This week, one of the largest events for the construction industry took over Las Vegas — CONEXPO-CON/AGG. The triennial show provides opportunities not only for construction equipment manufacturers to highlight their latest machine designs but also the various technology suppliers to this sector including those in the fluid power industry.

While technology advancements are a key part of the show, it also offers an opportunity to see the trends shaping component, system and machine designs. Leading up to CONEXPO I reached out to fluid power companies exhibiting at the show to get a sense of the key themes they expected to see at this year’s event.

And so in honor of another CONEXPO coming to end, today’s newsletter includes all of these Q&As to help provide insight into the trends the hydraulics and pneumatics sector sees impacting the construction equipment industry as well as how fluid power companies are addressing these trends. If you want even more content related to the show, you can visit our dedicated CONEXPO 2026 page as well.

What trends do you see influencing construction equipment designs, and the mobile equipment market as a whole? Are there specific technology focus areas you see for mobile fluid power applications? Take our brief survey to offer your insights on how the mobile fluid power space is evolving or reach out to me at [email protected] to let me know your thoughts! And if were at CONEXPO this year, let me know what trends and technologies you were most excited to see.

Sara Jensen, Editor, Power & Motion