Parker-Hannifin Fluid Control, based in New Britain, Conn., is a branch of Parker Hannifin Corporation, with annual sales exceeding $6 billion, the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies, providing systematic, precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company's products are vital to virtually everything that moves or requires control, including the manufacture and processing of raw materials, durable goods, infrastructure development and all forms of transport. Parker-Hannifin serves 1,200 markets, via 8,600 distributors, in more than 48 countries. The company has 254 plants with more than 50,000 employees.