The Lee Company, with plants in Connecticut and California, manufactures precision miniature hydraulic components for a variety of applications, including aircraft, space, defense, oil drilling, automotive, medical equipment, printing and carpet manufacturing.The company's compressors provide general plant air for manufacturing operations including machining, assembly and testing, and calibration of components and finished products. "The air flow requirements fall primarily in the 100 to 300 cfm range, or between 25 and 75 hp for each plant," says Joe Rabideau, Lee's facilities manager.