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Manufacturing Day: NFPA’s Speaker Bureau
Each year companies across America open their doors or visit classrooms to show their communities what manufacturing really looks like. NFPA supports events like these both through our own programs and by encouraging members to take advantage of opportunities like MFG Day to inspire the next generation of skilled workers.
Read MoreFluid Power Action Challenge Grant – New Look
The National Fluid Power Association updated its Fluid Power Action Challenge Grant application process. The updated grant application allows NFPA to collect critical statistical data, which will help us broaden our reach within the communities we serve.
Read MoreFind a Fluid Power Action Challenge Event Near You
If you are an industry member or educator interested in participating in a Fluid Power Action Challenge Competition, consider using NFPA’s Find a Challenge webpage. Users can use the Find a Challenge webpage to find Fluid Power Action Challenge events in their community by filtering events by state, date, or organization name.
Read MoreA Guide For Manufacturing Day 2022
Manufacturing Day is officially the first Friday of October, this year it is on Friday, October 7th, but many companies celebrate Manufacturing Day all month long. Manufacturing Day was started ten years ago to address common misconceptions about working in the manufacturing industr
Read MoreNFPA Fluid Power Action Challenge Grants
Fluid Power Action Challenge Grants
Read MoreNational Robotics League Seeks Pneumatics Help
The National Robotics League (NRL) is looking for technical assistance to revise the Pneumatics Systems section of their Technical Regulations and Safety Checklist. NRL is hoping to revise these regulations this summer so they are ready for the next school year. NRL prohibits the use of projectiles, so the robots, called “bots”, face off in…
Read MoreCatching Up With Robotics Scholarship Winners
Programs like the Robotics Challenge Scholarship are made possible in part by the generous support of industry volunteers as well as NFPA Education and Technology Foundation and Pascal Society donors. The 2022 NFPA Robotics Challenge Scholarship applications are in, and industry judges have begun their initial reviews. The FIRST, NRL, and VEX Robotics Programs all returned to in-person competitions this…
Read MoreMilwaukee School of Engineering – 13th Fluid Power Action Challenge Competition
MSOE overall winning team
Read MoreNFPA Awards Nineteen Fluid Power Scholarships
Programs like the Fluid Power Scholarships are made possible in part by the generous support of industry volunteers as well as NFPA Education and Technology Foundation and Pascal Society donors. Support these efforts by making a donation. The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation has awarded $2,000 scholarships to nineteen students pursuing fluid power technology fields of study. A minimum GPA…
Read MoreFast Track in Illinois Continues Fluid Power Activities
Programs like the Fast Track to Fluid Power and the Fluid Power Action Challenge are made possible in part by the generous support of industry volunteers as well as NFPA Education and Technology Foundation and Pascal Society donors. Despite the ongoing challenges that COVID-19 restrictions have imposed on the educational front, NFPA members and educator partners in Illinois…
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