The National Fluid Power Association's (NFPA) Technology Roadmap is a document which asses technology needs in the fluid power industry and provides guidance on how those can be achieved.
Eric Lanke, president and CEO of the NFPA told Power & Motion that one key future hiring need for association members will be those capable of managing the sensor data and IoT technologies that will lead to greater fluid power system efficiencies. “There's no doubt we need more data scientists and we need more electrical engineers, to kind of help the industry through some of those challenges,” Lanke said. “A lot of players in our membership have already adapted well and are delivering effective IoT-based products into the supply chain. But I think there's a lot of extra advantage that can come with even more development in that space.”
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