Parker to Present at Merrill Lynch 9th Annual Global Industries Conference May 8

CLEVELAND, Apr. 28 /PRNewswire/ --

CLEVELAND, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Parker Hannifin Corporation , the global leader in motion and control technologies, will present at Merrill Lynch's 9th Annual Global Industries Conference in London on Thursday, May 8 at 10:50 a.m. London time. The presentation will be webcast.

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Parker's scheduled presenter is Tom Williams, Senior Vice President and Operating Officer. The webcast will be accessible at Parker's investor information site at http://www.phstock.com and will be archived on that site.

With annual sales exceeding $10 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 57,000 people in 43 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 52 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 .