New Members

We are delighted to welcome three new members to the Association: JML Henderson, hi Tag and J & P Engineering Services JML Henderson Limited have joined BFPA as a distributor member. As the UKs leading supplier within the Bulk Power

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Members’ News

Sustainable automation – Festo aims for CO2 neutrality by 2023 Automation is an enabler for the industrial transformation towards climate protection, resource efficiency, sustainability, and the circular economy. Festo products and solutions enable more resource-efficient production and help to establish

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BFPA Strategy Teams Update

Much progress has been made since the launch of the BFPA’s four Strategy Teams in May, each of which are made up of six to ten people from across the BFPA membership, covering: Education and Training (Team Lead: Gary Fuller,

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Government / EAMA Updates

Through BFPA’s membership of EAMA, we receive regular useful updates which may be of interest to members – a summary of several recent topics is found below. Please note that BEIS is asking for continuing feedback of evidence and [sensible]

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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) provide a newly-qualified student or post-graduate, with some academic supervision, for one to three years, are two-thirds paid for by government, and are an interesting subject. Jack Semple, EAMA Secretary was recently interviewed on this subject

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Help to Grow – Management and Digital

In July 2022, the Government announced two new initiative under the “Help top Grow” banner offering companies the chance to “learn new skills, reach more customers and boost profits”. Two government backed programmes: Help to Grow: Management Course access 12-weeks

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New EAMA Industry 4.0 Guide

The Engineering and Machinery Alliance has teamed up with LMAC Consulting to produce a guide to what is often called “Industry 4.0” and to logical and reliable development in the digital age.  The guide also explains SIRI assessment, which provides

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BFPA Statistics Update

  CETOP and ISC Annual Product Survey Results for 2021 Available for Download BFPA exchanges high level data with CETOP, and in return gains access to European and ROW fluid power statistics and the 2021 CETOP Annual Survey results and

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