The National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) seeks to engage with stakeholders across the fluid power supply chain to publish a technology roadmap for fluid power in industrial, or in-plant, applications. This roadmap will be a document that describes the evolving needs of companies in fluid power’s many industrial customer markets, the degree to which fluid power is capable of meeting those needs, and the R&D objectives that will help fluid power meet or better meet those needs in the future.
We have now begun a project timeline that will culminate in the production of this document in November 2025.
Our first survey will focus on Customer Drivers, namely the top-level performance objectives of the machine builders in fluid power’s 14 largest industrial customer markets. Customer Drivers describe the benefits that they wish to provide to their customers, the buyers or users of their machines. The survey will also focus on Customer Strategies, namely the machine-level objectives or technologies that the machine builders have set or are using to help them achieve the top-level performance objectives described by the Customer Drivers.
You will be taken through fluid power’s 14 largest industrial customer markets and asked to respond only for those with which you have familiarity. Those markets are:
- Aerospace Manufacturing
- Food Product Machinery
- Medical Equipment Manufacturing
- Metalworking and Machine Tools
- Oil and Gas Machinery
- Packaging Machinery
- Plastics and Rubber Machinery
- Power Generation
- Primary Metals Manufacturing
- Recycling Equipment
- Robotics, Assembly and Material Handling
- Semiconductor Machinery
- Vehicle Manufacturing
- Wood and Paper Machinery
Your feedback is essential to the successful completion of this project. If there are people with knowledge of these markets in your network, please feel free to share the survey link and this message with them.
The survey will remain open until January 31, 2025.
We appreciate your input. Questions can be directed to me at elanke@nfpa.com.