About Us
Our Mission Statement
Vision: To be a value driven industry leader solving our manufacturing customers problems utilizing in-house engineering, IFP Manufactured Systems and IFP Integration Services, applying fluid power motion control, electrical automation, robotic and safety products.
Mission: IFP Automation is on a mission to bring innovation, technical skill, and streamlined solutions to the complex problems our manufacturer customers are experiencing in this changing world. We help unlock your machine potential through leveraging unique industrial hardware, software, and engineering services. IFP provides fluid power motion control, electrical automation, robotic and safety products and systems to help our customers provide quality-state of the art products to their customers.
Our History
Since 1976, IFP Automation has been dedicated to delivering high value service to our customers as a premier supplier of technical systems and components.
2016 – Our 40th Anniversary
IFP Automation celebrated its 40th year in business in 2016. Today, more than ever, our mission statement is what guides us towards the future.
2015
Indianapolis Engineering Technology Office IFP Automation expands our footprint in order to better meet the increasing engineering development support needs of our customers for both control systems and fluid power products.
2002
Electrical & Controls Solutions Many of IFP Automation’s customers experienced a lack of engineering focused providers of electronic control systems and associated accessories. IFP formally introduces these products in order to meet the needs of mobile OEMS, industrial OEMS, end users, and systems integrators.
1999
Value Add Capabilities IFP launches our Value Add Services group which include the designing and manufacturing of custom solution and assemblies by utilizing products from partner manufacturers, as well as IFP designed solutions. This service significantly reduces the labor impact to our customers of using many of our systems products.
1980’s
Growth Facilitated by an Engineering Driven Culture IFP’s growth was driven by a founding principal: that strong engineering capabilities are principle to fully serving our customers. Our company experienced strong growth by recognizing that engineering knowledge of our products was a requirement to being the best in our field.
1976
Founded as Indiana Fluid Power IFP Automation was originally founded as Indiana Fluid Power in Ft Wayne, Indiana in 1976, as a distribution source of hydraulic components and associated services.