

When you have definitive needs, PHD has definitive solutions: product customization is what we’re known for. With the collective skill and expertise to custom design and build solutions for nearly any industry or application, count on us when you need unique automation and precise outcomes.
PHD solutions are built to last for maximum efficiency, low cost of ownership, reduced downtime, and repairability. We proudly offer a complete line of build-to-order actuators including cylinders, grippers, slides, rotary actuators, multi-motion actuators, escapements, and proximity switches and sensors.
Through a culture reliant on customer intimacy, we improve efficiency and productivity. We empower innovation and breakthroughs. And we keep you moving forward, so that you can keep the world moving forward.
PHD Clamps
PHD Clamps have become the industry standard for handling sheet metal in automotive transfer presses and other workholding/transfer applications. All PHD Clamps are customer- driven designs with on-site testing.
PHD Custom Solutions
Nearly every standard unit PHD makes is manufactured to order. That’s because PHD has a wide variety of actuators, options, and accessories available. If an application requires a modified component, our Custom Solutions team is ready to help. We welcome special requests for unique products, regardless of quantity or frequency of order.
PHD Electric Solutions
PHD’s line of Electric Actuators is built on the foundation of our proven pneumatic product technology, but is now driven with electric power. These actuators deliver superior speeds, thrust, and payloads with extreme accuracy. The “Your Motor, Your Way” process allows users to employ this technology operated by the motor and controls of their choice. If you prefer a complete package, your local PHD distributor can provide motors and controls to fit your application needs. PHD provides the best offering of electric actuators with the flexibility to configure Your Motor, Your Way!
YRG, Inc.®
YRG, Inc. is the Master Distributor for Yamaha robots in North America. Since 1976, Yamaha has provided assembly robots to the industrial manufacturing market that are unsurpassed for payload, speed, and dependability. From single-axis robots to the broadest selection of Cartesian and SCARA robots available anywhere, YRG and PHD can supply the best solution for nearly any automated assembly requirement.
Creating the Solutions that Make It All Possible
PHD specializes in transforming seeds of ideas into complete solutions. Through hands-on processes reliant on collaboration, trust, and in deeply understanding needs, wants, goals, challenges, and pain points, we empower our partners with solutions to create the products that simplify, advance, and improve people’s everyday lives.