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Rob Hawkins is the primary Spray Painting operative at Apex hydraulics. He has been with Apex for 15 years and during this time he has worked in the Strip and Assessment department, Welding [...]

Howard Farrar has been working at Apex for 26 years. Howard initially worked in the Strip and Assessment department, but for the past 14 years he has been the Fitting Shop foreman.

Steven North joined Apex 12 years ago as an apprentice. During his apprenticeship, Apex encouraged him to gain engineering and design qualifications at a local college.

Every manufacturer within the Plastic Moulding trade knows that machinery breakdowns and the associated costs and downtime are a huge burden for the industry and their profits.

Jonathan Oldroyd has worked at Apex for 26 years. His father founded Apex in 1986 and now, along with his brothers, Jonathan helps manage the day to day activity of the company.

Ian Washington was involved with Apex hydraulics from very early on, helping with the repair and development of what was, at that time, mostly mining equipment

Once you have a maintenance plan in place and have scheduled regular services with experts, it can be tempting to relax into letting your hydraulic system look after itself.

At Apex, we do not consider hydraulic oil to be a consumable part of your hydraulic system. Correctly maintained, it should outlast other parts of your equipment.

It is important to regularly service and check your hydraulic equipment to ensure that a minor issue does not become a fault, because a fault can quickly become an extremely expensive breakdown.

Hydraulics are complex pieces of equipment. Maintaining them is vital, for a number of reasons.