Members’ News

Hydraulic & Offshore Supplies employees successfully gain fluid power training passports Three employees from Sunderland based Hydraulic & Offshore Supplies have successfully gained their hydraulic passports following training from the British Fluid Power Association’s training academy. Hose technicians, Emily Stronge-Taylor,

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BFPA Strategy Teams – Volunteers Required

BFPA is looking for dynamic, forward thinking people from your company who would be willing to join one of the six new BFPA Strategy Teams which we are creating to shape and guide the Association’s future.   We are looking

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Yvonne Pearman retires from BFPA

After almost 18 years at the BFPA as Standards Project Manager, we will be saying farewell to Yvonne at the end of March 2022 as she retires from the Association. Yvonne Joined us on 4 June 2004 and has worked

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CETOP Economic Outlook Reports

A CETOP Market Outlook conference was held on 17 March 2022, with 11 member Associations attending including BFPA. At this meeting, a presentation on the CETOP market Outlook was made, which can be downloaded below. The presentation talks about the

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Remembering Peter Chapple

BFPA is very sorry to announce the passing of Peter Chapple in February 2022. Peter Chapple – Eulogy Written by Professor Kevin Edge Pete’s career began with an engineering apprenticeship with De Havilland Engine Company and a scholarship to the

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BFPA publishes new pneumatic training reference manual

BFPA announces the publication of the new BFPA Minimum Educational Recommendations Pneumatic Training Course Manual in the latest development in its ongoing campaign to raise educational standards in the fluid power industry. The BFPA Minimum Educational Recommendations Pneumatics’ Course Manual

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Diary Dates

Upcoming BFPA Meetings & Events March 24 March Education & Training April 5-7 April Fluid Power & Systems, NEC 13 April BFPA Statistics Full Committee, Hydraulics BFPA Training Courses Open Courses – Face to Face (Abdex, Milton Keynes) 26-27 April

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