Posts Tagged ‘workforce’
NFPA Board Meets; Advances Effective Forum and Educated Workforce Objectives
NFPA Well Positioned for Growth and Impactby Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO Back in June, our then-new Board chair, Jim Kaas, wrote about the discussions held at the Board’s annual strategic retreat, and many of the strategic initiatives the Board is helping NFPA move forward in service of NFPA members: Now it’s October, and the NFPA…
Read MoreFluid Power Connects: Creating Access and Opportunity with Intention
The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation is a tax-exempt, charitable organization, that is dedicated to meeting the fluid power industry’s workforce development need. Together, with the corporate leaders serving on our Board of Directors, we have long recognized the value that a diverse workforce brings in terms of increased productivity, creativity, and access to new…
Read MoreNational Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Advocacy Toplines
NFPA’s membership in the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and its Council of Manufacturing Associations (CMA) gives NFPA members access to a wealth of information regarding the regulatory and government advocacy issues that NAM and CMA pursue on behalf of manufacturers. Check out the latest headlines and initiatives in this issue of NAM Advocacy Toplines…
Read MoreMessage from the 2022-23 Board Chair
NFPA Well Positioned for Growth and Impactby Jim Kaas, President, IFP Motion Solutions, Inc. The NFPA Board of Directors convened in Massachusetts in June 2022 to review NFPA’s performance over the past fiscal year and to make strategic decisions for moving the association forward into the future. As Chair of the NFPA Board for 2022-23,…
Read MoreIowa State University, Cleveland State University Overall Champions of 2022 Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge Events
Iowa State University and Cleveland State University took Overall Champion in the 2022 Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge events hosted by Danfoss Power Solutions and Norgren. This year’s program held two separate Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge competitions in an effort to reach more students and industry members. The events took place April 20-22 and April 27-29,…
Read MoreEducated Workforce Task Force Meets to Scale Program Reach
In the days before the 2022 Annual Conference in February, the NFPA Board of Directors met over a series of meetings at the Arizona Biltmore to review progress on NFPA’s strategic objectives so far this fiscal year, which runs July 2021-June 2022. This series of meetings included a targeted session for the Educated Workforce Task…
Read MoreLast Chance: Nominations to Fluid Power Hall of Fame Due April 15
The International Fluid Power Society (IFPS) is accepting nominations for this year’s Fluid Power Hall of Fame in recognition of individuals – innovators, researchers, application engineers, educators, as well as sales and service personnel – who have made significant, lifetime contributions to the fluid power industry. Nominations for 2022 will be accepted until April 15,…
Read MorePower Partner University Program Opens Doors for Students
The University Power Partner Program is 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. Universities with strong fluid power programs and deep connections to the industry have the opportunity to become one of NFPA’s Power Partner Universities.…
Read MoreNominations to Fluid Power Hall of Fame Due April 15
The International Fluid Power Society (IFPS) is accepting nominations for this year’s Fluid Power Hall of Fame in recognition of individuals – innovators, researchers, application engineers, educators, as well as sales and service personnel – who have made significant, lifetime contributions to the fluid power industry. Nominations for 2022 will be accepted until April 15,…
Read MorePower Partner University Connects Students to Careers
The University Power Partner Program is 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. More than 100 engineering students in three fluid power classes at Purdue University heard from engineers from NFPA member, HYDAC, late last…
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