Fast Stats Feature: NFPA’s Trends in Capacity Utilization

By Katrina Schwarz | February 17, 2021

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,…

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NFPA Market Reports Cover Your New Year Data Needs

By Katrina Schwarz | January 7, 2021

NFPA’s Market Information resources provide NFPA members insights year-round but can be particularly useful as companies start the year and plan their next steps. Reports and programs to pay special attention to as we move into 2021 include:  NFPA Forecast Report: U.S. Customer Markets – (Available free to all members) Look three years into the future…

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Fluid Power Regional Demand Estimates Report Updated for 2020

By Katrina Schwarz | October 26, 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,…

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Discovering the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) Resources

By Katrina Schwarz | September 2, 2020

Many individuals engaged in the fluid power supply chain rely on the insights that the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) offers as a top leading indicator of fluid power industry activity. This measure of economic trends in manufacturing, based on a monthly survey of purchasing managers, can provide current and future insights for decision makers concerning…

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Plan Your Company’s Next Move with NFPA’s Market Information

By Katrina Schwarz | May 1, 2019

Take Advantage of These Free Resources on the NFPA Market Information Website Analyze the latest industry trends, determine industry size and industry segmentation, define customer markets, develop industry outlooks, and make overall better business decisions, all for FREE and on your time from the NFPA Market Information website.Our most popular programs and reports include: New! U.S. Regional Demand Estimate Report  Benchmark…

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