Heat Trace Automation: What does an unplanned outage cost you?
August 13, 2019
In my northern prairie climate, it’s a sure sign that spring is giving way to summer when the coat racks at the office/plant are bare.…
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7 Ways to Build Flexibility Into an Electrical System
August 6, 2019
Plant up-time is critical. The unpredictability of an aging electrical system, coupled with the wear and tear of industrial equipment, creates “hiccups” in normal facility…
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Keeping to the Quality Plan
July 23, 2019
Interstates recently joined Minneapolis-based Cargill on the construction of a greenfield biodiesel plant in Wichita, KS, which is located next to its existing oilseed processing…
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Service Unplugged
July 16, 2019
When a group of Interstates employees went “way out in the sticks” to help the Grand Marais, MN-based Coldwater Foundation with a site electrification project…
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Greenfield Project Sparks Creativity
July 16, 2019
Interstates and Omaha-based Ag Processing, Inc. (AGP) have been working together for over 25 years, but that doesn’t mean every job is handled in the…
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Mission Clarity
June 18, 2019
Is it strategic or tactical? Is it a goal or an outcome? Pardon my cynicism for a moment; I may have read one too many…
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ERx Solutions Lead to Savings
February 26, 2019
When Interstates took on an electric room retrofit for Ardent Mills in Newton, KS, it was quickly apparent that this wouldn’t be a typical ERx job. Aging…
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What’s Really Going on Here?
January 22, 2019
Recently, a few of us undertook reading the Arbinger Institute’s Leadership and Self-Deception. As I headed into it, the text quickly forced me to consider how often,…
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