Talk:Mid-States Equipment

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The Mid-States Equipment entry is incorrect. Sun Hydraulics Corporation is not related to Mid-States Equipment. Sun Hydraulics was founded by Robert Koski in 1970 and is based in Sarasota, FL. Sun Hydraulics Corporation was not shut down and is still operational. Sun's Florida plant is built on a nature reserve and was designed to pollute neither internally nor externally. Presently, the company is believed to control 25% of the world's market in hydraulics and is described as using an innovative business model, a frequent subject of study at Harvard Business Grad School.

Description of Harvard Business School publication on Sun Hydraulics, "Sun Hydraulics: Leading in Tough Times" from Harvard Business Online ( http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml;jsessionid=2AYPCLRVJGGQIAKRGWDSELQBKE0YIISW?id=403069 )

Publication Date: Jan 15, 2003 Author(s): Linda A. Hill, Jennifer M. Suesse

Description:

Sun Hydraulics, 32-year-old global hydraulics engineering and manufacturing company headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, confronts tough choices due to the economic downturn in 2001. The company leadership debates how to maintain profitability and reduce labor costs without destroying the company's innovative culture, which is based on the idea of horizontal management and has no defined corporate hierarchy. This case includes an overview of the company's history, from its founding in 1970 to its IPO in 1997, and asks students to step into the shoes of Allen Carlson, Sun's president and CEO, to recommend specific cost-cutting actions.

Other sources of information:

http://www.sunhydraulics.com/cmsnet/sun_homepage.aspx?lang_id=1

http://www.businessweek.com/hot_growth/2006/company/61.htm

http://www.webstersonline.com/searchresults_detail.asp?id=73454

http://www.answers.com/topic/sun-hydraulics-corporation

Gatos 11:54, 28 February 2007 (UTC)