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Today We Say Goodbye

Published on by Brian FarnoLeave a comment

Today is a sad, happy, well let’s just say it’s a day here at EXAIR.   It is back to school time throughout most of the country and sadly enough, it is the last day of our Co-Op’s final quarter semester as a Co-Op.

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You may notice him from his star role in films such as, Escape To The Planet Of Professor Penurious, Will It Launch, Penurious 2012, What I Do, and The Professor “Raps”? I’m Speechless.   Yes, he is the first and only Co-Op here to get a face tattoo, for work purposes.   Needless to say the Co-Op program here at EXAIR is not the normal engineering Co-Op experience.

We like to think that we have given our Co-Op the experience of a lifetime.   The truth is, he has learned a good amount about compressed air and how to save it, mostly thanks to The Professor.  Below is Prof. Penurious in his casual Friday dress with the Co-Op and his trophy of things that didn’t make it through his time of use here at EXAIR.

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We all wish him a great final year at the wonderful University of Cincinnati, along with a great future even after he graduates.  Hopefully for him it will be far away from the Professor.

Brian Farno
Application Engineer
BrianFarno@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_BF

Blogging After The Professor

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Well, The Professor has done it again.  He has managed to once again step outside the lab and find another way to express his love for EXAIR.  In case you didn’t see the next billboard number one hit music video, here’s a link.  It’s never easy trying to come up with something to blog about after the Professor posts one of his videos so I thought I would just share a simple bit of information.

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In 2013, EXAIR will be celebrating 30 years of being in business.  We have come a long way from a simple two-sided sales flier to the current 164 FULL page FULL COLOR catalog.  We’ve added more and more ways for our customers to reach us. Instead of just a phone number you can call, chat, email, tweet, facebook, visit in person, fax or even use snail mail.  Not only do we have all those avenues set in place, we use them on a daily basis. We have also added our mobile site into the mix and even include QR code labels on our parts for easy access to information while in the field.  Every month, we release an informal/how to video created by one of the Application Engineers and we blog almost daily.   I don’t know of many companies that have as many ways to communicate and get a fast answer as EXAIR.  Not only do we help with information as fast as possible, we ship in-stock orders on the same day.  That is any catalog item, shipped within the states, as long as we have the order by 3:30 PM EST, it ships.  Not many companies can even come close to that.

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I’m sure there will be many more blog posts this year about our upcoming anniversary, and I can’t quite express how happy I am that I can be part of this event.  It’s not easy to be at the top and be the market leader, but we won’t accept anything less.

Brian Farno
Application Engineer
BrianFarno@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_BF

Penurious 2012, A New Choice for President

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He’s Professor Penurious, and he may be the ONLY one who approves this message:

Get out there and VOTE!

Heading to IMTS this week? Already There? If not you should be.

Published on by Brian FarnoLeave a comment

If you have any ties to manufacturing, then I am sure you have heard of IMTS.  Just in case you haven’t it is only the largest Manufacturing Technology show in the states and it is going on this week, in Chicago at McCormick Place.  The show has all of the latest and greatest in manufacturing and technology under one roof.  Not only can you see the newest products but you can also educate yourself through the IMTS edu booth.  Needless to say, if you aren’t there, get there.  That is unless you have a good excuse like me, wife could be having a baby at any moment.

It just so happens that EXAIR has a team that is en route to IMTS right now.  You may know them by their Twitter accounts, @EXAIR_JP, @EXAIR_KE, and even @ProfPenurious.  The three of them will be at the IMTSedu booth starting at 4:30 PM CST discussing social media in manufacturing.  This is the same time that the IMTSedu booth is hosting a tweetup.  Not only does this give you a chance to meet some of our crew face to face but it may also help you see how social media could help your business and brand.  Not to mention you may even get to hear a few of the infamous #DearJoe sayings, and see Professor Penurious outside of his lab.

Brian Farno
Application Engineer
BrianFarno@EXAIR.com
@EXAIR_BF