December 2007 – PEM e-News
Welcome to the December edition of the PEM e-Newsletter!

It’s been a remarkable year for PEM. We celebrated our 30th anniversary in publishing, improved the Web site and streamlined our e-newsletters. I personally want to thank the growing community of PEM readers and online subscribers for your valued support, feedback and contributions. It’s an honour and pleasure working for you. Our goal is to meet your information needs and be an industry leader.

Happy Holidays!

Cheers,

Robert Robertson, PEM Editor
PEMAC Allied Member
rrobertson@clbmedia.ca
www.pem-mag.com


INDUSTRY NEWS

 Maintenance professionals, engineers and plant operations staff learned a great deal at MainTrain 2007 in Toronto.

MainTrain 2007 delivers the goods

TORONTO, ON—The MainTrain 2007 conference, produced by the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC), attracted more than 100 attendees to the main conference and more than 70 attendees to the new Training Day last month here. Over four days, MainTrain 2007 offered learning sessions, technical training workshops and Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) certification.

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 Greg Bork, director, FLIR Systems Canada (left), presents a new InfraCam SD infrared camera to Jean-Pierre (J.P.) Pascoli, maintenance manager, Grant Forest Products.

Grant Forest Products wins PEM award

TORONTO, ON—At MainTrain 2007, Grant Forest Products Inc. (GFPI) was named the winner of the PEM 2007 Maintenance Awards. GFPI is the leading Canadian manufacturer of Oriented Strand Board (OSB).

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 Ron Bettin (left) is presented with the Sergio Guy Memorial Award by PEMAC's Colin Carrington at MainTrain 2007.

PEMAC Sergio Guy Memorial Award

TORONTO, ON—At MainTrain 2007, the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) announced the winner of its annual Sergio Guy Memorial Award. This year's winner is Ron Bettin (Encana, Calgary), PEMAC director and Alberta chapter president.

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Go west to Whistler

CHICAGO, IL—The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) will hold its seventh annual Canadian Conference on May 29-31, 2008 in Whistler, BC. Devoted to Canadian industry networking and trends, the conference is a must-attend event for distributors and manufacturers in the power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) industry.

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 Richard Ayuen, Kinecor with Heino Knoop, Ringball and Jeff Lunn, Kinecor at the PTDA 2007 Industry Summit.

PTDA 2007 Industry Summit

PALM DESERT, CA—For distributors and manufacturers in the power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) industry, the recent Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) 2007 Industry Summit held recently here, provided an exceptional opportunity to network, learn and build business.

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In the PEM December issue:

  • Words of Wisdom: What is world-class maintenance and what does it look like? How can organizations achieve world-class maintenance performance? Industry leaders wade in on the subject.

  • Numbers Don't Lie: PEM's recent online survey provided remarkable results. When asked if their companies have achieved world-class maintenance performance, 92 percent or readers said no.

  • Business of Maintenance: Reliability guru Terry Wireman outlines how maintenance impacts a company's ability to make a profit by examining the return-on-fixed-assets (ROFA) indicator.

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EVENT CALENDAR

Check out the Event Calendar on the PEM Web site for upcoming industry seminars, conferences, shows and training sessions.

Got an event you want us to include on the Web site? Please send an email to PEM editor Robert Robertson: rrobertson@clbmedia.ca.

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