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Updated Industry Trends Data Available
As many of you may know, the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) is the leading source of hydraulic and pneumatic industry data. Members get and use our data in a variety of ways to run their businesses. Part of our market information services is providing overall industry trends. Here is the latest update: Hydraulic and…
Read MoreFast Stats Feature: Foreign Trade Report
NFPA’s 2020 U.S. Foreign Trade Data for Fluid Power Products Report breaks down U.S. fluid power foreign trade data by both country and product, with key pieces highlighted in a trade data summary sheet and a variety of foreign trade trend graphs for a quick and easy snapshot of our industry’s foreign trade activity in 2020. A few findings…
Read MoreUpdated Industry Trends Report Available
As many of you may know, the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) is the leading source of hydraulic and pneumatic industry data. Members get and use our data in a variety of ways to run their businesses. Part of our market information services is providing overall industry trends. Here is the latest update: Hydraulic and…
Read MoreFast Stats Feature: NFPA’s Trends in Capacity Utilization
The Trends in Capacity Utilization Report is a valuable indicator that predicts turning points for various economic factors to help prepare your company for future changes in manufacturing, employment and more. Recent report updates have shown bounce backs in almost all areas except for energy, including a more dramatic bounce back in capacity utilization for machinery industries,…
Read MoreDiscovering the Capacity Utilization Index
What you should know: CU data can predict turning points in general manufacturing trends, anticipate price inflation and foresee supply bottlenecks. CU data is included in NFPA’s Trends in Capacity Utilization. CU data is a strong economic indicator for fluid power. CU has an 91.8% correlation with Total Fluid Power Shipments. Capacity utilization index (CU),…
Read MoreStart 2021 Right With an Exclusive Data Tool
The Stats Toolkit is a cloud-based data analytics and visualization support tool that is available exclusively to NFPA members. This online platform expands our members’ economic view of their company by combining the user’s unique company data and NFPA data sources with popular analytical tools to identify market trends, recognize data relationships and develop custom…
Read MoreFluid 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,…
Read MoreNEXT WEEK: Get the Latest Economic Trends in the Economic Update Webinar
NFPA Economic Update Webinar: Risks and Opportunities in a COVID-19 Economy Featuring Catherine Putney of ITR Economics Thursday, October 29, 10:00 am Central Registration Open NO CHARGE to NFPA Members! Next week, Catherine Putney, an economist with ITR Economics, will help members gain critical insight into the economic risks and opportunities facing their organizations in a…
Read MoreDiscovering U.S. Industrial Production Index Resources
Industrial Production Index (IP) is a measure of output of the industrial sector of the economy and includes manufacturing, mining and utilities. It accounts for the bulk of the variation in national output over the course of the business cycle, making it an important tool for forecasting economic performance and a popular economic indicator for…
Read MoreSound Research is Key to the Reality of COVID-19’s Economic Impact
COVID-19 has injected a heavy dose of economic uncertainty into the fluid power industry, as well as the rest of the global economy, and has forced the supply chain to change how it approaches strategic planning and business management. The pressure to quickly adapt to stay afloat in the unsteady economy can cause business leaders…
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