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NFPA Industry and Economic Outlook Conference

Maximize Your IEOC Experience with Our Feature-Packed App

2023 Industry & Economic Outlook ConferenceAugust 15-16, 2023Register for IEOC | Register for Golf Ready to make the most of your conference? Our official app is your gateway to real-time updates, speaker bios, and live Q&A chats. Don’t miss out, download it now! Networking and Communication: All You Need to Know About the Conference: How…

NFPA Educator Partners Are Looking for Project Ideas

When we talk to our education partners at the high school, technical college, and university levels, we often hear that they are looking for ideas for hands-on projects that allow the students to get some real-world experiences. Beyond their direct feedback to us, an article that was recently published in Inside Higher Ed quotes a Wiley report…
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Meet a Fluid Power Scholarship Winner – Gabriel Schroepfer

The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation has awarded 23 $2,000 scholarships to students pursuing fluid power related fields of study. One of the winners, Gabriel Schroepfer, is attending NFPA Power Partner Northern Illinois University. We asked Gabriel a few questions about winning the scholarship. What does winning a Fluid Power Scholarship mean to you? Receiving a scholarship is…

Registration Now Open for the September 2023 Quarterly Technology Conference

September 7, 2023 | 8:00am– 10:30am* (Central)Virtual Delivery Registration is now open for the September NFPA Quarterly Technology Conference. The upcoming conference will take place September 7, 2023 and will be held jointly with FPIC. The conference focus is “Fluid Power and the Drive Towards Compact Designs and Increased Power Density.” Presentations will be broadcast…
NFPA Industry and Economic Outlook Conference

IEOC See Who’s Coming List – Plan Your Networking

2023 Industry & Economic Outlook ConferenceAugust 15-16, 2023Register for IEOC | Register for Golf NFPA’s 2023 Industry and Economic Outlook Conference is slated to offer an enriching experience to connect with key industry players as well as learn from some of the brightest minds in economics. Rub shoulders with influential professionals, experts, and like-minded individuals…

Live at IEOC and Online Reports – ITR Forecasts

2023 Industry & Economic Outlook ConferenceAugust 15-16, 2023Register for IEOC | Register for Golf ITR Economics will have two presenters at the upcoming Industry and Economic Outlook Conference (IEOC) in August. Alan Beaulieu, who has been presenting at NFPA conferences for over 15 years, will be leading off the conference on Tuesday morning with a…

Electrified Hydraulic Systems for Top Loaders – Fluid Power Forum Episode Now Live

This episode features Narendra Gupta, the Hydraulic System Group Leader for Hyster-Yale. Listen to the Podcast Here Hyster-Yale designs, engineers, manufactures, sells and services a comprehensive line of lift trucks and other material handling equipment. We invited Narendra into the Forum today to learn more about how he and Hyster-Yale are creating highly energy efficient machines…

NFPA Foundation Golf Fundraiser – Benefit From Our Power Partner University Network

NFPA Foundation Golf Fundraiser at the 2023 IEOCAugust 14, 2023The Preserve at Oak Meadows Register for Golf The primary objective of the Power Partner program is to increase the amount of fluid power being taught in university agricultural, mechanical engineering, and engineering technology degree programs and to enhance student-to-industry connections. To be considered as a…

New Business Intelligence Surveys Available

NFPA’s Business Intelligence is an effort to bring valuable information to decision-makers on emerging issues for which formal data programs don’t currently exist.  Information is drawn largely from surveys of members, but may also include other sources such as relevant weblinks or related 3rd party white papers and survey reports. Survey results currently available to NFPA members…

NFPA Member Company Profile: Innovative Hydraulics LLC

Byline: Denise Husenica, NFPA Membership Manager NFPA member companies span the spectrum of the fluid power industry. This series features the short company profile of an NFPA member as a way to highlight the diversity and strength of our industry. Today’s company is: Innovative Hydraulics LLC Innovative Hydraulics LLC305 South 84th AvenueWausau, WI 54401 715-803-2601 www.innovativehyd.com…

NFPA Foundation Launches Benefactor’s Circle

The Benefactor’s Circle is a new giving and recognition society within the NFPA Education and Technology Foundation that allows individuals from the fluid power industry to support the workforce development mission of the NFPA Foundation and to engage with the growing and vibrant fluid power industry. “This is an individual giving society,” said NFPA Foundation…

Download NFPA’s 2023 Annual Report

Each year, NFPA’s annual report is an opportunity for the association to look in two directions — back at the year just ending and ahead at the year to come. As we review our performance and activities during the 2022-23 fiscal year, you’ll see a number of new and continued efforts that highlight the importance…