Mary C. Gannon

Senior Associate Editor, Penton Media

Mary joined Hydraulics & Pneumatics in 2005. She graduated from Boston University’s College of Communication in 1998 with a BA in Journalism. She began her career as a business reporter at a daily newspaper in Greater Cleveland. Prior to joining the H&P staff, she worked in public relations.

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Aug. 17, 2011

CCEFP gets a new home of its own

When I got my Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power enewsletter earlier this week, I just couldn't believe that it's been five years since the....More
Aug. 16, 2011

More industry acquisitions

It seems a week can't go by these days without some new acquisition news. Yesterday, Eaton announced it had closed on its deal to purchase German....More
Aug. 11, 2011

More profit increases from major manufacturers

Just saw a report from the Herald-Tribune that Sun Hydraulics reported a 70 percent jump in second-quarter profits. Like many other public fluid....More
Aug. 8, 2011

Register for MSOE professional training

Nearly three years ago, I was lucky enough to attend the Milwaukee School of Engineering's professional training courses, taking a week-long "....More
Aug. 2, 2011

Fluid power markets see record financial reports

I just returned from a short holiday to the East coast, and came back to more good news for the industry. Last week, Eaton Corp. reported that its....More
Jul. 19, 2011

Fascinated by Brazil's growing fluid power presence

About two years ago, I noticed a trend in our LinkedIn group - that outside of the USA, the majority of requests to join were coming from India. This....More
Jul. 15, 2011

Italian fluid power association sees marked recovery

It seems funny to think that all of the economists two years ago shared such dread when it came to the fluid power market's recovery, after a steep....More
Jun. 11, 2011

Back online .. at last!

Finally, I am back in the "blogosphere" with a new home for my blog, Fluid Power Talk. When Google took it down several months ago, we tried to get....More
May. 27, 2011

Training available on distribution software

Epicor Software Corp., which recently combined with Activant Solutions Inc., is holding three free sessions for distribution industry executives to....More
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