Growth From the Infrastructure Bill? #onlyfluidpowercan

Jan. 26, 2022
Fluid power has a critical part to play in the recently passed infrastructure bill.

Eric Lanke, president and CEO of the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA), said the association is actively promoting the use of fluid power as a critical part of the infrastructure bill recently passed by Congress. “We have a hashtag that we use on social media: #onlyfluidpowercan. And that's what we used to call attention to where you can find fluid power in the marketplace to weigh in positive and exciting things,” Lanke told Power & Motion. “We're going to see a lot of new spending on vehicles, on machines and on the fluid power that drives them in order to make all those projects come to fruition. So, I think from a business growth perspective, it's a net positive for that for our industry.”

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Bob Vavra | Senior Content Director, Power & Motion and Machine Design

Bob Vavra is the Senior Content Director of Power & Motion and its sister publication Machine Design. Vavra has had a long career in publishing, media and events. He has covered all aspects of manufacturing for the past 20 years and is a regular attendee at events such as IMTS and Hannover Messe. Vavra is also a sought-after webcast moderator and event emcee, and has presided over events in the U.S., Germany and China. 

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