Welcome to our new subscribers! Micro-Mail is the news and application e-mail which reports the possibilities for environmentally friendly lubrication for metal cutting and metal forming.

We wish our customers friends and colleagues a great beginning to the Holiday Season this Thanksgiving. We also suggest you begin to plan your business process improvements for the coming year if you haven't already.

This issue features automotive industry use of MQL and a checklist of lubrication related activities to put more green (and less lube) into plant lubrication maintenance.

We look forward to working with you to resolve your fluid and lubricant issues. We always think about lubrication so you don't have to.

Ford Motor Co. is a leader in integrating MQL with their manufacturing operations. UNIST partnered with independent consultants in some of Ford's early research into what was then more often referred to as Near Dry Machining.

In this press release on Thomasnet.com a machine tool provider details one of Fords latest MQL applications in a high speed machining operation at the Van Dyke Transmission Plant. The article cites how Ford saved big (seven figures) in system purchase and start up costs and explains their ongoing savings and efficiencies using the MQL process.

UNIST routinely advises industrial companies to use their lubrication processes as a key method for creating efficiency and reducing overall manufacturing cost. UNIST systems can be used to manage and improve lubrication in both production processes and machine maintenance.

UNIST Wearpoint Lubrication Systems are customizable, scalable and often much less expensive to implement and maintain than a typical automated OEM or factory system.

This article from Maintenance Technology Magazine outlines some important factors to consider when attempting any efficiency-driven or environmentally responsible changes to the lubrication program.

The Reuters article from MSN at the link below summarizes some breaking economic data related to manufacturing. The Federal Reserve Report report referred to in the article can be seen here.

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