NFPA members and non-members alike are invited to attend the upcoming NFPA Regional Meetings in Detroit and Minneapolis. Held over breakfast or lunch, both meetings are free and offer networking and educational opportunities for all fluid power professionals. Attendees will have time to meet new contacts and catch up with old ones, hear regionally focused…
NFPA announces new board of directors
During NFPA’s 2018 Annual Business Meeting, held in conjunction with its Annual Conference in Orlando, in February, NFPA members elected the Board of Directors for the 2018-19 fiscal year. They include: Executive Committee Chair – Jon Goreham, QCC LCC Vice Chair – John Stenz, FORCE America Treasurer – Ray Chambers, Muncie Power Products Secretary –…
NFPA Industry trends for Feb. 2017
The latest data published by the National Fluid Power Association shows industry shipments of fluid power products for February 2017 increased 2.5% compared to February 2016, and increased 1.0% when compared to last month. Pneumatic shipments increased, industrial hydraulic shipments remained unchanged, and mobile hydraulic shipments decreased in February 2017 when compared to February 2016.…
NFPA grants bring fluid power to Tampa Bay area students
The Fluid Power Action Challenge not only reaches students in traditional classrooms, but has also engaged students who are homeschooled. The Tampa Bay HEAT Homeschool group recently received a grant from NFPA, which enabled teacher Samantha Porter Lerch to lead her students in learning about and creating fluid power designs. Samantha shared the fun ways […]
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Save the date: NFPA Minneapolis Regional Meeting slated for April 11
The NFPA will host its first Regional Meeting of 2017 at Hennepin Technical College’s Brooklyn Park Campus in greater Minneapolis on April 11 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Hennepin Technical College offers one of the premier A.A.S. fluid power programs in the country, and Instructor Jeannine Uehling and her students will provide an inside […]
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NFPA forms strategic alliance with FIRST, adds scholarship opportunity
The National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) recently started a Strategic Alliance collaboration with FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an international not-for-profit organization aimed at increasing interest and participation in science and technology among K-12 students. The partnership will harness the similarities between the mission of FIRST and those NFPA’s workforce development […]
NFPA conducting Minneapolis regional meeting on April 11
The first of the NFPA 2017 Regional Meetings will be held Tuesday, April 11, in Minneapolis. The fluid power association will again partner with Hennepin Technical College, which has one of the premier A.A.S. fluid power programs in the country. As I’ve written before, these meetings are well worth attending and are a great opportunity to […]
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NFPA, ISO working toward pump efficiency standards
Eric Lanke, CEO of the NFPA, writes: Utilizing a process for determining positions of public advocacy for standardization initiatives (see this NFPA News post), the NFPA Board of Directors has adopted the following position: “The fluid power industry needs a standardized way to measure the energy consumption and efficiency of fluid power components and systems. […]
NFPA Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge moves to the final competition
About a decade ago, Parker Hannifin launched its Chainless Challenge, which tasked college engineering students with creating a chainless bicycle that was powered by hydraulics or pneumatics. In the past year, The NFPA took over the event, dubbed it the NFPA Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge and honed its program to make it a workforce development […]
NFPA Industry trends for Nov. 2016
Fluid Power Industry Growth Trend The latest data published by the National Fluid Power Association shows industry shipments of fluid power products for November 2016 decreased 1.0% compared to November 2015, and decreased 8.1% when compared to last month. Mobile hydraulic and pneumatic shipments decreased, while industrial hydraulic shipments increased in November 2016 when compared…
NFPA publishes second annual report on the U.S. fluid power industry
Fluid power is a workhorse of the U.S. economy—a cross-cutting technology of choice for dozens of industries and hundreds of applications. That’s one of the many conclusions in the new Annual Report on the U.S. Fluid Power Industry, published by the National Fluid Power Association. The report reviews both the size and economic impact of…
Fluid Power Fridays: Lynn Beyer of the NFPA Podcast
Lynn Beyer talks about the NFPA and the Fluid Power Challenge with Marisa Martin on our Fluid Power Fridays series of podcasts. NFPA nfpahub.com
Hydraulic and pneumatic industry trends with NFPA
Fluid Power Industry Growth Trend The latest data published by the National Fluid Power Association shows industry shipments of fluid power products for May 2016 decreased 5.5% compared to May 2015, and decreased 0.6% when compared to last month. Mobile hydraulic, industrial hydraulic, and pneumatic shipments decreased in May 2016 when compared to May 2015.…
NFPA fluid power industry growth trends
Fluid Power Industry Growth Trend The latest data published by the National Fluid Power Association shows industry shipments of fluid power products for March 2016 decreased 10.2% compared to March 2015, and increased 10.4% when compared to last month. Mobile hydraulic, industrial hydraulic, and pneumatic shipments decreased in March 2016 when compared to March 2015.…
NFPA update on industry shipments of fluid power products
Fluid Power Industry Growth Trend The latest data published by the National Fluid Power Association shows industry shipments of fluid power products for December 2015 decreased 15.6% compared to December 2014, and increased 2.2% when compared to last month. Mobile hydraulic, industrial hydraulic, and pneumatic shipments decreased in December 2015 when compared to December 2014.…
Latest NFPA report shows decrease in fluid power product shipments
Fluid Power Industry Growth Trend The latest data published by the National Fluid Power Association shows industry shipments of fluid power products for November 2015 decreased 15.0% compared to November 2014, and decreased 10.5% when compared to last month. Mobile hydraulic, industrial hydraulic, and pneumatic shipments decreased in November 2015 when compared to November 2014.…
The NFPA’s new workforce focus
Edited by: Mike Santora • Associate Editor NFPA Chairman Jeff Stuart expressed earlier this year that the organization and its Board of Directors are increasing its focus on a set of clear, high-level objectives. These objectives, referred to as “ends” statements, describe the major ends or outcomes the NFPA wishes to achieve. Of the six…
Purdue and 4-H Club team up for Fluid Power Challenge
Erika Bonnett, science extension specialist from the Purdue 4-H Youth Development Program, and Jose Garcia, assistant professor from the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, joined efforts to bring NFPA’s Fluid Power Challenge to Indiana’s 4-H communities during the inaugural 4-H Fluid Power Challenge. The challenge provided local 6-8th graders an opportunity to learn about hydraulics, fluid power and…
NFPA report shows industry shipments of fluid power products down in September
Fluid Power Industry Growth Trend The latest data published by the National Fluid Power Association shows industry shipments of fluid power products for September 2015 decreased 14.4% compared to September 2014, and increased 1.7% when compared to last month. Mobile hydraulic, industrial hydraulic, and pneumatic shipments decreased in September 2015 when compared to September 2014.…
Student Connections Career program success for NFPA
Students from Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wis., gathered at Price Engineering on March 17 for the first NFPA Student Career Connections program. The students met in a conference room and watched videos and presentations on the different creative and innovative job opportunities Price offers in the fluid power field. They broke into groups and got…
Hydraulic and pneumatic industry trends with NFPA
Fluid Power Industry Growth Trend The latest data published by the National Fluid Power Association shows industry shipments of fluid power products for August 2015 decreased 14.4% compared to August 2014, and decreased 5.6% when compared to last month. Mobile hydraulic, industrial hydraulic, and pneumatic shipments decreased in August 2015 when compared to August 2014.…
Foundation grant brings fluid power trainers to students in Texas
Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas, received a fluid power lab grant from the NFPA Education and Technology Foundation in July 2014. They used the funds to purchase three trainers—one hydraulic based and two pneumatic based. Each new learning system has a set of Learning Activity Packets (LAPs) that include objectives, activities, skills and reviews designed…
NFPA websites—What’s going on over there?
The NFPA is cleaning out the garage they call NFPA.com. It’s a big process, but they think you will appreciate the result when they’re done. NFPA.com has long been the site for information they make available to members, prospective members, people who want to know about fluid power, purchasers of standards and others. The NFPA…
NFPA Report shows industry shipments of fluid power products increased 7.8% compared to last month
The latest data published by the National Fluid Power Association shows industry shipments of fluid power products for March 2015 decreased 3.6% compared to March 2014, and increased 7.8% when compared to last month. Mobile hydraulic and industrial hydraulic shipments decreased, while pneumatic shipments increased in March 2015 when compared to March 2014. Mobile hydraulic,…
Research to examine hydraulics in automation
By Eric Lanke, NFPA CEO A couple years ago, in an effort to bring “voice of customer” information to its members, NFPA began funding a series of studies called its “Customer Technology Trends” reports. This year, the association is focusing its attention on industrial hydraulics. An agreement was recently signed with IHS Global to conduct…