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Clean Technologies for a Sustainable Future

Every day our highly engaged team members are taking action to create a safety-first workplace, improve the business and strengthen our communities. We’re also demonstrating how our interconnected portfolio of motion and control technologies is critical to enabling a cleaner and more sustainable world.

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Parker has defined its unique contribution to the world through a new purpose statement: Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow. As the global leader in motion and control technologies, Parker plays a pivotal role in applications that have a positive impact on the world.

Parker Purpose

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. Parker team members see a vast number of engineering challenges that are yet to be solved and can make a meaningful difference in people's lives. For more than a century the company has engineered the success of its customers in a wide range of diversified industrial and aerospace markets. The engineering in Parker products may not be visible, but can be found on and around virtually everything that moves. View our Fact Sheet.

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Parker's Sustainability Report

With purpose as our guide, Parker is creating a more sustainable future for generations to come.

We continue to make great progress on our sustainability journey and recognize the need to do even more. We are committed to reducing our own carbon emissions, and to hold ourselves accountable, we’ve set a target to achieve carbon neutral operations by 2040 and established a series of emissions reduction targets.

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Competing and winning in today's challenging global markets will require Parker to build on the company's strong foundation while setting a new course with strategies to take performance to the next level.

The Win Strategy is built on the established goals of engaged people, premier customer experience, profitable growth and financial performance, and will position Parker to achieve top quartile financial performance among its diversified industrial proxy peer companies.

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The Win Strategy - Engineering Your Success

Parker Culture

Parker’s workplaces reflect the core values our team members aspire to. Over time, we have nurtured a culture which emphasizes a commitment to excellence and integrity. Parker’s continued success in serving its customers, suppliers, shareholders and our society depends upon each individual team member's full commitment.

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Parker Values
Diversity & Inclusion
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The Parker Hannifin Foundation

Parker offers a variety of world class services to 55 countries in 6 continents

Worldwide Locations

Global Operations

Parker is located in 43 countries around the world. Parker's unrivalled industrial distribution network extends to more than 18,000 locations globally. Through this extensive network of local, independent businesses, Parker brings its products and services to customers in 104 countries. This includes continued penetration of the ParkerStore™ network of industrial retail outlets, which has more than 3,000 locations around the world.

Worldwide Locations

Where to Buy

Operating Groups

Code of Conduct Documents

Working With Parker & Distribution

Character defines the legacy of Parker’s history of fair dealings. In order to preserve the company’s reputation and protect its financial strength, Parker depends on the character of all team members to go beyond legal requirements and internal policies. This strength-based approach to culture and leadership, known as Winning With Integrity, frames Parker’s unwavering dedication to the highest standards of integrity and ethical behaviour. Parker Hannifin's global distribution network is unmatched in the industry. With over 13,000 locations around the world, our distributors help Parker better serve customers with local partners using local languages.

Code of Conduct Documents

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Distribution

History

Arthur L. Parker founded the Parker Appliance Company on March 13, 1917, in a small loft in Cleveland, Ohio, along with his business partner, Carl Klamm. In the early days, the company built pneumatic brake systems for trucks, trains, buses and industrial machinery, as well as leak-free fittings for the pioneers of aviation. Through staggering setbacks and impressive achievements, Parker solutions have enabled countless technology leaps over the past century.