Reflections on the BFPA’s 60th anniversary year
By Sarah Gardner, The British Fluid Power Association.
BFPA News
Abdex Hose & Couplings Ltd moved premises in March to: Unit 10a Clarke Road, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK1 1LG, Beaumanor Engineering Ltd celebrates its 45th anniversary this year and Linde Hydraulics Ltd has appointed Simon Fantom as its new general manager.
BFPA Technical Standards work second to none
BFPA member satisfaction surveys over the years have repeatedly shown how valuable our members believe the BFPA technical standards development work is to the industry, and for some it is the main reason they are members. 2018 was yet another successful year for the various BFPA Technical Committees, which were responsible for the revision, development and publication of no less than 31 technical standards relating to fluid power.
BFPA News
New Members
BFPA launches a new training course for 2019
The new one-day BFPA Hydrostatic Proof Pressure Testing course will be available in 2019 and is the latest addition to our industry recognised programme of short training courses.
BFPA to celebrate its 60th anniversary with a dinner and ball at The Dorchester
2019 sees the BFPA reach its 60th anniversary and to celebrate this landmark year, we are delighted to announce that we will be returning to The Dorchester for the BFPA 60th Anniversary Dinner and Ball on Friday 21st June.
BFPA News
New Members
BFPA launches new membership benefit
BFPA has launched a brand new membership service called the ‘BFPA Business Support Service’ which will operate across four primary areas; Human Resources, Legal, Health & Safety and Tax. Just staying on top of your core business operations can be challenging enough without the burden of having to manage these unwelcome but essential, non-core activities. The new BFPA Business service is targeted at easing much of that burden and will do so absolutely free of charge to BFPA and BFPDA members. Members will now have access to a dedicated BFPA Business Advice Line – one number with four options covering: HR/employment, health & safety, legal, tax and VAT. Features of the new service include:
New position paper on re-ending hose
BFPA has published a new position paper PP1 “Hose Re-Ending” on the BFPA website under “Technical Articles”. The paper essentially explains BFPA’s very clear position which is: “The BFPA’s position is that hose(s) shall not be re-ended”. The view of BFPA‘s industry experts, backed up by technical standards in the field, is that “it isimpossible to know whether an original hose has been stretched, crushed, degraded by sunlight or damaged by chemicals, the hose assembly safety, therefore, cannot be guaranteed if a new end is fitted on a used hose.” To read the full position paper, please visit www.bfpa.co.uk/technical/technical-articles
BFPA to celebrate its 60th year in 2019
2019 is an exciting year for BFPA as we will be celebrating our 60thbirthday! Preparations are already in hand to mark this significantmilestone in the trade associations’ history.
BFPA News
Members News
BFPA builds on social media platforms
Earlier this year BFPA committed to more engagement on social media and the latest numbers indicate it has been very worthwhrthwhile. For several years the BFPA had a group on LinkedIn but hadn’t really made the most of its company page; that has all changed now and we are regularly posting on LinkedIn in both areas and are pleased to say that our engagement levels and followers have increased hugely since the beginning of the year. In January we also launched our two new Facebook pages for BFPA: BFPA Official and BFPA Training Academy which are also gathering pace and growing well. We had always been active on twitter but have stepped up efforts with our two company twitter accounts: BFPA Official and BFPA Training Academy which has paid off too.
BFPA Economic Seminar proves a success
BFPA’s 2018 Economic Seminar was held this year at the superb AMTC building in Coventry on 10 October and was a very successful members only event.
BFPA News
Members News
BFPA Technical Conference on ‘Managing Fluid and Lubricant Contamination’
The British Fluid Power Association held its new Technical Conference on ‘Managing Fluid and Lubricant Contamination’ on 10 and 11 September at the University of Bath.
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BFPA 60th Anniversary Dinner & Ball
21 June, 2019
The Dorchester, Park Lane, Mayfair, London -
SPE Offshore Europe
03 September, 2019, 9:30 - 06 September, 2019, 14:00
Aberdeen, Scotland -
Air-Tech 2020 Exhibition
21 - 23 April, 2020
NEC Birmingham -
Fluid Power & Systems Exhibition 2020
21 - 23 April, 2020
NEC Birmingham
