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H.H. Barnum featured in Manufacturing in Focus September Issue!

CEO Ed Koza and President Spencer Sargeant share insights into Barnum’s company culture and how it has contributed to our success. “We have a great, great staff. They’re the heart and soul of the business,” said Koza. Read the article in its entirety on page 50.

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HH Barnum 6x Banner Engineering Distributor of the Year
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H.H. Barnum Named Banner Engineering Distributor of the Year

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H.H. Barnum has been named as the 2025 Banner Engineering Distributor of the Year. H.H. Barnum, a Michigan-based distributor of controls for factory automation, has won their sixth consecutive Banner Engineering Distributor of the Year award. This award was given to the distributor that demonstrated the highest levels of sales and growth in 2025. Ed…

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Introducing NEW LioN Safety I/O Modules from Lumberg Automation

 Introducing NEW LioN Safety I/O Modules from Lumberg Automation 430 430 H.H. Barnum

LioN-Safety I/O Modules by Lumberg Automation make it easy and fast to integrate safety sensor and actuator signals into PLC environments. Compact and ruggedized, the modules are uniquely built to support the real-time transmission of the safety and non-safety-related data needed to ensure functional safety in highly automated operations. The new LioN-Safety I/O Modules support…

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NEW from SMC: VPX Series Safety Exhaust Valves

 NEW from SMC: VPX Series Safety Exhaust Valves 950 776 H.H. Barnum

A new addition to SMC’s expansive product line, The VPX series safe exhaust valve provides industry-leading exhaust performance in a redundant exhaust valve. As a safety comoponent of a control circuit, the VPX series integrates three important functions into one product, including a dual residual pressure release valve, a soft start-up valve and main valve…

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Revolutionary Protection: Weld-Immune Inductive Sensors from Contrinex

 Revolutionary Protection: Weld-Immune Inductive Sensors from Contrinex 2560 1920 H.H. Barnum

Revolutionary Protection: Weld-Immune Inductive Sensors from Contrinex Your most challenging welding applications have met their match. Weld immune inductive sensors from Contrinex provide an affordable and game-changing solution to common pain points, including enhanced protection against weld splatter accumulation, magnetic interference, and damage from moving parts. Anti-Spatter Coating ACTIVSTONE® SX coating provides long-term protection in…

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H.H. Barnum Shares Keys to Success in Manufacturing in Focus Feature

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CEO Ed Koza and President Spencer Sargeant shared insights into Barnum’s company culture and success in the September issue of Manufacturing in Focus. “We have a great, great staff. They’re the heart and soul of the business,” said Koza. We’re excited to share the full feature below! Keys to Success: Providing Value to People and…

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Give your lights full control with Banner Pulse Pro products

 Give your lights full control with Banner Pulse Pro products 1224 812 H.H. Barnum

Whether you need illumination, indication, or interaction, the family of Pro products from Banner enable advanced capabilities and control throughout your visual environment. Communicate Detailed Information Pulse Frequency Modulation (PFM) is a way to digitally represent an analog measurement value from a sensor. Banner Engineering’s Pulse Pro I/O technology simplifies the connection between the sensor…

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H.H. Barnum Joins Houchens Industries

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H.H. Barnum has recently joined Houchens Industries. To the excitement of our employees, H.H. Barnum is now 100% employee-owned, continuing its tradition of fostering a strong company culture centered around its workforce. This transition to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) under the Houchens umbrella ensures that the employees now have full ownership of the…

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Product Spotlight: SMC’s ZKJ Series Vacuum Manifold for Fieldbus System

 Product Spotlight: SMC’s ZKJ Series Vacuum Manifold for Fieldbus System 700 750 H.H. Barnum

Product Spotlight: the SMC ZKJ Series Vacuum Manifold for Fieldbus System A vacuum manifold that saves valuable space, time, and energy The Fieldbus-compatible ZKJ Vacuum Manifold requires no separate input/output units, saving you valuable space. It is also compatible with IO-Link and PROFINET and is connectable with a single general-purpose cable, which reduces network load,…

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H.H. Barnum Named Top Workplace by USA Today and the Detroit Free Press

 H.H. Barnum Named Top Workplace by USA Today and the Detroit Free Press 3000 1126 H.H. Barnum

(Brighton, MI) — H.H. Barnum proudly announces its recognition as a Top Workplace by both USA Today in 2024 and The Detroit Free Press in 2023, marking the second consecutive year of this esteemed achievement. Today’s announcement highlights H.H. Barnum’s designation as a 2024 Top Workplace by USA Today, a distinction solely based on anonymous…

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H.H. Barnum Earns 2024 SMC Distributor of the Year Award

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H.H. Barnum president Spencer Sargeant accepts SMC Distributor of the Year award   (Brighton, MI) — H.H. Barnum has been presented with the 2024 SMC Distributor of the Year award for the second time, having also received the accolade the last time it was awarded in 2017. H.H. Barnum, a Brighton-based distributor of controls for…


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