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January 2009

Plant Services Magazine is an MRO (maintain, repair, replace, retrofit, overhaul and operations) resource that features problem-solving articles and editorials for plant maintenance professionals.
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Articles
Invest in reality
Paul Studebaker, CMRP, editor in chief, says recent financial shenanigans are encouraging folks to focus on tangibles.
Be American, buy American
Managing Editor Lisa Towers says it’s an important lesson that bears repeating.
Maintenance renaissance
Contributing Editor Joel Leonard says now is our chance to fix it forward.
Assault on strategy
Energy Expert Peter Garforth emphasizes the power of benchmarking in times of crisis.
More than one kind of green
Russ Kratowicz, P.E., CMRP, executive editor, reports that recycling equipment can bring bucks to the bottom line.
IT sees light
In this edition of "What Works," fiber-optic cabling keeps steel fabrication flowing.
Resilient flooring
Specialty products require their own installation and maintenance practices.
CMMS versus EAM
Contributing Editor David Berger, P.Eng., says it’s the most frequently asked question during the past decade.
Inlet temperature, outlet pressure and storage
Part 1: Don’t let misapplied rules of thumb become your compressed air rules of dumb.
Bearings blossom
In the New Year, Contributing Editor Sheila Kennedy says the flowering of technology will help green your plant.
Leading the way
New 'Human Capital' columnist Tom Moriarty, P.E., CMRP, writes that the cost of poor leadership can be measured in dollars and cents.
You can’t go home again
In this edition of "In the Trenches," Acme deals with an employee who values peace of mind over money. Remember, only the names are changed to protect the innocent.
Inside, outside
Contracting strategies for a new economy.
News
HART halts faults at Plant of the Year Awards
Predators prevail in Lima, Ohio
Victory over pest birds is surprisingly swift.
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