Unique Opportunity Opens for NFPA Members – IFPE 2023 Exhibit Space Has Become Available
IFPE 2022 March 14-18, 2023 Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada Due to a few International exhibitors being unable to attend IFPE 2023, limited space has opened up in South Hall. NFPA members are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to add IFPE 2023 to their marketing strategies while it is still available.…
You’re Invited – Attend the Fall Regional Meeting
This fall, NFPA’s schedule of Regional Meetings again includes Cleveland, scheduled for Thursday, November 3. This year it will be held at Merwin’s Wharf in downtown Cleveland. NFPA Regional Meetings offer a chance to meet with other area fluid power professionals over dinner. NFPA members and non-members alike are welcome to attend and as with all other…
New! NFPA Stats Dashboard
NFPA’s Stats Dashboard is now live! This interactive tool is available to all members. The dashboard highlights data from NFPA’s variety of reports creating a summary of the state of the industry. See the latest trends in shipments, forecasts, and markets all in one location. The dashboard makes it easy to find source data by…
Vehicle Challenge Networking Mixer
The 2023 NFPA Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge is off to an exciting start! There are 24 teams signed up this year, the largest number ever. Tennessee State University is joining us for the first time, and Kennesaw State University is back after a hiatus. A virtual networking mixer is planned for Friday, November 4th, at 1 PM…
Recruitment Opportunity: Reverse Career Fair at Murray State University
The National Fluid Power Association has welcomed Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, to join our Power Partner Program right in time for the new school year! Murray State University has several fluid power related degree programs in its School of Engineering. One of which is the Electromechanical Engineering Technology (EMT) program, that focuses heavily…
NFPA’s Econ and Market Indicators (EMI)
NFPA’s Customer Market File and Trends in Capacity Utilization reports have been combined to create Econ and Market Indicators (EMI). This report contains public data in the forms of shipments, orders, industrial production, capacity utilization, and producer price indexes for a variety of popular fluid power customer markets. The EMI can be downloaded as an…
Meet a Fluid Power Scholarship Winner – Albert Ly
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 nineteen $2,000 scholarships to students pursuing fluid power technology fields of study. Here’s one of the winners, Albert Ly.…
NFPA Education and Technology Foundation to Administer Thomas Wanke Legacy Fund to Support Fluid Power Education
This fall, we have lunched our updated resource center on our How It Work webpage located under the Fluid Power Action Challenge tab on the website. One of the most significant changes you will see on the How It Works pages is that the competition has been divided into two main categories: In-School and Community Competitions. Both sets of competitors have their own set of unique documents based on the designated mechanical kit designs.
Opportunity for Your Customers: Attend the Fluid Power Forum Session at PACK EXPO International
Fluid Power Forum is the podcast that features interesting and innovative applications of fluid power (hydraulics and pneumatics), and it’s coming to PACK EXPO International in late October with the latest advanced pneumatic solutions for packaging machines. Pneumatics, a reliable and cost-effective technology for many core actuated functions on these machines, is becoming even more…
Registration is Now Open – 2022 November Economic Update Event
Registration is now open for the November 9th Economic Update Event featuring Eric Post (Director of Research and Development, OTR Economics.) The event will take place virtually. This event will provide insights into the latest economic developments & future trends for the U.S. and global economy and its effects on the fluid power industry. Learn…
New Material Available on NFPA Curriculum Tree
We all know that of the ways to get more fluid power-educated engineers is to increase their exposure to fluid power classes and concepts during their college careers. The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation has awarded grants to university professors to develop new curricula that can be used at their universities but, just as importantly,…
Host Your Own Fluid Power Action Challenge In Your Community
NFPA's Fluid Power Action Challenge attracts thousands of students across the US and Canada each year. Teams of students get the opportunity to build fluid power mechanical kits using balsawood and syringes. By using the How It Works website, NFPA hopes to encourage educators and event planners to set up Fluid Power Action Challenges within their communities.