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Parker Hannifin Corporation

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Parker Hannifin Corporation is an American industrial manufacturer headquartered near Cleveland, Ohio, founded in 1917 by Arthur L. Parker to make pneumatic brake systems for trucks and buses. It grew into one of the world's largest makers of motion and control technologies, supplying hydraulic, pneumatic, filtration, sealing and fluid-control components used across aerospace, industrial and mobile equipment applications.

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Company Type
Public industrial manufacturing company 1
Founded Year
1917 1
Headquarters
Mayfield Heights, Ohio, U.S. 1
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1. Parker Hannifin Corporation (Wikipedia)
WikipediaInfobox company: founded, hq_location and industry/type fields, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Hannifin (wikitext, fetched 2026-09-16)
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founded = {{Start date and age|1917}} in [[Cleveland]], Ohio, U.S. | hq_location_city = [[Mayfield Heights, Ohio]] | industry = Manufacturing
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