Great Products Build Great Businesses

Since 1944, we have been helping our customers minimize production interruptions and maximize efficiency with the same care and expertise as if it were our own business.

Producing high-quality products and services is challenging and we know how hard it can be to find someone else who wants your business to succeed as much as you do. With industry-respected brands, $8 million of ready-to-ship components and assemblies and 24/7 support, we have the products to keep your business moving forward.

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Find Your Sales Representative


The John Henry Foster Company is a full-line fluid power distributor with territories covering parts of Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky and is the Midwest leader in fluid power sales. We have sales representatives stationed throughout our territory who can visit your site and provide hands-on attention to better meet your fluids power needs.

Material Handling

Getting from point A to point Z. Call JHF today for help with your next material handling project. Whether you’re moving a contact lens or a steel girder, together we’ll custom design and build the best system for your process, project or operation.

Why JHF?

  • Over a century of design and electrical engineering expertise
  • Dedicated specialists for overhead material handling and process control
  • Custom Structures
  • Custom Engineering
  • Any project. Any size.
  • Linear Motion Technology
  • Aluminum Framing Technology
  • Transport equipment
  • Positioning equipment
  • Authorized distributor of trusted manufactures including: Bosch Rexroth, Piab, Destaco, Gam and Panasonic
  • Stock of crucial components
  • Manual Production Systems (MPS)
  • Tubular Framing Systems
  • Conveyor and ID Systems
  • Installation

If material handling systems are integral in your operation, let us help optimize your process efficiency. From suction cups and grippers to overhead cranes and custom handling systems, our sales and engineer experts will help you with the best solution for your application.

We’ll work with you-from design to creation- to optimize form, fit and function of any component or system.

Transport Equipment

  • Overhead bridge cranes
  • Jib cranes
  • Workstation hoists
  • Electric Chain Hoists
  • Linear motion systems/conveyors

Vacuum Pumps and Cups

  • Vacuum System Suction Cups
  • Vacuum System Pumps
  • Vacuum System Accessories
  • Vacuum System PMAT
  • Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps
  • Vacuum Pump Systems
  • Electric Parallel Grippers
  • Hydraulic Clamps
  • Manual Toggle Clamps
  • Pneumatic Clamps
  • Clamp Accessories

Storage and Display

JHF can provide storage and display solutions to minimize handling costs and maximize storage and display space.

  • Flow Racks
  • First In- First Out systems

Custom Workstations, Test Stands, & Process Equipment

  • Versatile, Ergonomic, Modular, Durable
  • Cleanrooms
  • Guarding Systems
  • Linear Guides
  • Linear Motion Systems
  • Profiled Rail Systems
  • Linear Bushings and Shafts
  • Screw Assemblies
  • Multi-Axis Handling Systems
  • Rotary Encoders
  • You need it, we’ll build it

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