Hydraulic Fitting News and Blog Articles

The Shift Less Traveled Second and third shift positions tend to be less popular than a typical day shift; however, there are plenty of benefits of taking the shift less traveled. Working at an unconventional time can have positive effects on your work life balance – if you take advantage of them. Even though there…

The employees at Air-Way in Edgerton recently completed a school supply drive with all contributed items being donated to Edgerton Elementary School. The team in Edgerton collected 804 school supplies and were able to split the supplies between Edgerton Elementary, Edon Elementary, and St. Mary’s in Edgerton. We made this supply drive a friendly competition…

The History of Air-Way At Air-Way Manufacturing, we have a strong commitment to providing innovative, quality driven and value-minded hydraulic solutions. Our company operates with the guidance of our six core values, which are designed to reflect the family minded culture that is a result of experienced leadership from the founding families. By continuing to…

At Air-Way, we brought a group of volunteers from our Olivet location to help clean up our environment. We spent the day working as a team to clean up our adopted highway. Air-Way is ISO14001 certified and has successfully implemented an Environmental Management System. This helps us protect the public’s health and safety by establishing…

Joe Wells: Maintenance Manager (Hamilton, IN) Joe has been with Air-Way for nearly 33 years. Joe defines “hard worker.” He is a team player who is not afraid to lend a hand wherever he’s needed. Dylan Peters: (Olivet, MI) Dylan has also jumped on the fast-track to learning a skilled trade, one of the many…

Performing regular maintenance on your hydraulic system can prevent problems and maximize uptime. When your maintenance involves hose changes or disassembly of your hydraulic fittings, it’s a good idea to consider using new fittings when you reassemble your connections. But, thanks to stronger materials and advances in the design and manufacturing process, hydraulic fittings that…

Nearly every industry has been impacted by supply chain issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Manufacturing, construction, and retail trade have experienced the most significant disruption in their supply chains, and many continue to feel that pain yet today. So much so, that in June of 2021, the White House announced the formation of a Supply…

The global hydraulic hose and fittings market is expected to grow by almost $400 million USD over the next four years according to research by Technavio, a leading global technology research and advisory company. A major factor in the growth in the hydraulics market is mechanization in the agriculture industry. As global demand for food…

Family-owned hydraulic fitting company commemorates 7 decades of success. OLIVET, MI: This year, Air-Way Global Manufacturing is celebrating its 70th year of operations. The family-owned company, started in an old airplane hangar in Romeo, Michigan, has since become the largest independent hydraulic fitting manufacturer in the United States. Since their start in 1950, Air-Way Global has…

Stainless steel adapters and hydraulic fittings offer machine manufacturers multiple advantages over standard steel and plastic options. While stainless can be challenging to machine, oftentimes, it is the right or only solution, and Air-Way has the experience. In addition to being corrosion and rust-resistant, stainless steel is extremely durable. It retains strength at both remarkably…

Located on Ascension Island, about halfway between South America and Africa in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, NASA’s 20-thousand-pound Meter Class Autonomous Telescope (MCAT) hunts the sky for space debris. The telescope is part of the ARES Division’s Orbital Debris Program Office, whose mission is to determine the total amount of orbital debris and predict the…