Posts Tagged ‘NFPA’
NFPA Executive Leadership Program Conducts Second Session at Kellogg
The NFPA Executive Leadership Program is an in-depth and interactive program that helps emerging leaders in the fluid power industry develop their network and advance their management and leadership skills through tailored content. Its sessions are presented in collaboration with the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, with Kellogg faculty helping to curate interactions among…
Read MoreMeet a Fluid Power Scholarship Winner & Tom Wanke Legacy Awardee – Riley Mack
The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation has awarded 20 $2,000 scholarships to students pursuing fluid power related fields of study. One of the winners, Riley Mack, is attending Garden City Community College, and was selected for a Tom Wanke Legacy Fund Award. We asked Riley a few questions about winning the scholarship. What does winning a Tom…
Read MoreIFPS Call for Webinar Presenters – Share Your Expertise with the Fluid Power Community!
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 control industries. Do you have valuable insights or expertise to share with a broad and engaged audience? The IFPS is looking…
Read MoreTake Advantage of NFPA’s Stats Dashboard
In August 2022, NFPA launched a new Stats Dashboard that helps members easily track the latest fluid power industry data. As an NFPA member, you can access the Stats Dashboard right now on the NFPA member hub (click here to access). Here’s what you should know: What data can I find in the Stats Dashboard? …
Read MoreVolunteers Needed: Judge the NFPA Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge Midway Reviews
NFPA is seeking industry members to judge the 2024-25 Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge Midway Reviews this December and January. Students in the Challenge gain hands-on experience with fluid power components, circuits, and systems to control force and motion. As a judge, you’ll participate in 45-minute webinars where students present their designs, mechanical drawings, and fluid…
Read MoreVolunteers Needed for NFPA’s First Technology Roadmap for Industrial Fluid Power
By Eric Lanke NFPA has been producing a series of Technology Roadmaps for the Fluid Power Industry since 2009. These documents – describing technology strategies being deployed in fluid power’s end markets and ways for fluid power to increase its inclusion in those strategies – have been heavily weighted towards the mobile side of the…
Read MoreRegulatory Update: NAM Emphasizes USMCA, Protecting Investors in Mexico Meetings
As part of an effort to bring more information about the regulatory and legal environment facing American manufacturers, NFPA is monitoring the newsfeed of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and will be bringing important updates like this to the attention of NFPA members. (October 9, 2024) In high-level meetings with government, manufacturing and trade…
Read MoreNFPA Board Meets; Reviews and Updates Member Value Propositions
Reviews and Updates Member Value Propositionsby Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO Back in June, our then-new Board chair, Keith Simons of OEM Controls, wrote about the discussions held at the Board’s annual strategic retreat, and many of the networking and promotion forums NFPA organizes to strengthen the increasingly broad fluid power industry: https://nfpahub.com/nfpa-is-broadening-its-effective-forum-for-networking-and-promotion/ These many programs…
Read MoreFluid Power Vehicle Challenge Networking Mixer: November 1
The 2024-25 NFPA Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge has officially begun. This year, twenty-four schools are participating, including two new institutions: Colorado School of Mines and the Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering. The Kick-Off webinar attracted a record attendance of 175 participants, including students, advisors, and industry members. Many teams have already begun working on…
Read MoreNAM Regulatory Update: Small Manufacturers Sound the Alarm on Uncompetitive R&D Tax Policy
As part of an effort to bring more information about the regulatory and legal environment facing American manufacturers, NFPA is monitoring the newsfeed of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and will be bringing important updates like this to the attention of NFPA members. (October 3, 2024) As part of its “Manufacturing Wins” tax campaign,…
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