In 2010, historian John Gurda authored “The Drive To Lead”, a history of Actuant that celebrated the company's 100th anniversary.

[7] Also completes its largest acquisition to date - Key Components, Inc - which included Gits, Marinco, Acme and Elliott.

2007 Actuant deploys $163 million of capital on five tuck-in acquisitions including Veha, Injectaseal, Maxima, TTF and BH Electronics.

2009 Actuant acquires Cortland adding a new platform (electro mechanical cables & umbilicals and engineered synthetic rope) to the portfolio.

2010 CEO Bob Arzbaecher and Actuant management ring the closing bell at the NYSE celebrating centennial.