BFPA Season’s greetings and opening hours

The BFPA office will close for Christmas on Thursday 20 December at 17:00 and re-open on Tuesday 2 January 2019 at 09:00 For emergencies please call Chris Buxton on 07787 400747 or Martin Kingsbury on 07787 184600. As usual, BFPA

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2019 Past Presidents lunch a success

One of the more appealing benefits of becoming a President of either the BFPA or the Chairman of the BFPDA Council, is the opportunity to attend the annual Past-Presidents Lunch! Always held at a very pleasant location, this years’ event

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BFPA launches a new training course for 2019

The new one day BFPA Hydrostatic Proof Pressure Testing course will be available in 2019. It is the latest addition to our industry recognised programme of short training courses and aims to cover both the theoretical and practical aspects of

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New Members

We are pleased to announce that we have a new member of the association. We are delighted to welcome Cymru Hydraulics Limited as a new member of the BFPDA. The company is based in Swansea, South Wales and offers an

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Members’ News

HydraForce’s Daniel Millington wins 2018 UK Advanced Apprentice of the Year Daniel Millington of BFPA member HydraForce Ltd, the Birmingham-based manufacturer of hydraulic valves and manifold systems, has won the Rolls-Royce sponsored award for Advanced Apprentice of the Year for

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EURIS update

Leading UK Institutions provide worrying data regarding the UK economic growth post Brexit Whilst maintaining a neutral, apolitical position on Brexit, BFPA CEO Chris Buxton reports on discussions with the CBI regarding possible economic scenarios post Brexit. Their comments were

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NFPC Open Day Planned for February 20th 2019

Those of us who have had the pleasure of attending an NFPC Open Day will know that they are both informative and entertaining events. They are also a good opportunity to network amongst an attendee list, which includes a significant

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MCI Awards 2019 – calling for entries

The MCI Awards evening will take place on 22 May 2019 at the National Conference Centre in Brimingham and the call for nominations is now open. 2019 Award categories include: Technical Innovation of the Year Project of the Year Environmental

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BFPA becomes Cyber Essentials Accredited

Following the work BFPA carried out in 2018 to become GDPR compliant, we are pleased to announce that at the end of Novemebr 2018, we also became accredited by Cyber Essentials in respect of our IT security procedures. Cyber Essentials

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Diary Dates

BFPA Meetings & Events January 31 January 2019 TC6 Contamination Control February 12 February 2019 BFPA Board 26 February 2019 TC9 Systems March 6 March 2019 BFPDA Council 7 March 2019 TC4 Connectors 8 March 2019 E&T 13 March 2019

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