Profile of Companies


Welcome to the Ligon Hydraulic Cylinder Group
Our family of hydraulic cylinder manufacturers is the largest provider of custom designed hydraulic cylinders in North America. Our unique operating model leverages flexible, autonomous companies with shared vision and strategic points of integration, to provide a best of breed customer experience, no matter the customer’s size or location.
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Fisher Hydraulics
Fisher Hydraulics is a designer and manufacturer of custom hydraulic cylinders. Cylinders are supplied to many OEM markets including construction, agriculture, aerial, transportation, cranes, turf management, waste management, and drilling. Fisher Hydraulics strong emphasis on customer service delivers a quality product at the requested time on small (1 inch) to medium (10 inch) bore cylinders.
Located in Laurens, Iowa
89,000 sq. ft Facility
Capabilities:
- Bores from 1” to 10”
- Strokes up to 20 feet
- Single, Multi-stage, single or double acting
- Integrated valves

Great Bend Industries
Great Bend Industries has been supplying OEMs in the mobile and industrial markets, and oilfield production, with quality, custom designed, welded, hydraulic cylinders and accumulators for over forty years. Their location, at the crossroads of four major state and US highways, in the center of the United States, makes transportation reasonable to any point in the country. Their state of the art, ISO compliant facility, has been designed for low cost, high quality production of cylinders from 2 inches through 13 inches bore, and stroke lengths up to 60 feet. GBI will design exactly what the customer needs, or build to the customer’s drawings. GBI welders are AWS D1.1 certified and all products are 100% hydraulically tested with material certifications available when required. A modern, state-of-the-art paint system completes the process for protection and cosmetic perfection.
Located in Great Bend, Kansas
170,000 sq. ft Facility
Capabilities:
- Bores from 2” to 13”
- Strokes up to 720”
- Single, Multi-stage, single or double acting
- Integrated valves
- Custom mounts & cushioning
- Sensors & linear transducers available

HDM Hydraulics
HDM Hydraulics designs and manufactures single acting, double acting, and telescopic hydraulic cylinders for mobile equipment applications. All of us at HDM are dedicated to engineering and producing the highest quality cylinders and providing outstanding service to our customers. Please contact us regarding your hydraulic cylinder requirements and we will help you find the right source and cylinders for your application. We look forward to working with you and developing a long and mutually rewarding relationship. We assure you that you will be very satisfied with your relationship with HDM.
Located in Tonawanda, New York
50,000 sq. ft Facility
Capabilities:
- Bores from 1” to 6”
- Strokes up to 96”
- Standard
- Heavy Duty
- Multi-stage telescopic
- Piggyback
- Integrated valves and position sensing

Hydratech
Specializing in custom designed hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders of all sizes and types. With over 30 years in cylinder design and manufacturing, Hydratech is well known for its innovation, reliable products, and industry-leading customer service. Hydratech continues its commitment to quality, quick response, state-of-the-art engineering designs, on time delivery, and competitive prices.
Located in Fresno, California
40,000 sq. ft Facility
Capabilities:
- Bores from .5” to 11”
- Strokes up to 240”
- Linear Transducers
- Integral Valve Blocks
- Custom Mounts
- Cushions

Hydraulic Technologies
Hydraulic Technologies is an ISO 9000:2000 certified company that is dedicated to providing custom welded hydraulic cylinder solutions for demanding applications in a wide variety of industries.
Our engineering and design experience has enabled us to become the preferred hydraulic cylinder supplier to industry leading companies in diverse markets including Construction Equipment, Aerial Work Platforms, Stationary Waste, Transportation, Mobile Cranes, Mining and the Material Handling markets.
Hydraulic Technologies has a proven history of providing reliable, high quality hydraulic cylinder solutions at a competitive price. The company’s key to success can be attributed to personalized customer service and unmatched “hands on” support from an experienced staff.
Location: Centrally located in Galion, Ohio
300,000 sq ft facility
Capabilities:
- Bores from 1” to 13”
- Strokes to 360”
- Threaded, bolted and ring retained head designs
- Friction and inertia welded rod ends
- Integral cartridge valve solutions
- Cushioning, position sensing and rephasing
- In-house testing facilities & FEA analysis

RamRod Industries
RamRod Industries is an ISO certified Ligon company located in Spencer WI. RamRod designs and manufactures custom high-quality, heavy-duty hydraulic cylinders for the mobile, off-highway, specialty vehicle and heavy hydraulic machinery OEM marketplace. RamRod supplies larger, industry-leading OEMs, and smaller, innovative OEMs alike with cylinders that range from 3” to 12” bore, and stroke lengths up to 16 feet.
Located in Spencer, Wisconsin
36,000 sq. ft Facility
Capabilities:
- Bores from 1” to 12”
- Strokes up to 192”
- Rugged, dependable, proven designs
- Bolted and threaded head designs
- Manifold blocks and hard tube lines

Seabee
An industry leader, Seabee supplies hydraulic cylinders to some of the world’s largest equipment manufacturers. Providing cylinders for a wide array of industries and applications for decades, Seabee has experience in designing and building cylinders for agriculture, mining, waste, scrap, oil, mobile crane, material handling, forestry and the defense industries, to name a few. Our manufacturing facility located in Hampton, Iowa can produce cylinders up to 30 inches bore diameter, and up to 420 inches length (single stage stroke). Whether you are looking for an operation that can build to your print or a custom designed cylinder to meet your specific application, Seabee can satisfy any demand.
Located in Hampton, Iowa
275,000 sq. ft Facility
Capabilities:
- Bores from 2” to 30”
- Strokes up to 420”
- Integrated valves
- Telescopic designs
- Linear position sensing
- Chrome plating and steel Foundry support facilities
