Last Chance: Enhance Your Recruitment Efforts at Next Week’s Minneapolis Regional Meeting
2019 Minneapolis Regional Meeting Thursday, April 25, 2019 Hennepin Technical College Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Join your fluid power colleagues next Thursday, April 25 for the Minneapolis Regional Meeting at Hennepin Technical College. The meeting will include valuable networking and business updates over lunch followed by a presentation from John Stenz and Karen Friary of Force America. John and Karen…
Spread the Word: Registration Open for Motion + Power Technology Expo
2019 Motion + Power Technology Expo October 15-17, 2019 Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan Registration is now open for the Motion + Power Technology Expo, October 15-17. Be on the forefront of information and deliver a full range of pneumatic and hydraulic fluid power industry knowledge to attendees by taking part in the show. Over three action-packed…
Vehicle Challenge Brings Innovative Students to Industry’s Doorstep
The Vehicle Challenge has had another successful run — this year in Littleton, Colorado, hosted by Bimba, a part of IMI Precision Engineering, on April 11 and 12. Fifteen university teams from around the United States participated. And a huge snowstorm couldn’t stop any of them from getting to Colorado to compete. The Vehicle Challenge…
Improve Your ROI at IFPE 2020
Registration is now open for the IFPE 2020 Exhibitor Meeting, taking place August 20-21, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, Illinois. Attendees will help improve their ROI at the show by learning from industry experts about booth budgets and design, digital marketing opportunities, exhibit strategy, lead management, and more. The event will feature…
Registration Open for June CCEFP Summit
The next CCEFP Summit will take place at the Maha Fluid Power Research Center at Purdue University, June 4 – 6, 2019, in honor of Prof. Monika Ivantysynova. The program features the latest developments in fluid power research projects, including projects awarded research supplements from the NFPA Foundation in 2018. Topics include pumps and motors,…
Prove Your Industry Knowledge with an IFPS Certification
Since 1960, the International Fluid Power Society (IFPS) has provided an objective, third-party assessment of skill levels and knowledge for thousands of fluid power professionals, making it the industry standard for fluid power and motion controls industry certifications. Holding a certification and encouraging your employees to as well can: Help increase your own as well…
Don’t Miss Out on Valuable Connections: Submit Your Company’s Additional Location Information
If your company has more than one location, send us your company’s additional location information to ensure you don’t miss out on valuable opportunities. NFPA is often contacted by fluid power programs at schools around the country looking for mentors and career development resources for their students. However, in many cases, we have no database…
Price Engineering Reaches Action Challenge Milestone in Conjunction with FAMTEN Community Debut
Four years ago, Price Engineering launched its first Fluid Power Action Challenge in Waukesha, Wisconsin with nine teams. This year, 52 teams made up of over 200 local middle school students worked to design and build a fluid power mechanism in three hours before competing against each other in a timed event. The goal was to…
NFPA Connects You to an Effective Fluid Power Industry Forum
By Eric Lanke NFPA President/CEO We just held our 2019 Annual Conference in Laguna Beach, California. Not only was the event a great success, it gave me the opportunity to share the key ways in which NFPA is fulfilling its mission to strengthen the fluid power industry. In this, the first of four NFPA…
NFPA Research Supplements Now Available for 2019-20 Academic Year
Application deadline = May 18, 2019 By Eric Lanke NFPA President/CEO The National Fluid Power Association (NFPA), in collaboration with the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP), sponsors its Research Supplement Program to help principal investigators with existing research awards and their graduate students attend and present their research at designated industry conferences…
U.S. Technical Advisory Group for Connectors and Couplings Convenes
The U.S. Technical Advisory (TAG) to Subcommittee 4 – Connectors and Couplings recently met in San Antonio, Texas. Thirty-four committee members came together to continue the U.S. ISO standards fluid power connectors-related development work. The committee members focused their efforts on the deliverables for the upcoming fall TC 131/SC 4 meetings in Milan, Italy. In…
NFPA Welcomes New Supplier Member: TraceParts
TraceParts is one of the world’s leading providers of 3D digital content for engineering. As part of the Trace Group founded in 1989, the company’s Product Catalog Services provide powerful web-based solutions, including interactive 3D catalogs, CAD part libraries, electronic catalogs, and product configurators for industrial part manufacturers and electrical component manufacturers and their distributors.…