Karl May

Karl May

ERIKS Product Manager Fluid Power

I have been very fortunate to have spent the past 23 years within the fluid power arena which I am very passionate about and love to this day! 

I started as mobile engineer replacing hoses on every conceivable machine in the UK. I then progressed to buying my own businesses in hydraulic hose replacement and ran these for 10 years. After selling up I became district sales manager for one of our A-Brand suppliers, Gates Europe. Here I gained invaluable business acumen serving Scandinavia & Northern Europe with both OEM & distributors. I then transferred over to Kongsberg Automotive looking after customers globally with their speciality products of PTFE hose again with OEM & distributors.

I have now brought all of this knowledge into product management here at ERIKS and look after pneumatics, hydraulics & filtration as the Fluid Power Product Manager within the Flow Equipment PBU.

An Open-and-Shut Case of Compliance

Döhler Holland invests in safety in production

by Karl May

Imagine a small crack in a hose where bacteria accumulates - which then contaminates an entire batch of foodstuffs, or an industrial accident because a hose...

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ERIKS and Festo give the ice cream the icing

by Karl May

The makers of a well-known chocolate ice cream on a stick wanted to maintain high-volume production levels, but reduce their compressed air consumption.

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Festo help to make air that's good enough to eat!

by Karl May

Compressed air is an essential part of the diet of any production facility – and the food manufacturing sector is no exception.

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Helping to drive automotive reliability

by Karl May

Working to provide tools that exactly fit your customer’s needs has always been the driving motivation of Piab’s research and development ethos, and their...

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Take a deep breath before you go back to the office

by Karl May

If you haven’t yet gone back to your workplace, or ventured into a shopping centre, you’ll be taking safe, breathable, COVID-19-free air for granted. But...

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How untangling hoses saved £26k for Malt Whisky Distillery

by Karl May

A concerned engineering manager called in ERIKS to take a close look at the hose assets of a major Scottish Malt Whisky distillery.

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There's no 'Goodall' to come from lost steam

by Karl May

The cost of lost steam can be very high and particularly damaging to the bottom line of your business. Introducing Goodall Inferno Steam Hoses and DuraCrimp...

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How joined up thinking keeps you safe

by Karl May

Think about the threat of life-changing injuries, and it's risks like explosions, falls from height and corrosive chemicals that are probably your first thought

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ERIKS Hose Asset Management Service

by Karl May

Arriving at your site with a van loaded with equipment, hose and know-how, ERIKS can help you take care of a vital part of your production processes.

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Getting the Best From Your Hose

by Karl May

You can get more out of your industrial and hydraulic hose than fluids and hydraulic oil. When they’re correctly specified, monitored and maintained, you can...

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