Eric Lanke, president and CEO of the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) talked with Power & Motion about the role NFPA already has undertaken in shaping the future uses of fluid power, and how hydraulics will figure in that future. “We think we can play a large role because the hydraulics are going to be a necessary actuation technology regardless of the how the vehicles are propelled. So, we're watching that closely, but we think that's going to be a net positive for the association and for the industry,” Lanke said.
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