Monthly Hydraulic and Pneumatic Industry Update

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 Pneumatic Shipments

[Click Graph to Enlarge] This graph of raw index data is generated by the total dollar volume reported to NFPA by CSS participants and compared to the average monthly dollar volume in 2013. For example, the September 2016 total dollar volume for pneumatic shipments are 86.0% of the average monthly dollar volume in 2013. (Base Year 2013 = 100)

Pneumatic, Mobile and Industrial Hydraulic Orders Index

[Click Graph to Enlarge] Each point on this graph represents the most recent 12 months of orders compared to the previous 12 months of orders. Each point can be read as a percentage. For example, 85.1 (the August 2016 level of the industrial hydraulic series) indicates that industrial hydraulic orders received from September 2015 to August 2016 were 85.1% of the orders received from September 2014 to August 2015. (Base Year 2013 = 100)

Total Hydraulic and Pneumatic Shipments

[Click Graph to Enlarge] This graph of 12-month moving averages shows that in September 2016, both hydraulic and pneumatic shipments decreased. (Base Year 2013 = 100)

Shipments – Cumulative year-to-date % change (2016 vs. 2015)

[Click Table to Enlarge] The table above is expressed in terms of cumulative percent changes. These changes refer to the percent difference between the relevant cumulative total for 2016 and the total for the same months in 2015. For example, the August 2016 pneumatic orders figure of -9.7 means that for the calendar year through August 2016, pneumatic orders decreased 9.7% compared to the same time period in 2015. (Base Year 2013 = 100)

Fluid Power Industry Growth Trend

The latest data published by the National Fluid Power Association shows industry shipments of fluid  power products for September 2016 decreased 6.6% compared to September 2015, and decreased  3.9% when compared to last month.  Mobile hydraulic, industrial hydraulic and pneumatic shipments  decreased in September 2016 when compared to September 2015.  Mobile hydraulic, industrial  hydraulic, and pneumatic shipments decreased when compared to last month. These charts are drawn from data collected from more than 80 manufacturers of fluid power products by NFPA’s Confidential Shipment Statistics (CSS) program. Much more information is available to NFPA members, which allows them to better understand trends and anticipate change in their market and the customer markets they serve.