Founded in 1941, the company started out manufacturing electronic test equipment. In the 1950’s, it began the production of miniature pneumatic products. Today, the company remains family owned. Manufacturing facilities are located in Cincinnati and Fairfield, Ohio.
Clippard is in its seventh decade of supplying fluid power, motion and process control devices to the medical, analytical and industrial markets. “We understand the need for precision, reliability and purity in critical applications and are dedicated to providing expert solutions to meet and exceed expectations,” says Dirk Thomas, sales and administration manager of Clippard Europe S.A. Dirk furnished us with the following information about the company.
Born in the USA, at home in Europe
Clippard’s European business is managed by the independent Clippard Europe S.A. On April 1, 1976, the first European office for Clippard opened in Wavre near Brussels and today the company is based in Lovain-la-Neuve in Belgium, not far from the capital Brussels. From here, from the center of Europe, all European markets are served, as well as Turkiye and parts of North Africa.
In addition to sales and marketing, the Louvain-la-Neuve site includes a logistics center with a large inventory of standard products that are immediately available. Local distributors support us in over 30 European countries.
Clippard is specialized in three areas. These are solutions for the medical, analytical an industrial niche. In addition, there are customer-specific solutions for other sectors. Our solutions portfolio includes miniature electronic valves, proportional valves, Isolation valves, electronic and flow controllers and custom solutions.
Together we can do more
Clippard continuously develops and improves solutions for medical, analytical and specific applications in niche markets. Tailor-made solutions are often offered by thinking along with our customers and tackling challenges together. This allows our customers not only to stay one step ahead of their competitors, but also to produce more cost-effectively.
AIV series, our latest innovation
Like the NIV and PIV series, the AIV series features our unique multifunctional valvestem design for longer life and minimal dead volume. The difference with the AIV series is that is that is also provides the added benefit of air operation, which is – by definition -intrinsically-safe.No solenoid means absolutely no heat buildup from the coil, making the AIV series idealfor applications that utilize temperature-sensitive media. Like the PIV, all wetted areas ofthe AIV series are PTFE and PEEK, making it ideal for use with corrosive media.
