POWER OF ATTORNEY for Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Gregory C.
Yadley, Paul R. Lynch and Julio C. Esquivel, signing singly,
his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms
3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, with respect to the
undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities of Sun Hydraulics
Corporation (the "Company");

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
the execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing of
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any other authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-
in-fact may approve in his/her discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-
fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-
in-fact, or his/her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights
and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this ___ day of March,
2011.




				STEVEN HANCOX