New! Compensation Benchmarking Reports Now Available

Created by Miller Resource Group, compensation benchmark reports are now available to NFPA members, focusing on eight important positions:  The benchmarks correspond to six metro areas, and focus on employees with 4 to 6 years experience in mid-size companies.  Benchmarks are based on broad surveys of compensation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the…

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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…

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New Oxford Economics Industry Forecasts

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New Global Industry Forecasts are now available to all members on the NFPA member hub. These reports include a wide variety of information and analysis such as forecast drivers, subsector analysis, and global scenarios. See the latest growth drivers and constraints in each industry and prepare for the months ahead. The industries covered in these…

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New! Compensation Benchmarking Reports Now Available

Created by Miller Resource Group, compensation benchmark reports are now available to NFPA members, focusing on eight important positions:  The benchmarks correspond to six metro areas, and focus on employees with 4 to 6 years experience in mid-size companies.  Benchmarks are based on broad surveys of compensation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the…

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Track Your Markets with NFPA’s Econ and Market Indicators (EMI) Report

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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…

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Fluid Power Hiring Activity Expected to Remain Strong

The latest results from NFPA’s State of the Fluid Power Industry survey give insight into members hiring plans and more. The graph below shows the monthly diffusion index for the question “what best describes your hiring plans over the next 3 months?”. The 3 answer options given to survey participants are: Hire Employees Keep Employment…

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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…

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Latest Industry Trends Data Now Available

The National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) is the leading source of hydraulic and pneumatic industry data. Plan Your Next Move NFPA’s industry reports, outlook surveys, forecasts, and data sources allow our members to understand trends and anticipate change with a variety of trend graphs and data analysis for fluid power products, customer markets, and economic…

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Econ and Stats Committee Updates

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NFPA’s Econ and Stats Committee met in September following the IEOC to discuss the conference, future speakers, and the state of current programs. Results from the IEOC evaluation survey were shared with the committee and helped drive conversations about future speakers, topics, and more. As a result of the meeting, NFPA has confirmed a new…

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