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Air for sale
Plants trade compressor hardware for 100% reliable air supply.

Cats don’t scratch in California
Iron aggregate toughens floor topping.

Capture the big 3
Achieve energy efficiency, reliability and profitability by properly selecting and operating pumps

Where is our leaders’ courage?
Energy Expert Peter Garforth says the fate of our industries — and society — depends on our priorities.

2008 Plant of the Year
Baldor’s Ozark Plant is a model for American manufacturing. Read on to find out how they achieved their success.

Energy performance contract paying off
Coating company replaces RTOs at no net cost

Elevating principles
In this edition of "In the Trenches," Acme has trouble bearing the ups and downs of state regulations. Remember, only the names are changed to protect the innocent.

Energy performance contract paying off
Coating company replaces RTOs at no net cost.

Less talk, more action
Contributing Editor Joel Leonard says cooperation with community colleges could help crack the crisis.

Smarter PdM
Smart instruments extend predictive maintenance beyond the controls.

Motor design matters
Contributing Editor Sheila Kennedy reports that construction changes are improving energy efficiency, reliability and process control, and for good reason.

Two powerful predictors
Russ Kratowicz, P.E., CMRP, executive editor, offers these Web resources to add to your thermography and vibration-analysis toolbox.

DeltaV gets 10.3

The trades' secret
Managing Editor Lisa Towers says readers find happiness in making things work.

Golden rule
Editor in Chief Paul Studebaker, CMRP, says it's time to get militant about sustainability.

Change management
In Part 2 of this article, David Berger, P.Eng., contributing editor, reminds you not to forget the human factor when designing a CMMS implementation process.

‘World’s largest’ high-speed VFD

Industrial revolution preserved

Discrete eyes on wireless