Bimba (IMI Bimba)Not yet claimed

About Bimba (IMI Bimba)

Bimba is a United States manufacturer of pneumatic, hydraulic, electric and vacuum motion solutions, founded in 1957 and headquartered in University Park, Illinois, just south of Chicago. It built its name on the Original Line stainless-steel-body air cylinder — an inexpensive, non-repairable cylinder design that became a default actuator across American factory automation — and now sells a broad catalogue of cylinders (including the compact Flat-1 line), rotary actuators, rodless cylinders, valves, fittings and air-preparation equipment. Bimba is filed here for its end-effector products: its pneumatic grippers, including angular and parallel gripper ranges with published gripping-force and stroke data, and its vacuum products, which include a collaborative robot vacuum tool documented in its own catalogues for cobot handling applications.

Its site states that its products are used in robotic assembly lines in the automotive industry, as well as in agriculture, food and packaging and medical equipment. Bimba’s own About page records that it was acquired by IMI plc and is now part of the Norgren brand family within IMI, while continuing to operate as a separate brand sold to OEMs and end users in many countries — it is filed as that distinct operating brand, not as Norgren itself. For directory partners, Bimba is the long-established US source for grippers, vacuum tools and the actuators around them in North American automation.

Products & services

• Pneumatic grippers, including angular and parallel gripper ranges
• Vacuum products, including a collaborative robot vacuum tool and vacuum pumps
• Pneumatic cylinders, including Original Line and Flat-1 compact cylinders
• Rotary actuators, rodless cylinders and linear thrusters
• Valves, fittings, air preparation and electric / hydraulic motion products

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Sources & verification

• Company website — bimba.com (official site: profile facts, headquarters, markets and product range). Checked 9 November 2026.
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