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IEN / JANUARY ’09 pAgE 4 I Editor’s Note VOLUME 77, NUMBER 1 www .ieninfo .com/11222 -39 or circle 39 on card ndustrial Equipment News is proud to introduce a new look, expanded product information, and lots of new features as we head into 2009 . The complete spectrum of products across MRO, OEM and Manufacturing Production will be given added emphasis throughout the year . Tough business climate? Our new Plant Efficiency section will focus on products intended to save energy, cut costs, and promote environmental friendliness . Seek innovation? Look for Hot New Products in every issue . NASCAR fan? Introducing Lifestyle Engineering, a new monthly feature that incorporates the popular Entertainment Engineering series in alternating months to give you expanded coverage of the products and services that feed your good times . Frustrated by cumbersome websites? Starting this month with “sensors,” the new IEN WebReviews section highlights the top company sites to help you surf and search . Want more? Don’t forget www .ien .com, where you can locate thousands of the latest products, along with timely tips and articles covering a wide range of manufacturing topics . We hope that you find our new features helpful and wish you a happy, healthy, and highly successful 2009! –Mike Botta, Editorial Director Table of Contents Hot New Products – 6 MRO/Plant Maintenance – 8 Problem Solvers – 12 Focus: CAD/CAM/CAE – 14 Free Catalogs & Tech Tips – 17 Plant Efficiency: Cost Cutters – 18 Free Samples – 20 Lifestyle Engineering – 22 Now on IEN.com – 22 Trade Show: ProMat 2009 – 24 IEN Best Brands Winners – 30 IEN’s WebReviews: Sensors – 32 Resource Center – 35 Advertiser Contact – 38 IEN Staff Publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ciro Buttacavoli Editorial Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Botta Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deborah Maskin Editor-at-Large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Devlin Senior Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary O’Hara Smith Associate Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Hooker Editorial Production Specialist . . . . . . . . Courtney Crawford Production Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reggie Rios Associate Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lily Man Production Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veronique Princy Web Development Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnson Lau Design Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Clark Production Technology Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Gallof Art Production Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phillip Gallof Art Production Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Claro Marketing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marie Urbanowicz Audience Development Director . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Sprague IEN Editorial: (212) 629-1599 ienedit@iennet.com www .ieninfo .com/11222 -40 or circle 40 on card www .ieninfo .com/11222 -41 or circle 41 on card www .ieninfo .com/11222 -42 or circle 42 on card www .ieninfo .com/11222 -43 or circle 43 on card http://www.ieninfo.com/11222-39 http://www.ieninfo.com/11222-39 http://www.ien.com http://www.ieninfo.com/11222-39 http://www.ieninfo.com/11222-40 http://www.ieninfo.com/11222-40 http://www.ieninfo.com/11222-40 http://www.ieninfo.com/11222-41 http://www.ieninfo.com/11222-43 http://www.ieninfo.com/11222-42 http://www.ieninfo.com/11222-43 http://www.ieninfo.com/11222-41 http://www.ieninfo.com/11222-42 http://www.ieninfo.com/11222-43

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IEN - January 2009 Contents Hot New Products MRO/Plant Maintenance Problem Solvers Focus: CAD/CAM/CAE Free Catalogs & Tech Tips Plant Efficiency: Cost Cutters Free Samples Lifestyle Engineering Now on IEN.com Trade Show: ProMat 2009 IEN Best Brands Winners IEN’s WebReviews: Sensors Resource Center Advertiser Contact

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