07.04.2006

White changes name

White Hydraulics, Inc. has changed its name to White Drive Products, Inc. to reflect the company’s changing product focus.

Over the past 5 years, White Drive Products, Inc. has expanded its product range along with its international presence.

In 2000, the company opened its European sales and distribution facility in Ratingen, Germany and in 2004, opened its Asia sales and distribution facility in Hong Kong.

The company says that it is concentrating on the provision of a range of hydraulic driveline components, including high toque drive motors, brakes and brake release pumps. In its press release White says that it is maintaining the shortest lead times on hydraulic driveline components in the industry.

White has been the leading supplier of drive motors for self propelled aerial lifts for a number of years, and are widely used on small scissor lifts.