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Amazon Hose’ s century-long legacy of people, partnerships, and expertise drives its next chapter of growth

Amazon Hose’ s journey is one of innovation and perseverance. From its original Chicago location, the company grew through decades of industrial change, expanding its repair services and product distribution into Miami and Tampa in the 1940s and early 1950s. After navigating the demands of World War II, the business then entered a new era with an expanded range of hoses and tubing made from innovative synthetic materials. Today, Amazon Hose maintains comprehensive inventories of industrial and hydraulic hoses, tubing, fittings, and couplings across its five Florida locations, with service built around the needs of customers.

Backed by convenient overnight ground and air shipping, Amazon Hose supports customers from coast to coast and beyond, and, since joining forces with SunSource in October 2021, the company has expanded its reach even further across North America. Manufacturing Today sits down with Jim Donlin, President of Amazon Hose, to discuss the key factors powering the organization’ s continued success.

“ There are three core principles behind our longevity. Number one is that we take care of our employees. We have several employees who have stayed with us for 25, 30, and even 40 years,” James begins.“ The longevity of our people is one of our major advantages because have the technical capabilities that many of the big box stores lack. We have a counter business at each of our locations where you can walk up and have a hose made instantly. Our vast inventory and knowledge of our people is our key differentiator.

“ Secondly, we take care of our customers,” he says.“ We’ re nothing without our customers, so we always work to give them a‘ yes’ when they need something. The third thing is that we have a long history with our suppliers. We’ ve treated them right and supported them through tough situations and, in return, they’ ve helped us.”

Amazon Hose serves a diverse range of industries with an extensive selection of hose, fluid-handling, and MRO solutions. The company works with leading manufacturers including Continental, Dixon, Kuriyama and Dallai offering products such as belts, clamps, seals, hydraulic hose ends and adapters, industrial hose ends, tubing, sheet rubber, and valves. The business’ customer base spans agriculture, automotive, food and beverage, chemical processing, construction, data centers, military and government, municipalities, heavy equipment, hospitality, marine, petroleum, pharmaceutical, transportation, and utility applications. Beyond standard products, Amazon Hose provides custom fabrication and in-house testing to help customers meet specialized applications and performance requirements.

This broad range of products, industries, and custom capabilities is especially valuable in markets where reliable fluid handling is critical. In Florida, that has made construction a key area of focus for Amazon Hose, particularly as population growth and continued development have increased demand for moving water and other fluids efficiently and safely.

“ As we’ re in Florida, construction has been a key market for us for the last ten years with the number of people moving to the region,” Jim elaborates.“ Moving water

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