# Exotic Automation merges with Value Added Distributors

Exotic Automation & Supply, a US fluid power distributor with nineteen stores, announced a merger with Value Added Distributors, a Wisconsin-based Parker Hannifin distributor with 18 facilities across the Midwest and Southern US.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2026-07-16
- Where: United States
- Status: announced
- Products: hoses, tubes, seals, couplings, fluid power products

## Companies

- [Exotic Automation & Supply](https://endata.com/companies/1510.md)
- [Value Added Distributors](https://endata.com/companies/14481.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [exoticautomation.com](https://exoticautomation.com/exotic-has-merged-with-value-added-distributors/), 2026-07-16: "We are merging with Wisconsin fluid power distributor, Value Added Distributors."

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