The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (for Sports Fans)

September 2, 2010 — exairbp

Don’t you love this time of year?  Kids are returning to school.  And the sports calendar is about to explode.  I was thinking about this over the last week or so.  Things are about to get really, really hectic.

  • Here in Ohio, high school football has begun.  My son is a senior this year, so we are all hoping for a winning and memorable year (that is injury-free).  Friday (and sometimes Saturday) nights are spent under the lights with a few thousand close friends.
  • College football kicks off tonight for many teams.  Ohio State vs. Marshall will get particular interest here at EXAIR.  Remember the old days when colleges played on Saturdays?  Thanks to conference agreements with the various television networks, college football is now spread over 4 or 5 days per week.
  • Pro football kicks off next weekend, but until then, we have Hard Knocks (where’s Revis?), fantasy team drafts (here’s a great take from Jim Rome), and office pools to arrange (wait, scratch that, it’s illegal).  Again, thanks to TV, there are games on Sunday, Monday and the occasional Thursday.
  • Baseball pennant races are coming down the stretch (has anyone seen the Cardinals lately?).  Everyone plays at least six days a week for the next month.

There are so many choices, so many options, and so many things to watch and/or attend that it really can be overwhelming.  I know our family calendar is littered with commitments over the next couple of months.

With life, just like in business, you have to set priorities and stay organized if you are going to achieve your goals.  As busy as the leisure/social/personal calendar seems to be these days, we’ve been even busier at EXAIR.

In the past month, here are a few things that have been going on at EXAIR:

  • We visited our distributors in China and Singapore
  • Our distributor from China visited EXAIR
  • We officially launched our partnership with a new distributor in Norway
  • We press released our new, larger, 110-gallon Chip Trapper
  • We press released our one-of-a-kind line of PVDF Super Air Knives
  • We launched our new video demo for EXAIR Line Vac Air Operated Conveyors

And the days and weeks ahead won’t be any less hectic:

  • EXAIR will announce three new products next week
  • EXAIR will have two more press releases in September for new products
  • EXAIR will also have more major announcements regarding compliance in September
  • EXAIR will host our distributor from the Netherlands next week
  • EXAIR will once again compete for Plant Engineering “Product of the Year” honors

On top of all of that, several members of the EXAIR team will be attending the IMTS 2010 trade show in Chicago in a couple of weeks.  If you are going to be there and would like to discuss an application, e-mail us so that we can pre-arrange the meeting.

As you can see, both sides of the ledger are quite full these days, and that is not a bad thing at all.

Bryan Peters
President
bryanpeters@exair.com

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Achieve Your Compressed Air Reduction Goals

September 1, 2010 — Kirk Edwards

The Compressed Air Challenge and EXAIR agree, install engineered air nozzles in place of wasteful open-blowing applications. The result will save air, lower noise and provide safety.

In their Best Practices for Compressed Air Systems manual, the Compressed Air Challenge specifically states: “Make sure the application uses only the required amount of compressed air. Higher than needed pressures and extended cycle times will result in excessive air usage. Open-blowing applications waste compressed air. For existing open-blowing applications, inexpensive energy-saving nozzles should be applied unless another practical method can be found.”

Here is an example of the money ONE Super Air Nozzle can save. The results shown on the below image are customizable by entering your application details at our Air Savings Calculator Page. If you would like any help in using this tool please contact us.

A payback time of 3 days!? You must be joking!

This is no joke, just a simple illustration of how easy it is to save compressed air. How inexpensive it is to greatly improve your compressed air efficiency. And how effective you will be toward reducing your compressed air consumption. And as added benefits you will be providing a reduction in sound levels and an increase in safety.

We can help if you have 1/4″ or 3/8″ open-blowing applications too. In fact we have helped customers who were using 1/2″, 3/4″ and 1″ open pipes for their applications. You can have engineered air nozzles in-house tomorrow (we ship same day on PO’s before 3:00 pm eastern) and retrofit your open-blowing applications. You can quickly get closer to achieving your goals to reduce compressed air consumption.

And don’t forget to check this U. S. rebate database, your local utility or government to discover if more incentives exist to use compressed air saving products.

Kirk Edwards
Application Engineer
KirkEdwards@EXAIR.com
http://twitter.com/exair_ke

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Passing Time – It Ages Us All

August 31, 2010 — exairwest

It is interesting to watch the annual ritual of students returning to school and their studies – whether it be Kindergarten to college campuses. It is a reminder for all of us about the passing of time.

Another reminder of the passing of time for me this year was EXAIR hiring the first batch of new employees with their birth dates in the decade of the 1990s.
Our growing business required increasing the workforce. We brought on a group of new people over the summer, several of them whose ages are less than the length of service of some EXAIR employees. EXAIR is approaching its 27th anniversary later this year. Our employees represent a diverse group of people and generations. Every decade from the 1930’s to the 1990’s is represented by our employee’s birthdates.

This mixture makes for an amusing exchange of ideas and comments. Some of our “young” employees are now realizing that they are twice the age of their co-workers. Conversely, I just overheard a 20 year-old guy telling his co-worker –“I am just like a young puppy, running around, yapping at the legs of an old dog like you”. The old dog he was referring to is 28 years old.
We work to get our internal communications across to our employees as much as we have had to adapt our marketing messages to our broad range of customers.

We are all passing through this life at the same rate – minute by minute, hour by hour, and day by day. Some people seem in a hurry to end the journey – such as drunk drivers, texting while driving, hunting with John Cheney – while others seem determined to make it last as long as they can by being late for everything.

Everyone needs to try to enjoy the journey as much as they can, through their friends, hobbies and social activities, and work experiences. There is no rewind button on the life cycle.

Personally, I’m opting for the slow lane – I am having too much fun.

BTW –Next time you call in to talk to an Application Engineer – ask them how old they are in “Co-op years”. (“Co-op years” – one co-op year is equal to a 20 year-old engineering student from the University of Cincinnati)

Bob West
Chief Financial Officer
bobwest@exair.com

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The Lighter Side of EXAIR

August 30, 2010 — japanfalone

If there’s one thing that makes EXAIR a special place to work, it’s that we really hold true to the mantra “work hard play hard.” Company picnics, cookouts and corn hole games – we take our fun just about as seriously as we take our jobs. Then on causal Fridays it’s a contest to see who can outdo our chief engineer’s outrageous Hawaiian shirt/cowboy boots combination. We are still waiting for him to sport a slide rule suspended from his belt.

Humor is good for the soul and a great release from the pressures of the past work week. So what good is all this to our customers…OUTSANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE. Playing together as a company fosters teamwork and that is what enables us to provide a quality product, on time, and at a competitive price.

This has been a particularly warm summer and the demand for our Cabinet Cooler systems has been intense. Customers are in a bind and need a solution quickly. As a team, from the manufacturing folks who have to work in the sweltering heat, to the order entry folks that need to expedite the paper work, we have maintained 99.8% on time deliveries.

Joe Panfalone
Application Engineer
joepanfalone@exair.com
http://twitter.com/exair_jp

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