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.

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Full steam ahead

by Karl May

How can steam system users achieve their decarbonisation and sustainability goals? One way is by working with ERIKS and partner supplier Spirax Sarco. In this..

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Say goodbye to the sponge on a stick with AVG's Expel Filter

by Karl May

Sometimes an engineering innovation comes along that’s so obvious and yet so efficient, it seems incredible no one has thought of it before.

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Food grade materials in your food-safe production process

by Karl May

What is food-safe manufacturing? And what is meant by the term food-grade? Here we explain these concepts and the importance of consistent laws and regulations.

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Roll-up, roll-up!

by Karl May

Managing your hoses means more than rolling them up at the end of the day. And not managing them can mean more than an untidy site. It can mean dangerous trip..

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How to manage hose management

by Karl May

Hydraulic hoses are the critical component within most production systems. They’re also the component which can be completely compromised by a pinprick.

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Food hoses: examples, standards, tips

by Karl May

Which hose is best for beer? Which one for dairy? And what do you choose for powders? Read the article and find the right hose for your product.

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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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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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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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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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