Eaton forms industrial hose business unit

GUELPH, ON – Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corp. has formed the Eaton Industrial Hose Unit to enhance its presence in the industrial rubber and thermoplastic hose markets. The business unit sells both direct to OEMs and through distribution.

According to Geoff Pantling, market development manager of Eaton Industrial Hose, the product offering are “exceedingly broad and fall into a number industries such as beverage, small engine, irrigation and recreational products.

“We have unique technology to do this.” The technology is a proprietary, continuous, multilayer, co-extrusion process that offers barrier properties which provide chemical resistance.