The build
A site written for a technical buyer
Specs, materials, tolerances and capacity laid out in the terms a buyer already searches with — so they can qualify you without an enquiry, and enquire already half-scoped.
Machinery & Equipment
Hydraulics & fluid power
Fluid-power buyers split into two very different jobs: an engineer specifying a system or component to a duty, and a maintenance buyer who needs a replacement part or a repair fast because something’s down.
Most hydraulics sites serve neither well — a flat product list that’s hard to search by spec, and no quick path for the urgent reorder. I build sites that make your range findable to the exact component and rating, give the down-tools buyer a fast route to the right part or repair, and make trade reordering effortless so the repeat business stops leaking to whoever answers the phone first.
What I'd build you
A site that gets found, believed and quoted.
Found
Ranked for what you actually make
A page per process, material and sector instead of one “Services” page — every one its own door into the site, matched to how buyers search rather than how the business is organised.
Asked for
Named in the answer, not the results
Buyers ask an assistant before they ask a supplier, and it quotes whoever actually answered. Question-led content and structured data put your words in that answer.
Measured, not claimed
2.9s.
Time to main content on a phone, against 6.9s for the median of 5 comparable firms.
Reported
Numbers you can put in front of the MD
Speed, search visibility and enquiry volume measured on a regular cycle and reported back — so the site is answerable for something rather than just existing.
What I build for hydraulics & fluid power
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Range and component pages searchable by spec (pressure, flow, port size, mounting) for the specifying engineer
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A repair-and-service path (cylinder repair, power-pack service, breakdown) for the down-tools buyer
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A trade-account reorder journey — or a portal — with part-number lookup and order history
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Application/system content that positions you for designed fluid-power systems, not just parts off a shelf
Frequently asked questions.
What manufacturers ask before they hire me. If yours is not here, ask it — the answer is usually short.
Can buyers find the exact component or rating they need?
I structure range content by the specs buyers actually search — pressure, flow, port size, mounting — so a specifying engineer matches to the right part instead of scrolling a flat catalogue and giving up.
A lot of our business is urgent breakdown work — can the site serve that buyer?
Yes — I build a distinct repair-and-breakdown path, because a maintenance buyer with a burst cylinder is a different, high-intent visitor from an engineer planning a system, and they need to reach you in one click.
Can we support trade accounts and fast reordering?
A trade-account reorder journey with part-number lookup and order history — and a portal where the volume justifies it — takes friction out of repeat buying, which is where the steady, defensible revenue sits.
Will we be found for designed systems, not just individual components?
Application and system content positions you as a partner who designs fluid-power solutions to a duty, which justifies your margin over a supplier who only sells parts against a part number.
How do we present a huge range without the site becoming unusable?
I build structured, filterable range content so a buyer narrows to the exact spec quickly, rather than facing thousands of undifferentiated products with no way in.
Will AI assistants point a buyer to us for a specific fluid-power need?
Structured spec and application content is what lets AI match a buyer’s requirement to your range — and with Periscope I track how often you’re named for those questions and work the pages that move it.
Proof — recent manufacturer work
All case studies
Welding supplies & equipment — trade wholesale
Weldability-SIF
A trade portal for a welding wholesaler founded in 1925 — 3,400 pages, contract pricing, credit and reordering pulled live from the ERP.
Industrial distribution & engineering services
Tidyco
A rebuild for a Derby fluid-power and rail engineering group — seven divisions, one front door, and a 50-guide library that answers buyers before they enquire.
Precision CNC machining
Milltech Precision Engineering
A rebuild for a Norwich CNC subcontractor — four divisions, capability pages that state the tolerance, and a quote path that asks for the drawing.
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