CLEVELAND, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Parker Hannifin Corporation announced that it has accepted an invitation to present at Citigroup's 19th Annual Global Industrial Manufacturing Conference in New York City, on Tuesday, March 7.
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Parker Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Donald E. Washkewicz is scheduled to present at 8:00 a.m. EST. The presentation will be simultaneously webcast and may be accessed on Parker's investor information site at http://www.phstock.com/. The presentation will be archived on the site.
With annual sales exceeding $8 billion, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company employs more than 50,000 people in 48 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 49 consecutive years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.parker.com/, or its investor information site at http://www.phstock.com/.
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