NFPA News
Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge: Final Competition Moves to Iowa
The NFPA Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge is a workforce development program designed to support teams of undergraduate students (through a senior capstone design …
Eric Lanke to Serve on the NAM’s Council of Manufacturing Associations Board of Directors
Eric Lanke, President/CEO of the National Fluid Power Association, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Council of Manufacturing …
NFPA Forms Strategic Alliance with <i>FIRST®</i>
NFPA started a strategic alliance collaboration with FIRST® that will harness the similarities between the mission of FIRST and those of NFPA’s workforce …
NFPA Minneapolis Regional Scheduled for April 11
The first of the NFPA 2017 regional meetings will be held on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 in Minneapolis. The NFPA will again partner with Hennepin Technical …
3,623 Students Introduced to Fluid Power in 2016
NFPA workforce programs, such as the Fluid Power Action Challenge, fluid power classroom activities, and Student Career Connection events, taught a total of …
Nine University Teams Complete Midway Presentations in NFPA Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge
by Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO Over the last few weeks, I’ve been participating and serving as a judge in the midway presentations of the nine university …
NFPA Preparing for Technology Roadmap Update in 2017
by Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO The NFPA Technology Roadmap is a document that describes an industry-wide consensus regarding the pre-competitive research …
NFPA Members Invited to Participate in MSOE’s Fluid Power Industry Consortium
Initiative Will Help Support NFPA’s Road-Mapping Efforts by Eric Lanke NFPA President/CEO The Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) has announced the …
CCEFP Moves Forward on Strategic Priorities
CCEFP Strategy Led by Faculty Experts and Industry Leaders The Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) continues to make progress toward its three …
NFPA to Host World Fluid Power Summit at IFPE 2017
by Eric Lanke NFPA President/CEO The world of fluid power is already making its plans to gather at IFPE 2017, the leading international exposition and …
NFPA Applies for Federal Funding to Support Education
by Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO In early October 2016, NFPA submitted an application to the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program of the National …
2017 Annual Conference Registration Now Open
Every so often, a truly special industry event hits the calendar. The NFPA 2017 Annual Conference is one of those events. Scheduled for February 8-10, 2017, at …
2016 FPIRC Was A Success
by Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO Last week I had the great pleasure of attending the third Fluid Power Innovation and Research Conference (FPIRC) in …
NSF MME Workshop Helps Chart Course for Fluid Power Advanced Manufacturing Research
By Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO Back in May I participated in a workshop on Fluid Power Advanced Manufacturing, hosted by the University of Minnesota and …
Meeting with DOE VTO Begins Fluid Power Research Discussion
By Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO With our university research and education partner the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP), NFPA has been …
Future of Fluid Power Session Confirmed for IFPE Conference
By Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO The next Energy Efficient Hydraulics and Pneumatics Conference (EEHPC) will be held in March 2017 in conjunction with the …
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 …
NFPA Curriculum Grants Awarded
The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation awards grants of up to $25,000 to 4-year universities to develop, replicate, or disseminate high-quality, …
NFPA, IFPS Members Educate DOE Assessors on Fluid Power Efficiency
by Eric Lanke, NFPA CEO The U.S. Department of Energy maintains more than 20 Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs) around the United States—university …
NFPA Fluid Power Challenge Launches new website
by Lynn Beyer, NFPA Director of Workforce Development Programs I was moderately upset when Instagram recently changed its format. This social media site has …
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