SPX Power Team

SPX Corporation is a Fortune 1000 multi-industry manufacturing company that offers a wide range of products serving various markets including process equipment, global infrastructure, power and energy, industrial flow, and diagnostic tools. The company's products include diagnostic tools, broadcast antenna systems, aerospace components, power systems, cooling and ventilation equipment, pumps, valves, and other fluid handling devices. SPX has several businesses, one of which is SPX Hydraulic Technologies, under which is the Power Team brand. The Power Team brand offers high-force tools and equipment that are used in power plants, shipyards, construction sites, and mining operations, to name a few. This range of high pressure hydraulic cylinders, pumps and tooling include torque wrenches, clamping components, inflatable jacks, hydraulic pumps, cylinders, valves, and hydraulic accessories.

History

Power Team started out as part of the Owatonna Tool Company, also known as OTC. OTC was established in 1925 based on a patented mechanical gear puller. During the 1950s, applications that used these pullers began to require more than just manual power to operate. Thus, the company started producing pullers with hydraulic power which was the start of the Power Team product line. Over the next several years, the company expanded its line of hydraulic products to include special hydraulic products that were sold to OEMs. The company also started a new brand, Hytec, which sold a line of precision hydraulic workholding products. In 1985, the company was acquired by SPX Corporation. In 1988, Power Team became a separate operating unit of SPX. In 1989, the Power Team grew big enough to require a new facility so it moved to a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Owatonna, Minnesota.

Headquarters & Locations

Power Team is headquartered in Rockford, Illinois with a manufacturing facility in Owatonna, Minnesota. The brand also has several customer service centers to attend to the needs of its customers in Europe, the Asia Pacific, and China. These centers are located in Eygelshoven, The Netherlands; Singapore, Singapore; and Shanghai, China. SPX Power Team also has distributors scattered throughout Asia, Australia, North and South America, Europe, India, Africa, and the Middle East.