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NFPA Joins Heroes MAKE America Association Partners Network

NFPA Members Given Priority Access to Candidates for Production Floor Jobs   By Eric Lanke NFPA President/CEO One of NFPA’s key objectives is to increase the number of people educated in fluid power and connect them to careers in the fluid power industry. Much of our focus in this area has been on the development…
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Don’t Miss Out on Valuable Connections: Submit Your Affiliate Branch Information Today

Send us your affiliate branch information by Friday, September 28 for the chance to win a $50 Starbucks gift card. 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 record of an NFPA member in…
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New Fluid Power Standard Published

Standardization development continues in the field of fluid power systems and components. TC 131, the technical committee directly responsible for fluid power, has 224 published ISO standards to date. There are 49 standards currently under development. The following ISO standards were published this past month: Subcommittee 4 – Connectors (couplings) ISO 8434-1: 2018 Metallic tube…
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NFPA Welcomes New Supplier Member: ETI Global – Fluid Power Division

ETI Global – Fluid Power Division, based in Loveland, Colorado, offers repair and rebuilding of all pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders, pumps, motors and valves.  The company also offers complete machine, line boring and welding capabilities with state-of-the-art equipment.
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Member News: Hydradyne Opens Branch in Cartersville, Georgia

NFPA member news is designed to inform members of key industry updates in quick, bite-sized posts that provide only the most important information. This week’s update comes from Hydradyne. Earlier this week, Hydradyne announced the opening of a new local branch location in Cartersville, Georgia. The new location will serve OEM customers in northern Georgia…

NFPA Milwaukee Regional Next Week—Friday, September 7—Register Now

Past attendees of NFPA Regional Meetings understand the quality of networking and programming these meetings offer in a compact and casual structure, and for those who have not attended a Regional Meeting, now’s the time!  The NFPA 2018 Milwaukee Regional Meeting is scheduled over lunch on Friday, September 7, and will meet at the Intercontinental…

NFPA Foundation Awards Ten Fluid Power Research Supplements

NFPA Members Invited to CCEFP Summit to Review Projects and Presentations   By Eric Lanke NFPA President/CEO The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation is actively working to increase the number of university students educated in fluid power, and one of the ways it does that is by supporting academic researchers in fluid power. It helps…

Latest Industry Report Released – A Tool to Promote Fluid Power

Join the more than 85 NFPA member companies that have already downloaded the 2017 Annual Report on the U.S. Fluid Power Industry. This report includes an overview of the fluid power industry and showcases fluid power as a workhorse of the American economy. Highlights of the Report: Technology advantages and applications U.S. and Global Growth…
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NFPA Is Building Student Pathways Into the Fluid Power Industry

  By Eric Lanke NFPA President/CEO The NFPA Board of Directors met the week of June 18, 2018 for its annual strategic retreat. There they reviewed the program successes NFPA achieved in its 2017-18 fiscal year. In this post, I would like to share with our membership some of those successes, especially those associated with…

You Won’t Want to Miss the 2018 NFPA Foundation Invitational Golf Tournament

2018 NFPA Foundation Invitational Golf Tournament August 13, 2018 Glenview Park Golf Club The 10th annual NFPA Foundation Invitational Golf Tournament is coming up fast. Held at the Glenview Park Golf Club for the second year in a row, there are a number of reasons this is a can’t miss event: Extend your networking efforts:…
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NFPA Welcomes New Supplier Member: Fluid Gear Products

Based in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, Fluid Gear Products, Inc. manufactures load adapters, custom shafts, mountings, flanges, and other custom products. The company is also a distributor of radial piston hydraulic motors, planetary gear reducers, hydraulic wheel motors, slewing bearings, hydraulic flow dividers, hydraulic rotary manifold, parallel shaft gear reducers, and worm gear reducers.

NFPA Robotics Challenge Scholarship Applications Due May 1

FIRST® Robotics and National Robotics League (NRL) mentors: The $40,000 NFPA Robotics Challenge Scholarship application closes May 1. Remind your students to apply here! One merit-based scholarship for $40,000 ($10,000 per year for four years) will be awarded to a high school senior who participates as part of a 2018 FIRST® Robotics or NRL Competition Team. The scholarship may be used to study…