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Compressed Air Industry FOOD PROCESSING | 03/08 | markets and developing new, innovative products to meet the growing global demand for power and energy, SPX is well positioned to perform in 2008 and beyond.” “We anticipate that continued investment in global infrastructure development will remain a key growth driver for SPX in the year ahead,” Kearney added. “With products and solutions that play an important role in new power plant construction, as well as refurbishments, SPX is helping to increase power capacity in new, developing and emerging markets including the Middle East, Africa and Asia.” “Additionally, we foresee opportunities in the global sanitary market. Our recent acquisition of APV greatly enhances our flow technology segment’s ability to serve the dairy, food, beverage, pharmaceutical and healthcare markets. And we also see growth potential for our tools and diagnostics business, particularly in Europe and Asia,” Kearney concluded. Charlotte, NC — January 24, 2008, EnPro Industries (NYSE: NPO) EnPro Industries has acquired the assets of Sinflex Sealing Technologies, a distributor and manufacturer of industrial sealing products, located in Shanghai, China. The operations will do business as Garlock Sealing Technologies (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. and will be operated by Garlock Sealing Technologies, an EnPro Industries company. Sinflex has been Garlock’s principal distributor in China for over 10 years and in recent years has expanded its manufacturing operations. “Establishing an operational presence is key to our ability to address China’s fast growing sealing products market,” said Ernie Schaub, EnPro’s president and CEO. “Sinflex is one more small but important step in this direction. We will continue on this path later this quarter, when Stemco begins manufacturing operations at Shuzhou, also in the Shanghai area, further expanding the sealing products we manufacture and sell in China.” The transaction was completed for cash; terms were not disclosed. COMPRESSED AIR BEST PRACTICES MAGAZINE www.airbestpractices.com ADVERTISER INDEX Company Page Web Site Kaeser Compressor Outside Back Cover Inside Back Cover Inside Front Cover 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 www.kaeser.com WESTEC www.sme.org/westec Atlas Copco www.atlascopco.com Hitachi Globalcon Belair Technologies Chicago Pneumatic Bauer Compressors COAIRE Technologies Mikropor America Numatics Air Preparation Jorc Industries Vaisala ZEKS Compressed Air Solutions www.hitachi.us/airtech www.globalconevent.com www.belairtech.net www.cp.com www.bauercomp.com www.coaire.com www.mikroporamerica.com www.numatics.com www.jorc.com www.vaisala.com www.zeks.com FEBRUARY 5, 2008 PRICE PERFORMANCE SYMBOL LAST PRICE 1 MONTH 6 MONTHS 12 MONTHS Parker-Hannifin Ingersoll Rand Gardner Denver United Technologies Donaldson EnPro Industries SPX Corp PH IR GDI UTX DCI NPO SPW $66.15 $38.36 $32.30 $72.35 $41.73 $30.70 $100.20 -3.2% - 8.0% 3.9% -1.3% -0.4% 9.1% 4.4% 2.5% -21.8% -19.1% 0.2% 18.0% -22.4% 23.5% 19.6% -10.6% -17.0% 8.9% 21.2% -7.2% 46.9% www.airbestpractices.com 49 http://www.airbestpractices.com http://www.kaeser.com http://www.sme.org/westec http://www.atlascopco.com http://www.hitachi.us/airtech http://www.globalconevent.com http://www.belairtech.net http://www.cp.com http://www.bauercomp.com http://www.coaire.com http://www.mikroporamerica.com http://www.numatics.com http://www.jorc.com http://www.vaisala.com http://www.zeks.com http://www.airbestpractices.com

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Compressed Air Best Practices - March 2008 Contents From the Editor Utility-Air News The Compressed Air Audit of the Month: Saving Energy with Blowers in Canada Do You Provide World-Class Service? Managing Rotary Screw Air Compressors at Midwest Bakery The Difference Between Acfm and Scfm for Proper Vacuum Sizing Best Practices — Multi-Module Process Air Dryers The Vacuum Formation Process in Building Compressed Air Filter Elements Solberg Manufacturing Real World Best Practices: Measuring Pressure Dewpoint in a Compressed Air System Resources for Energy Engineers: Training Calendar & Product Picks Wall Street Watch Advertiser Index Job Market

Compressed Air Best Practices - March 2008

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