Compressed Air Best Practices - January 2008 - (Page 40)

| 01/08 Compressed Air Industry ENERGY MANAGEMENT | COMP-AIR SERVICE CO. What industries do you serve? We often say that in Florida, we will visit the office of a dentist in the morning and a NASA space shuttle launch pad in the afternoon! The diversity of our customer base is amazing. Florida has farming/agricultural, amusement parks, resorts, textile, Tier 3 automotive, printing, electronics, food packaging, climate control, laundry and many more industries. Growth industries in Florida have been the pharmaceutical industry and Tier 3 automotive (equipment going into new vehicles, like key safety devices). A mainstay in Florida has been building component manufacturers (window and door manufacturers). This is always a cyclical business with years of overbuilding and then downturns. This past year was the first year in twenty years that more people left the state than entered it. Currently the real estate bubble has burst and some of these construction-related companies are closing. The big homebuilder, Lanier, has just declared bankruptcy for example. Construction and real estate in Florida is a cyclical market and just a part of our business. In Honduras, the primary market is the textile industry and Dole Foods. In Peru, we focus primarily on copper mines. We are located in the heart of the Andes, where over 800 mines are in operation, and have developed an expertise in designing compressed air systems for mines. Service was first and foremost, good products are important, having capable and competent people on the road (even if I had to do the job myself). No magic formula to finding good service techs. We were a pioneer in Florida in doing the entire installation. Jacksonville Tallahassee Florida Orlando Clearwater Saint Petersburg Coral Springs Hialeah Fort Lauderdale Miami Tampa What product lines do the firm represent? We represent compressed air system and vacuum products. Air compressors range from fractional horsepower units to 20,000 horsepower reciprocating, rotary and centrifugal technologies. We offer low, medium and high-pressure compressors ranging from blowers at 15 psig to higher pressures at 700 psig for PET bottle blowing. We also offer a full range of air purification products for every ISO grade of air quality. The vacuum systems cover applications between 29.99 inches of mercury to a couple of Tor. An international business with branches in Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Fort Myers, Peru and Honduras. 40 www .airbe stpra ctice s.com w e a e m 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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