Industrial professionals from around the world will attend “Reliable Plant 2009,” Noria Corporation’s international conference and exhibition, September 1-3 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. The event, formerly known as “Lean, Reliable and Lubed”, will include five co-located conferences:

• Lean Manufacturing 2009
• Reliability World 2009
• Lubrication Excellence 2009
• Plant Safety 2009
• Plant Energy & Sustainability 2009

“Our name change reflects the goal and aspiration of today’s industrial facilities; they want and need to be a reliable plant,” said Paul V. Arnold, the editor-in-chief of Noria Publishing, which produces Reliable Plant and Machinery Lubrication magazines. “A reliable plant pursues excellence and best practices in the areas of maintenance and reliability, machinery lubrication and oil analysis, workplace safety, energy management and total sustainability. You can’t reach a level of excellence, especially in today’s hyper-competitive global environment, without concerted improvement efforts in all of those areas. That is where this conference and exhibition comes in.”