Hartfiel Automation received top award for supplying mobile controls to Terex AWP (Aerial Work Platform) Group.

Terex Corporation held their annual AWP Supplier Conference April 12th, 2012 in Seattle, WA. Seventy out of 400 of their top vendors, strategic partners, were invited to attend the conference. The meeting highlighted how business is awarded, how a strategic partner is defined, and the annual supplier awards were announced. Ten awards were given in ten different categories with Hartfiel being awarded as top supplier of mobile controls.

“The Hartfiel CPR process was used to show over $100,000 in savings contributing greatly to us receiving the award,” stated Ted Kraft, Sr. Vice President. “Our mission to strengthen American manufacturing with innovative automation will continue to benefit Terex. Terex strives to increase profitability through strategic partnerships and I believe we exemplify what they are looking for. Great work Russell Sims and the mobile controls team.”

Today started our 3rd Annual Biggest Giver Food Drive Challenge for our designated charity, the PROP Food Shelf in Eden Prairie, MN. Hartfiel was introduced to this challenge through our customer, MGS Machine and we have made a significant impact in the past. The first year we collected more than 500 lbs. of food and $175 in cash, year two we increased that amount up to 750 pounds! This year we will work hard to reach or exceed the 750 pounds again.

The 2012 Food Drive was kicked off with a special breakfast event. Employees traded food donations or cash donations for a bagel breakfast. Throughout the month of March additional food raising events will take place as we work hard to exceed our goal.

March 7th – Pizza Lunch
March 15th – Bake Sale
March 22nd – Chili Contest

The Hunger in America/Minnesota Study, released in March 2010, found that hunger has doubled in Minnesota over the past five years and that 40 percent of those seeking hunger relief in Minnesota are now children under the age of 18.

According to the Minnesota Emergency Food Shelf Network, 11% of the children served by Minnesota food shelves are forced to skip a meal because there is not enough food at home and 43% of their parents skip meals.

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

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.

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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.

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

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. 

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

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.

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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

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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