HoseFinder 3.5 Mobile App Now Includes Industrial Hose and Parflex Division Products


CLEVELAND, Ohio — Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has increased the products available within its HoseFinder mobile app, making the mobile app more versatile for selecting and locating critical hoses.



Adding to the some 5,000 products from within the Hose Products Division (HPD) that were originally included in the initial 2010 launch, HoseFinder 3.5’s searchable catalog now includes products from Parker’s Industrial Hose Products Division (IHP) and Parflex Division (PFD), adding more than 357 new products available for purchase. Using the STAMP (Size, Temperature, Application, Media, Pressure) search feature to browse, users can find products by general categories, such as hoses, fittings, and accessories



“Since HoseFinder’s launch four years ago, customers continually share their positive feedback about how easy and efficient the app makes searching for and locating the hoses and fittings they need,” says Bill Sayavich, Parker’s Technology Manager. “We’re pleased to now extend the capabilities of the HoseFinder application to include products from our Parflex and Industrial Hose Products divisions.”



Users can take advantage of HoseFinder’s custom distributor search function, directing them to the closest of Parker’s more than 13,000 worldwide distribution locations. All of Parker’s distributors are highly experienced in fluid conveyance systems and are ready to advise customers on how to keep their equipment performing at the highest possible level.



HoseFinder 3.5 is available for iPhone and Android devices. Optimized for iOS 7, it now includes improved graphics and faster searches throughout the app.



For more information about HoseFinder 3.5, call (440) 943-5700, or visit www.hosefinder.com.



About Parker Hannifin’s Industrial Hose Products Division

Parker industrial hose products are the preferred choice for transferring abrasive materials, acid and chemicals, air, compressed gases, food, fuel, oil, steam, welding gases, water and many other materials. The division manufactures a variety of hoses with covers resistant to abrasion, chemicals, flame, heat, oil, ozone, ultraviolet light and weathering.



About Parker Hannifin’s Parflex Division

The Parflex division manufactures Thermoplastic and PTFE hose and tubing for the most extreme applications on the planet. In addition to standard hose and tubing products, Parflex delivers a wide variety of customized and specialty products including bonded, formed and reinforced hose and tubing, tubing harnesses and many other customer specific designs to produce products that speed up installation, reduce scrap, reduce inventory components and improve throughput.



About Parker Hannifin’s Hose Products Division

The Hose Products Division is the leading provider of hose, fittings, accessories, services and crimping technology for industrial and hydraulic markets.



The three divisions are part of Parker Hannifin Corporation's Fluid Connectors Group. The Group is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, and is the world's leading producer of tube fittings, rubber and thermoplastic hose and fittings, brass fittings and valves, quick-connect couplings and assembly tools.



About Parker Hannifin

With annual sales of $13 billion in fiscal year 2013, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company employs approximately 58,000 people in 49 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 57 consecutive fiscal years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index. For more information, visit the company's website at www.parker.com or its investor information website at www.phstock.com.

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