Compressed Air Best Practices - September 2008 - (Page 26) | 09/08 Focus Industry FOOD PACKAGING & PROCESSING | Accurate Air Engineering and California’s Food Industry Good morning. Please describe Accurate Air Engineering (AAE). Good morning. Accurate Air Engineering (AAE) began operation in 1961 selling and servicing compressed air systems. The company grew throughout Southern California and was purchased in 1989 by John Lague (and family). Mr. Lague is the current President and CEO and in 1992 expanded AAE’s presence into Northern California through an acquisition. Today, AAE is the largest distributor of compressed air, vacuum and PD blower equipment in the State of California. Compressed Air Best Practices™ spoke with Creg Fenwick (Corporate Sales Manager), Kyle Harris (Energy Efficiency Manager) and John Portzer (Northern California Branch Manager & Company Engineer) of Accurate Air Engineering. How does having statewide coverage in California help your customers? AAE has five locations in California (San Diego, Cerritos, Bakersfield, Fresno and Lodi). We have over 8,000 existing customers in California. Many customers have multiple locations and they like dealing with a single unified company statewide — rather than having a patchwork of smaller compressed air vendors. Our size has also allowed us to invest in several programs, which add value to our customers. One has been the Preventative Maintenance Program, which features “online computer monitoring” of the customer’s compressed air system. Both AAE and the customer are able to monitor the compressed air system’s operational status in “real time” from a computer. Some of the features include the ability to monitor maintenance intervals, check system efficiency and receive alert notices if there is an alarm or shutdown condition. The focus on preventative maintenance allows the customer to take measures before a costly disruption occurs in their manufacturing process. The “Online Computer Monitoring” Preventative Maintenance Program helps customers avoid costly disruptions in their manufacturing processes. 26 www.airbestpractices.com http://www.airbestpractices.com
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