Hydraulic Press Mfg. Co.'s hydraulic presses for wood included veneer and wood fiber presses. Those for metal-working, machine shop, and railroad shop included "arbor, bending, broaching, bulldozing, die sinking, drawing, extruding, flanging, forcing, forging, forming, wheel forcing, straightening, etc." They also manufactured high pressure hydraulic pumps, valves, accumulators, and presses for a wide variety of materials and processes.
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- A correspondent reports a small folding knife labeled, "THE HYDRAULIC PRESS MFG CO. MOUNT GILEAD, OHIO. Their logo is on the far left, HPM enclosed with a double circle. The reverse says "1877 75th year 1952 / SERVING INDUSTRY THROUGH HYDRAULICS."