Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation
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speakers. It's great to see how other people have managed to take information, apply it and get the benefits from it." In the exhibit hall, more than 100 industry-leading companies and organiza- tions were on hand to showcase the latest technology and innovations available in the marketplace. New offerings from Luneta, OilSafe, Lubrication Engineers, Spectro Scientific and KCF Technologies were among a few of the products and solutions unveiled at the event. "My favorite part of the conference has been meeting with the vendors that are here," said Robin Davis of Calgon Carbon. "There are a lot of products that we need at our facility to start our reliability program, and it has been excellent to be able to meet with them and see what's out there instead of having to try to track them down on my own." "I found solutions," said Roberto Arre- dondo of Cott Beverages. "It was like a candy store for me. It's toys for boys. I am going to implement easily five solutions that are going to improve my reliability." In the opening general session, Dan Rockwell, the "Leadership Freak," gave a rousing keynote address titled "Finding Fire," in which he described five powerful principles that have the potential to invigo- rate leaders and transform organizations. "So many things are solved in leadership and management when we connect with each other," Rockwell told attendees. "If you want to build passion in people, connect with them. If you want to fuel fire, connect with them. It's in the disconnected groups and with the disconnected leaders where people lose energy and lose their fire." Also during the opening general session, the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) presented the Augustus H. Gill award for excellence in oil analysis to Ontario Power Generation's Darlington Nuclear Generating Station along with the John R. Battle award for excellence in lubri- cation to Anglo American's Minas-Rio mine in Brazil. For more on the ICML awards, see the related article on page 48. Two new certificate programs were added to Reliable Plant 2016, giving attendees the chance to gain even more in-depth knowledge and insight. Noria's Jim Fitch kicked off the leadership certifi- cate program with his Lubrication Excellence Essentials for Leaders work- shop, while the fundamentals certificate program got underway with Wes Cash's Essential Elements of Industrial Lubrica- tion Fundamentals workshop. "Jim Fitch's Lubrication Excellence Essentials for Leaders workshop was excellent," noted Nnamdi Achebe of Petrosave Integrated Services. "I learned everything I needed to know about lubri- cation best practices." Following the pre-conference work- shops, certificate program participants attended four key sessions over the next two days and then were honored at an exclusive champagne reception, where they were presented with a commemorative plaque, a certificate of completion and a collection of books from the Noria bookstore. "I really liked the certificate program," said Aryzta's Paul Cannon. "I think you have a select group of speakers who have a really high level of experience and who have been through the ropes. You know when you are listening to a guy like that and he is saying this is the way to do it, that he is an authority." Also new in 2016 was the non-denomina- tional prayer breakfast on Wednesday morning sponsored by SDMyers. Keynote speaker Pat Day gave his inspiring testimony while attendees enjoyed a buffet breakfast. Along with three pre-conference work- shops, two post-conference workshops were www.machinerylubrication.com | M ay - June 2016 | 27 "If you want to build passion in people, connect with them." – Dan Rockwell, the Leadership Freak "It's great to see how other people have managed to take information, apply it and get the benefits from it." – Roger Borycki, Tronox