Midterm Message from the Board Chair
NFPA Helps Members Gain the Information and Connections They Need by Ray Chambers, Chairman, CEO & President, Muncie Power Products Halfway through NFPA’s fiscal year, we continue to see a time of challenge for the fluid power industry. Sales have not fully recovered, and uncertainty remains the dominant feature of all future projections. Against this backdrop,…
Discovering Durable Goods New Orders Data
What you should know: DGNO data is a strong economic indicator for fluid power DGNO has an 88% correlation with Total Fluid Power Shipments DGNO, excluding Transportation has an 92.8% correlation with Total Fluid Power Shipments NFPA and that Stats Toolkit make it easy for you to use DGNO as a possible leading indicator for…
Registration Now Open for December Virtual NFPA/FPIC Regional Conference
December 2020 Virtual NFPA/FPIC Regional Conference December 3, 2020 | 8:00 AM – 11:45 AM (Central Time) Register Here Prepare your business for the unknown at the December 3 NFPA/FPIC Regional Conference. Conference content will explore “Fluid Power Business Adaptability in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) Business World” and will be presented in a new, more interactive virtual format by…
Call for IFPE Education Planning Committee Members
Education is always a vital component of the IFPE show to help attendees not only survive but thrive in a changing and global industry. The 2020 show offered 24 sessions packed with timely and actionable information, developed with the guidance of leading industry groups, and delivered by industry experts. Industry expert planning is key, and…
Fluid Power Standards Experts Attend ISO/TC 131 Meetings Virtually This Year
Due to the pandemic, ISO standards meetings were held in a virtual setting this year. In October, 15 working groups (representing over 100 fluid power engineers from Italy, Sweden, France, Germany, Turkey, United Kingdom, Japan, China, Portugal, and the United States) came together to further the advancement of ISO standards projects focused on accumulators, sealing…
NFPA Support of Fluid Power Research: Off-Highway Vehicle Chassis Dynamometer
Programs like the NFPA Research Supplements 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. NFPA Research Supplements provide funds to principal investigators with existing research grants to facilitate their presentations as well as the participation of…
IFPS Certifications Help Enhance the Fluid Power Workforce
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 the fluid power and motion controls industries. Having a certified workforce can: Help increase your company’s credibility Ensure your employees are all fully trained…
Fluid Power Regional Demand Estimates Report Updated for 2020
Updated Report Now Available for Download The U.S. Fluid Power Regional Demand Estimates Report has recently been updated and is now available for download. This Excel-based report is prepared for NFPA by Oxford Economics and profiles the geographic distribution of fluid power products to end-use industries by state, including fluid power sales dollars, fluid power sales percentage,…
Fluid Power Forum Explores Integration with IoT Sensor and Control Technology
Episode 33 of Fluid Power Forum, NFPA’s fluid power industry-focused podcast, is now live. This episode features Kevin Vanderslice of ifm efector, Inc. Listen below to hear about the various implementations of IoT-powered sensor and control technology and its valuable impact on the monitoring of machine conditions. [button link=” https://fluidpowerforward.libsyn.com/iot-integration-with-sensor-and-control-technology” target=”blank” style=”primary”]Listen to the Podcast[/button] This fluid power…
NFPA Board Meets, Sets and Advances Agendas for 2020-21 Strategic Task Forces
By Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO On October 13-15, 2020, the NFPA Board of Directors met over a series of virtual meetings to review NFPA’s strategic objectives and to set and advance the agendas for its 2020-21 strategic task forces. Many NFPA members are not familiar with the Board’s strategic task forces, which are used each…
Contribute Your Engineering Expertise on Behalf of the Industry
INFLUENCE the global conversation in the standards development process. DISCOVER breakthroughs in fluid power technology. ENGAGE with important fluid power stakeholders and decision makers. JOIN the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to Technical Committee 131 – Fluid Power Systems As the International Standards Organization (ISO) secretariat for Technical Committee (TC 131) – Fluid power, NFPA coordinates standardization work, both internationally…
Fluid Power Clubs Bring Fluid Power to University Students
Programs like the Fluid Power Clubs 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 Technology and Education Foundation has been renewing applications and signing up new schools to support Fluid Power Clubs on university campuses. The goal of…