and Scope
The fluid power industry is huge and is truly a global industry. Statistics from the National Fluid Power Association show the year 2006 sales figure for fluid power products lo be $12.7 billion for U.S. companies. This large annual sales figure is reflected in the fact that nearly all U.S. manufacturing plants rely on fluid power in the production of goods. Over half of all U.S. industrial products have fluid power
systems or components as part of their basic design. About 75% of all fluid power sales are hydraulic and 25% are pneumatic.