Pump and Motor Dialogue

Welcome to the show, boils and ghouls! It's the season of scares, and PPMP is raising spirits. If you're brave to your bones, dive into this episode and learn about the 600 series with marketing manager, Chad Kirkpatrick. The 600 series creates flows from 7ccpm to 80ccpm at 3000psi in applications all around the world. PMD also has a new series of 600 pumps on the horizon, and PPMP provides you with an exclusive sneak peak. Get ready for thrills and chills on this episode of the Parker Pump & Motor Podcast!

Welcome back, true believers! On this episode of PPMP, we delve into a topic familiar to everyone within the Parker organization, Lean! Lean is a system of production and manufacturing developed by Toyota to increase the efficiency of work places. To give us more insight into Parker's House of Lean, we have Jared Adams, PMD Lean Manager, on the show. Jared tells us more about what lean is, why it's important, and how Parker has built lean into it's growth strategy. All this and more on PPMP. Enjoy it!

On today's episode, we continue the truck market momentum from last time, and talk to Parker's Chelsea Division. Parker Chelsea specializes in power take-offs (PTO), and provides some of the best PTOs on the market. Their PTOs work with products from the Pump and Motor Division in truck applications, such as dump pumps and gear pumps. Learn more about truck applications, the Chelsea division, and a little more Parker history on today's episode. Try it out!

We're back and better than ever! To kick off the second half of season 2, we speak with Chris Johnson, Sales Channel Manager, about how the Pump & Motor Division works in the truck market. Listen in to learn about the products, people, and services provided by Parker and how PMD makes designing and ordering easy. Plus, more Parker history and a little about how PMD is evolving for the future. Turn it up!

We round out our spring Cleveland Series with Wendy Soucie, Global eBusiness and Social Media Manager. Wendy is a pioneer of social media at Parker, working to build the marketing branch from the ground up. We talk about the evolution of social media, where it's going in the future, and Parker's place in it all. Plus, we learn about Parker Advocates, a group of Parker employees that champion social media via their own connections and networks. Check it out and learn more!

We've talked about HT-1000 before, but today we take a deep dive into why this is the premiere transmission fluid on the market. On the mic is Pete Tebbe, applications engineer, who is in charge of the Pump & Motor Division's turf product line. Learn about how HT-1000 was developed, how it can save users time and money, and what makes it so premiere. Also, Pete tells us about his time in the turf industry, and we continue the story of Art Parker. Tune in and turn up!

This week, we dip back into our Cleveland recording sessions, and speak with Paul Horvat, vice president of business development at Parker Hannifin. Paul is a 29 year veteran of Parker, where he started in sales, and progressed through the company. Tune in as Paul discusses tools has championed to grow business, unique applications he has seen during his tenure, and more Parker history from a his unique perspective. Plus, more about Art Parker, a mini-interview with C.T. Lefler, and even more in this over-stuffed episode of PPMP.

It's the big 2-0 for PPMP, and what better way to celebrate than with our first doctor on the podcast, Peter Rea! Peter is the Vice President of Integrity and Ethics at Parker, and is also a professor at Baldwin Wallace University. Come along with us as we learn about the seven classic virtues, how they are a part of Peter's philosophy, and how he is applying this philosophy to Parker Hannifin. Plus, we talk about Peter's personal life, share a story about Art Parker, and more! This is easily our most cerebral episode, so tune in and turn up!