Press Releases & Published Articles
Press Releases
John Henry Foster receives Star Achievement Award from CompAir USA
John Henry Foster recognized as 2007 Quincy Premier Distributor
John Henry Foster recognized as 2007 Bimba Premier Distributor
John Henry Foster Goes Electric
Employees Have Grown With Company
John Henry Foster Hires Technical Staff
John Henry Foster Adopts Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
Published Articles
New Compressed Air Pipe System Results in Lower Costs and Bigger Savings
Count on relationships for technology purchases
Compressed Air Best Practices
John Henry Foster plays key role in Fluid Power competition
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Press Releases
John Henry Foster receives Star Achievement Award from CompAir USA
The “Star Achievement Award” is fifth in a series of special annual recognition awards given by CompAir USA for outstanding sales performance in the past 12 months.
These awards are presented to CompAir Distributors achieving sales of CompAir product
who reach a market share number that equals, or surpasses, CompAir USA’s National Market Share Number. Harris Info-Source, and CAGI (Compressed Air & Gas Institute), both independent Marketing Statistical firms, determine these goals and marketing areas based strictly on statistical data. Therefore, each distributor is not competing with other distributors, nor a number set arbitrarily by CompAir USA, but rather a goal indicated to be potential sales within the geographical market area where the distributor conducts business.
At the recent NAACD (North American Air Compressor Distributors) convention held
at the Coeur d’Alene resort in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on October 20, 2008, John Henry Foster of Minnesota was one of eight CompAir distributors to receive this unique and prestigious award.
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John Henry Foster recognized as Quincy 2007 Premier Distributor
John Henry Foster was awarded Quincy Compressor’s 2007 Top-10 Distributor award for outstanding sales and service of Quincy Compressors. For more than 30 years, John Henry Foster has been a proud distributor of Quincy Compressors, and since 2002, has received annual awards recognizing outstanding sales. Our 13 Outside Sales Associates, in addition to our Inside Sales Team have extensive knowledge of the Quincy product line and are positioned to provide you with immediate pricing, availability and the knowledge to answer all of your technical questions. At John Henry Foster, we are proud to have earned this award and know that honors such as these would not be possible without the support of our valued customers and employees. We extend our thanks to all of you for making this possible!
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John Henry Foster recognized as Bimba 2007 Premier Distributor
John Henry Foster was awarded the Bimba 2007 Premier Distributor award
for outstanding sales and performance of the Bimba product line. For over 45 years, John Henry Foster has been a proud distributor of the Bimba Manufacturing Company and since 2002, has received annual awards ranging from Premier Distributor to Highest Ultran Band Sales through Product Lifetime. Our 13 Outside Sales Associates, in addition to our Inside Sales Team have extensive knowledge of the Bimba product line and are positioned to provide you with immediate pricing, availability and the knowledge to answer all of your technical questions. At John Henry Foster, we are proud to have earned this award and know that honors such as these would not be possible without the support of our valued customers and employees. We extend our thanks to all of you for making this possible!
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John Henry Foster Goes Electric
EAGAN, Minn. (August 2008) – Continuing John Henry Foster’s (JHF) mission to promote a progressive culture by seeking opportunities for cutting edge technology, we are excited to announce the addition of the Intelligent Actuator America, Inc. (IAI) product line. IAI designs and manufactures a complete line of motion control systems providing linear and robotic component solutions to businesses around the world in markets that include automotive, consumer products, electronics, food, medical, inspection and examination, to name just a few. They are the world leader in linear actuators and low cost, high performance SCARA robots, as well as a leading source of advanced plug and play automation throughout North America.
With the recent introduction of the ROBO Cylinder™ linear actuators product line, IAI has become a standard in cost effective, low maintenance, and fully programmable electric cylinders and ROBO Cylinder™ actuators. The ROBO Cylinder™ linear actuator was designed to accomplish the simple tasks usually assigned toair cylinders, but with greater flexibility and custom control over position, speed, acceleration, deceleration and torque.
Our goal at JHF continues to be our dedication to serve our clients with the most suitable products available on the market. We bring customized client solutions in consistency, reliability and profitability, while continuing to demonstrate our tradition of the latest industry trends and solutions in world-class compressed air automation, air compressors, electrical motion controls, and aluminum framing systems as we have for the past 70 years.
Our team of experts are positioned to support your productivity and efficiency needs with this innovative product and can determine how best to fill your automation needs. Please contact us if you have any questions or would like further information regarding the IAI product line.
To read more about IAI, please visit their website.
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JOHN HENRY FOSTER’S EMPLOYEES HAVE GROWN WITH COMPANY
EAGAN, Minn. (May 2008) – John Henry Foster, one of the largest compressed air systems distributors in the Upper Midwest, this year celebrates its 70th anniversary. And remarkably, especially in today’s market, many of JHF’s staff boast long careers with the company.
JHF has promoted a progressive culture by seeking opportunities for cutting-edge technology and providing clients with exceptional value. The company has become an industry leader in part because of the educated, trained and focused talent that manages both pneumatics and compressed air systems. Some of these professionals include master electricians, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, service coordinators, mechanics and piping experts.
“Many of our employees have been with us for two to three decades,” said John D. Hawkins, JHF’s president and CEO. “Our employees have grown with the company and have acquired tremendous knowledge and experience over the years to address customers’ needs.”
The firm also provides an infrastructure to support its account managers, technical support specialists and other key staff that are trained and practiced so they can obtain results.
“We take care of our 80+ employees, whom have been extraordinarily dedicated,” said Hawkins. “In turn, they provide our clients with first-class service, which has built our reputation for nearly 70 years.”
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JOHN HENRY FOSTER HIRES TECHNICAL STAFF
Eagan, Minn. (April 2008) – John Henry Foster, one of the largest compressed air systems distributors in the Upper Midwest, has hired Ryan Koepsell as a mechanical engineer and Michael May as a fluid power specialist.
Prior to joining JHF, Koepsell was a mechanical engineering intern at Andersen Windows and Doors in Bayport, Minn. At JHF, he will partner with energy companies to identify energy savings inititatives and conservation with compressed air consumption for the firm’s clients. Koepsell received his B.S degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
May previously was a hydraulic repair technician for Central Hydraulics in Hutchinson, Minn. At JHF, he will work directly with the company’s customers to help select their fluid power products and services. He graduated from Alexandria Technical College, Alexandria, Minn.
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JOHN HENRY FOSTER ADOPTS EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
On January 1, 2006, John Henry Foster adopted the Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP). An ESOP is a qualified benefit plan that invests primarily in employer stock, cash and other securities. The ESOP Association was founded in 1978 and is a national non-profit membership organization, with 18 local Chapters, serving approximately 2,500 employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) companies, professionals with a commitment to ESOPs, and companies considering the implementation of an ESOP. The Association is the only association devoted solely to ESOPs. Promoting and enhancing laws before Congress and regulatory agencies that govern ESOPs and providing its members with expert educational ESOP programming and information are its main focuses.
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Published Articles
New Compressed Air Pipe System Results in Lower Costs and Bigger Savings
Compressed air piping systems are essential to deliver compressed air, a utility that about 90 percent of commerical industrial facitilites consider essential for production...
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Count on relationships for technology purchases
Just as in many other parts of running a business, finding the right technology is often a matter of who you know...
John Henry Foster recently took a jump into that 21st century realm as well by spending $20,000 to add ethernet capabilities that allow users to monitor processes and troubleshoot problems...
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Compressed Air Best Practices Article
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The John Henry Foster Minnesota mission is to offer consultative sales versus commodity selling to our clients. By providing both capital equipment and pneumatic components consultatively, we have the ability to partner with both the supply side and demand side of compressed air systems. JHF is a leader in providing innovative solutions and consistent value to customers with this sales process and technical development. JHF is one of very few firms in the country that is structured to work with both sides of compressed air and has since the firm’s beginnings. Industries in the 1940’s were smaller and companies could sell both, but today companies either focus on one or the other due to difficulties in training staff and manufacturers who tend to team with distributors who focus in their area of expertise.We anticipate industry drivers of our customers to be the exclusive provider by bundling our services into a single point of contact. By anticipating the needs of customers, JHF has expanded and further explored new areas, such as fluid cooling and vacuum markets. Another application we now focus on is identifying energy saving opportunities for clients, or an Air System Audit. In order to gather the appropriate information to complete an analysis, we work with both ends of the compressed air system; the supply of air and the use of air.
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Contact: Ron Nordby, Vice President
John Henry Foster Minnesota
651.681.5724 or ron.nordby@jhfoster.com
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John Henry Foster plays key role in the 2007 Minnesota Fluid Power Society's skills competition
John Henry Foster plays key role in the 2007 Minnesota Fluid Power Society's skills competition (MFPSC). The contest is held annually with the top six students from each of the four Minnesota Technical Colleges providing exceptional Fluid Power Programs competing to determine the "Best of the Best." The MFPSC consisted of four distinct test sections, in which the contestants rotated through. JHF's Randy Meyer, Account Manager, was a special project judge and Paul Terry, FP product specialist, was selected by Hennepin Technical College to participate in the competition.
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