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Fall 2024 Economic Update Webinar – Recording Available
The most recent NFPA Economic Update Webinar featured Lauren Saidel-Baker of ITR Economics. Learn what to expect from a number of our industry’s most popular customer markets, while also getting the answers you need to the short-term outlook for the fluid power industry. These insights and more are available to NFPA members in the archived recording of the…
Read MoreNAM Regulatory Update: NAM Sees Strength for Manufacturing as Washington Transitions
As part of an effort to bring more information about the regulatory and legal environment facing American manufacturers, NFPA is monitoring the newsfeed of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and will be bringing important updates like this to the attention of NFPA members. (November 8, 2024) With a new administration and Congress on the…
Read MoreRegistration Open for the 2025 Annual Conference
2025 NFPA Annual ConferenceFebruary 25-27, 2025Tucson, AZRegistration Now Open Registration is now open for the 2025 NFPA Annual Conference, taking place at the Loews Ventana Canyon from February 25-27. Enhance your networking experience at this exclusive members-only event, where you’ll have the chance to connect with prominent fluid power executives. Additionally, you can look forward to insightful presentations by expert speakers on…
Read MoreDrive Stronger Company Recognition with NFPA’s Sponsorships
The 2025 Annual Conference is right around the corner, don’t miss out on the chance to be a Sponsor! Purchase one of these packages before January 1st, 2025 to be a part of our exciting programming during the second half of our fiscal year (1/1/2025 – 6/30/2025). NFPA sponsorship packages include a gold, silver and…
Read MoreEconomic Update with ITR Economics – Seats Still Available for November 14 Webinar
Registration is still open for the November 14th Economic Update Event featuring Lauren Saidel-Baker of ITR Economics. The event will take place virtually. In addition to macroeconomic trends and updates, Lauren will speak on important end use markets for fluid power and updated hydraulic and pneumatic forecasts. Check out the latest fluid power forecast report…
Read MoreNAM Regulatory Update: Small Manufacturers: Congress Must Restore Full Expensing
As part of an effort to bring more information about the regulatory and legal environment facing American manufacturers, NFPA is monitoring the newsfeed of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and will be bringing important updates like this to the attention of NFPA members. (October 17, 2024) As part of the NAM’s “Manufacturing Wins” tax…
Read MoreNFPA Executive Leadership Program Conducts Second Session at Kellogg
The NFPA Executive Leadership Program is an in-depth and interactive program that helps emerging leaders in the fluid power industry develop their network and advance their management and leadership skills through tailored content. Its sessions are presented in collaboration with the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, with Kellogg faculty helping to curate interactions among…
Read MoreVolunteers Needed for NFPA’s First Technology Roadmap for Industrial Fluid Power
By Eric Lanke NFPA has been producing a series of Technology Roadmaps for the Fluid Power Industry since 2009. These documents – describing technology strategies being deployed in fluid power’s end markets and ways for fluid power to increase its inclusion in those strategies – have been heavily weighted towards the mobile side of the…
Read MoreRegulatory Update: NAM Emphasizes USMCA, Protecting Investors in Mexico Meetings
As part of an effort to bring more information about the regulatory and legal environment facing American manufacturers, NFPA is monitoring the newsfeed of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and will be bringing important updates like this to the attention of NFPA members. (October 9, 2024) In high-level meetings with government, manufacturing and trade…
Read MoreNFPA Board Meets; Reviews and Updates Member Value Propositions
Reviews and Updates Member Value Propositionsby Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO Back in June, our then-new Board chair, Keith Simons of OEM Controls, wrote about the discussions held at the Board’s annual strategic retreat, and many of the networking and promotion forums NFPA organizes to strengthen the increasingly broad fluid power industry: https://nfpahub.com/nfpa-is-broadening-its-effective-forum-for-networking-and-promotion/ These many programs…
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