO, Jeffrey B. Murphy, Wins 2010 ‘CFO of the Year’ Award

Posted on: December 8th, 2010

Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Honors Jeffrey B. Murphy as Small Private Company ‘CFO of the Year’

MINNEAPOLIS, MN–(Marketwire – December 8, 2010) – Jeffrey B. Murphy, CFO of Hartfiel Automation, was recently named the winner of the 2010 ‘CFO of the Year Award’ in the category of Small Private Business for the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. The announcement was made during an awards luncheon Wednesday November 18, 2010 at the Hyatt in Minneapolis, MN.

For each of the categories, CFO candidates were evaluated based on criteria measuring the extent and effectiveness of their work. Examined areas included: recent revenue growth, regulatory compliance, annual revenue, pay, tenure, etc. Nominees were then pared down to a final three within the different CFO categories.

Mary Jo Corson, Executive Assistant at Hartfiel said, “I have known Jeff for about 14 years. I have been very fortunate to work with him in both his CFO and CEO capacity. Jeff is a very honest and caring person and speaks from his heart. I was so pleased to be able to attend the CFO Award program and see that he was recognized for his achievements.”

Upon his return to Hartfiel headquarters, all employees celebrated Murphy’s win. Myron Moser, CEO, recounted to the gathered group the many accomplishments and company gains attributed to Murphy. Murphy responded, “I am honored to be named CFO of the Year. My success is attributable to outstanding execution by my finance teammates, a management team that listened, believed and executed on the ideas that I brought to the Company and a CEO, Myron Moser, who trusted and was open to great change. Hartfiel is a very special company. It has great culture built on integrity and ethics delivered from the top down. The employee group is very talented, and when you walk in the door you can tell how different and special Hartfiel really is. Thank you and please know that each of you share in this Award.”

About Hartfiel Automation
Hartfiel Automation consists of four branches covering nine states with over 100 employees. We serve Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Western Missouri and Texas. Our company provides pneumatic, hydraulic, motion control, and automation solutions.

Posted in Hartfiel News, Leadership

Hartfiel Believes in Education

Posted on: November 30th, 2010

Hartfiel Automation is dedicated to ensuring the future of manufacturing in America by working closely with educational organizations. Realizing the importance of educating today’s youth on tomorrow’s careers in this line of work, Hartfiel has been working closely with Hennepin Technical College to try to promote and enhance the public image of the manufacturing trade. “The community colleges are promoting that they have educational training available, but you don’t hear enough about, ‘Well, did you realize that you could get that [training] for free through a tax credit, a government grant or on a loan basis where you can pay it back after you get a job?’” Mark Tomlinson says, “There needs to be a more concerted effort to make it easy for the worker to get that training.⁽¹⁾

It is just this type of program that Hartfiel is working to promote not only as a fiscal contributor to the college, but also in a more personal way. Myron Moser, the current CEO of Hartfiel, is currently a board member of the Hennepin Technical College Foundation, and is working with the other members to help get the word out about these types of programs. Each year Hennepin Tech organizes a fundraiser on their campus to fill the scholarship coffer. On Saturday, October 16^th, under the theme “inspiration celebration”, they held the 12^th annual dinner and silent auction, raising an impressive $103,000.

As the global economy rolls into the 21^st century, we are seeing many traditional careers transform into new and exciting options for up and coming students. The manufacturing sector is, contrary to current public opinion, at the forefront of this movement. Although many low-wage opportunities have been transplanted overseas, there is a very bright future in the field of complex manufacturing. Hartfiel Automation is, along with Hennepin Technical College, leading the way to ensuring a bright future for this industry.

Sources: (1) Industry Week (Help Wanted | Feb 2010 | Josh Cable)

Read more about Education in Manufacturing in our Industry News Blog.

Posted in Education