Every two years, AHTD works in partnership with the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) to complete a technology roadmapping effort designed, in part, to identify the technology needs of customers in markets serviced by both AHTD and NFPA members. The project, the NFPA Technology Roadmap, lays out an R&D agenda for fluid power technology so that it can continue to meet or better meet those market needs. Any AHTD member that works with fluid power would benefit from participating in this effort, and is welcome to join the volunteer committee that will review market data and complete the project in the first half of 2023.

If interested, a copy of the previous roadmapping document, completed by just such an inter-association committee in August 2021, can be downloaded here: https://www.nfpa.com/home/industry-stats/NFPA-Technology-Roadmap.htm

Any AHTD member with interest in participating in the new process should contact Eric Lanke at elanke@nfpa.com.