BFPA member and power management company Eaton has recently completed a major investment into its UK training centre in Havant UK. Eaton has been offering hydraulics education for over 60 years globally –built on the heritage of Vickers, well known
03 Oct 2018
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As part of BFPA’s recent lobbying efforts, Chris Buxton, BFPA’s CEO has been involved with EURIS which has been gaining influence on all issues relating to Brexit amongst the Government departments of BEIS, DIT and DxEU. The latest development is
03 Oct 2018
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BFPA went ‘back-to-basics’ at its recent 2018 Technical Conference to focus on the importance of cleanliness in hydraulic fluids and the impact of contamination upon system performance. Held at Bath University and co-located with the Bath Power Transmission and Motion
18 Sep 2018
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Spokespeople from British Fluid Power Association member companies Phoenix Hydraulic and Electrical Services Ltd, Hydraproducts Ltd and Rotec Hydraulics Ltd consider some of the challenges associated with effective use and maintenance of fluid power systems and related equipment within the
07 Sep 2018
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The Fluid Power Golf Society’s (FPIGS) Summer Meeting took place on Thursday 5 July at the Warwickshire Golf and Country Club for the summer golf day. It was another day of fine weather, fine golf, a fine location and the
03 Oct 2018
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BFPA defines minimum educational requirements in fluid power, for a safer, multi-skilled workforce Modern industry is far safer than it has ever been, with advances in smart automation and legislation playing key roles in providing both the carrot and stick
26 Jul 2018
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We are delighted to announce that Alan Mackay Machinery (Forfar) Limited has joined the BFPDA. Established in 2004 and based on the outskirts of Forfar, Angus, the company specialises in the supply of farm equipment to the agricultural industry. In
26 Jul 2018
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BFPA Education and Training member National Oilwell Varco has been accredited to deliver CETOP Level 1 courses in Hydraulics. Following a rigorous audit by BFPA’s third party external verifier in June 2018, the company passed with flying colours and BFPA’s
26 Jul 2018
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On July 18, 2018 Emerson (NYSE: EMR) announced it had completed the purchase of Aventics, a global leader in smart pneumatics technologies that power machine and factory automation applications. Aventics and Asco Numatics (part of Emerson) are members of the
24 Jul 2018
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We are very pleased to welcome OMC (Corby) as a new member of the BFPDA. The company, which was established in Corby in 1990, and is co-located with its sister company Aircare (Corby) Limited, provides solutions for hydraulic and pneumatic
24 Jul 2018
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