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Registration Open for October 29 Economic Update Webinar
NFPA Economic Update Webinar: Risks and Opportunities in a COVID-19 Economy Featuring Catherine Putney of ITR Economics Thursday, October 29, 10:00 am Central Registration Open NO CHARGE to NFPA Members! Catherine Putney, an economist with ITR Economics, will help members gain critical insight into the economic risks and opportunities facing their organizations in a world…
Read MoreIndustry Trends Report Available
As many of you may know, the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) is the leading source of hydraulic and pneumatic industry data. Members get and use our data in a variety of ways to run their businesses. Part of our market information services is providing overall industry trends. Here is the latest update: Hydraulic and…
Read MoreNFPA Provides Industry Statistics That Improve Your Decision Making
By Eric Lanke NFPA President/CEO As our Board chair Ray Chambers recently communicated, the NFPA Board of Directors met virtually in late June 2020 for its annual strategic retreat. Among other topics of focus, the Board reviewed the program successes NFPA achieved in its 2019-20 fiscal year. In this post, I would like to…
Read MoreDiscovering the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) Resources
Many individuals engaged in the fluid power supply chain rely on the insights that the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) offers as a top leading indicator of fluid power industry activity. This measure of economic trends in manufacturing, based on a monthly survey of purchasing managers, can provide current and future insights for decision makers concerning…
Read MoreCSS Monthly Shipments: Covid-19 Continues to Have an Uneven Impact
NFPA’s June 2020 Confidential Shipment Statistics (CSS) report, a monthly source of fluid power shipment and order data trends used to benchmark company performance, continues to highlight COVID-19’s uneven impact on the fluid power industry. Extreme year-to-year declines in May’s orders activity led to strong year-to-year declines in June shipments, with a noticeable exception in…
Read MoreLatest Industry Trends Report Available
As many of you may know, the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) is the leading source of hydraulic and pneumatic industry data. Members get and use our data in a variety of ways to run their businesses. Part of our market information services is providing overall industry trends. Here is the latest update: Hydraulic and…
Read MoreSound Research is Key to the Reality of COVID-19’s Economic Impact
COVID-19 has injected a heavy dose of economic uncertainty into the fluid power industry, as well as the rest of the global economy, and has forced the supply chain to change how it approaches strategic planning and business management. The pressure to quickly adapt to stay afloat in the unsteady economy can cause business leaders…
Read MoreUpdated Industry Trends Data Available
As many of you may know, the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) is the leading source of hydraulic and pneumatic industry data. Members get and use our data in a variety of ways to run their businesses. Part of our market information services is providing overall industry trends. Here is the latest update: Hydraulic and…
Read MoreGet Personalized Fluid Power Market Information Advice
As the leading source of fluid power market information in the U.S., a key NFPA membership benefit is free access to market information resources. A variety of industry reports, forecasts and data sources for fluid power products, customer markets and economic indicators can help members understand trends and anticipate change. The amount of information available…
Read MoreCSS Monthly Shipments: COVID-19 Continues to Have Strong but Uneven Impact
NFPA’s May 2020 Confidential Shipment Statistics (CSS) report, a monthly source of fluid power shipment and order data trends often used to benchmark company performance, continues to expose COVID-19’s impact on the fluid power industry with severe declines in year-to-year and year-to-date fluid power shipment and order trends. May shipments were down again, and orders…
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