Compressed Air Best Practices - January 2008 - (Page 35)

Compressed Air Industry ENERGY MANAGEMENT | 01/08 | Special Report: THE CHICAGO PNEUMATIC COMPRESSOR LAUNCH IN NORTH AMERICA BY ROD SMITH Founded in 1894, Chicago Pneumatic (CP) was a pioneer and a market leader in the pneumatic tool and air compressor industry. CP was there, assisting U.S. industry during the industrial build-up for World War II. Rosie the Riveter’s famous posters even show her holding a Chicago Pneumatic pneumatic riveter. CP was also a market shareholder in the air compressor business in the 1920–1960s until it decided to focus more on the pneumatic tool side of the business. In late October, I was invited to CP’s U.S. Headquarters in Rock Hill, South Carolina to witness CP’s air compressor business launch ceremonies. Now a member of the Atlas Copco Group, it was announced that the strategic decision has been made to leverage the strong CP brand in North America, and build a large industrial CP Compressor business. A CP Portable Compressor from 1925 Air compressor distributors from across North America came to view the complete product range that was on display. It was pretty incredible that a comprehensive range of air compressor and air treatment products was presented with world-class designs and technology all at one time for the launch of the business. CP’s Vehicular Services Division has already had quite a lot of success selling 5–30 horsepower air compressors to the light industrial and automotive markets. The product line-up included a full piston compressor product line and rotary screw product line with all kinds of different tankmounting and air treatment options. The rotary screw compressor product line-up included 5–30 hp rotaries. Charlie Townsend, who led the very successful effort in CP’s Vehicular Services Division, is now the National Sales Manager for the Industrial Compressor Business. An important announcement made was that responsibility for technical service for all installed air compressors will be turned over to the industrial compressor distributors who partner with CP. Mike Tucker, Charlie Townsend and Edna Rodriguez (D&D Compressor) with a 7.5 hp tank-mounted rotary screw with air dryer package www.airbestpractices.com 35 http://www.cp.com http://www.airbestpractices.com

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Compressed Air Best Practices - January 2008 Contents Focus Industry Features Compressed Air Industry Articles From the Editor Real World Best Practices: Selecting A VSD Rotary Compressor Audit of the Month: Energy Savings in Peru The Low-Hanging Fruit in Pneumatic Systems Mikropor America, Inc. Wireless Sensor Networks: Improve Efficiency in Compressed Air Systems Special Report: The Chicago Pneumatic Compressor Launch in North America The Importance of Measuring Vacuum The Comp-Air Service Co. Special Report: The 2007 NAACD Wall Street Watch Advertiser Index Job Market

Compressed Air Best Practices - January 2008

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