Michael Ference Fluid Power Marketing

Over the past 3 days at Cleveland State University, our Fluid Power Technology Conference has been the site for excellent technical presentations, interesting exhibits, and lots of networking.  I would like to extend a huge thank you to all of our exhibitors and sponsors who made this event possible. I also thank our long list of excellent speakers who all went the extra mile to give the very best an and most insightful presentation possible.  For the full list, please refer to this link From beginning to end, the ideas, concepts, solutions, and information shared with our audience was exceptional.  From IoT to mobile hydraulics, from electrification to engineering professionalism our audience received excellent content. Next year, our event will be held in St. Paul, MN in June and Detroit in November.  Please follow our website for details and updates.

We welcome Tom Wanke of the Milwaukee School of Engineering to present a course on Fluid Power Basics at the November Fluid Power Technology Conference being held in Cleveland on November 19-20, 2019 at CSU.  The Basics session will be presented on Monday, November 18, 2019 also at the CSU Convocation Center. Tom has been associated with the Fluid Power Technology Conference since it was launched in 2016 and he has presented content at each of the four previous conferences, all held at MSOE.  We are bringing Tom to Cleveland to continue his educational course titled Fluid Power Basic Workshop to be presented from 11:00 AM until 5:00 PM on Monday November 18, 2019. Here is a link for you to register for the Fluid Power Technology Conference and the Basic Workshop Earlier that day, the National Fluid Power Association will be holding their Cleveland Regional Meeting at the Cleveland State Convocation center where our event is taking place. Here is a link to re...

The second day of our May 2019 event at MSOE was the first official day of the conference at the Kern Center.  I had the privilege of getting things started with my usual introductions. I was pleased to have the opportunity to give an overview of Fluid Power World, our mission, and the purpose of our Fluid Power Technology Conference.  I also had the opportunity to announce that our next Fluid Power Technology Conference will be held in Cleveland at Cleveland State University. The event will be held in November 2019 at CSU with the specific dates to be announced soon! The first day of seminar presentations went very well with the topics including Robotics, Hose Connections, Multi-Conntectors, Accumulators, Ductile Iron, Adapators, and then lunch.  Thank you very much to all of our exhibitors and presenters who made this a very successful event.

This will be the first of several posts about our 2019 Fluid Power Technology Conference held at the Kern Center at MSOE in Milwaukee on May 13-15, 2019.  Let me just start by saying that the Conference was a success in many ways. We offered really great content from our classrooms to the Arena Stage to the Field House stage to the individual booths set up by our sponsors. On Monday, we offered two full-day workshops at the Grohman Tower which is right next to the Kern Center.  One was titled "Advanced Hydraulics Mashup" presented by Tom Blansett of the International Fluid Power Society and it included about 25 attendees who spent the entire day learning. The other session presented on Monday was "Basics" taught by Tom Wanke, Director of the Fluid Power Institute and Industry Relations.  That session was also attended by about 25 individuals interested in gaining more basic knowledge of fluid power technology.  The day concluded with a tour of the...

Here is some exciting news just released today about our Fluid Power Technology Conference scheduled for May 13-15, 2019 at MSOE.  I encourage you to read on and register. Full Conference Agenda Announced! The fourth annual  Fluid Power Technology Conference  offers a three-day program with technical presentations geared towards OEM design engineers and after-market professionals in the maintenance, service and repair sectors. Back by popular demand will be a full day of  pre-conference workshops  on May 13, presented by the experts at the Milwaukee School of Engineering and the International Fluid Power Society, with full-day sessions titled " Fluid Power Basics Workshop " and " Advanced Hydraulics Mashup ." New this year will be  IFPS certification testing . The following two days, May 14-15, will be packed with 30 and 45 minute technical presentations led by industry experts, Canada's preeminent fluid power trainer  Carl Dyke , Fluid Power Wor...

We have added another well-known speaker to our list of keynotes for the upcoming Fluid Power Technology Conference taking place May 13-15, 2019 at MSOE in Milwaukee.  His name is Mark L. Thompson and he is a featured speaker at many conferences and association meetings. Mark is a Master Business Strategist here is a quick outline of his presentation' The Five Pillars of Strategic Thinking Stop wasting your time on Strategic Planning and Start Thinking Strategically to achieve Competitive Advantage for Exponential Results Mark's presentation is sponsored by the Equipment Services Association (ESA), one of our partners in the event.  Below is the Mission Statement of the ESA. The objective of the  Equipment Service Association  is to aid in the advancement and expansion of the industry in all markets; promoting activities that will enable the industry to conduct itself with the greatest economy and efficiency to improve members’  success in bus...

The 2018 Fluid Power Technology Conference was very successful and it continues to grow in exhibitors and attendees.  The content presented from the 2 stages at the Kern Center at the Milwaukee School of Engineering was outstanding from the prospective of quality and delivery.  We were thrilled to have Astrid Mozes of Eaton Corp doing a keynote session. Our technical sessions included topics like Maintenance and reliability, The importance of maintenance and fluids, Cooling and temperature control, and Hose failures - causes and effects. The Fluid Power Technology Conference returns to Milwaukee at MSOE in 2019 on May 13-15, 2019.  Save the date and follow our website for more details.

What is sponsored content?  Well, as I understand it, sponsored content can take several forms.  It can be a custom printed publication, a white paper, e-book, webinar, or others. We at Fluid Power World  offer all of these forms of sponsored content.  First of all, I feel that our content is excellent and the main reason why our readers, who are fluid power buyers and specifiers, come to our magazine, website, e-newsletters, and webinars.  That is where we can best deliver our advertisers' sales message. However, to take content a step further and deliver information that is specific to one company's products or technology, we offer all of the sponsored content forms mentioned above.  Let me put together a custom marketing package for your company for 2018 including the following possible options: Print Advertising in Fluid Power World Web banners e-newsletters e-blasts White papers Webinars  Fluid Power Technology Conf...

I invite you to visit our Fluid Power Technology Conference website .  There you will find the logos of all of our sponsors for this year's event.  We currently have 22 sponsors who will be participating at the 2017 Fluid Power Technology Conference being held at the Milwaukee School of Engineering on May 16-17, 2017. We also have listed our complete lineup of technical sessions taking place at the two-day event with speaker bios and explanations of what their sessions will cover.  You can plan your two days with our website. And, of course, you can register for the FPTC right on our website and we will have your badge ready for you onsite.  Here is the link  http://www.fluidpowertechconference.com/registration/ If you have any questions about our Conference, please contact me at any time.  I hope to see you there as our team has put together a fantastic program complete with breakfast and lunch included both days.   We are also planning...