Noria names Arnold editor-in-chief of its publications

Noria Corporation, a premier consulting, training and publishing company in the field of industrial lubrication and equipment reliability, recently named Paul Arnold the editor-in-chief of Noria Publishing.

“Paul is a talented leader and an accomplished editor,” said Mike Ramsey, chief operating officer, Noria Corporation. “We are fortunate to have him on our team and are looking forward to his contributions as editor-in-chief for all of our publications.”

Arnold joined Noria Corporation in 2005 as editor for Reliable Plant magazine. In 2007, he won an Azbee National Award, and was one of three national honorees in the case history category for his cover story on Toyota’s MR-50 initiative (March/April 2006 issue). He also won two of the three West Region awards in the case history category for his cover stories on maintenance skills training at U.S. Steel (September/October 2006 issue) and reliability excellence at Eli Lilly (May/June 2006 issue). Arnold has won 15 ASBPE awards, and 26 editorial awards overall, during his tenure in the business press industry.

In his new role, Arnold replaces Jim Fitch as the editor-in-chief for Practicing Oil Analysis and Machinery Lubrication magazines and will continue his responsibilities with Reliable Plant magazine.

About Noria Corporation

Noria Corporation’s business model is based around knowledge dissemination to help organizations achieve and maintain world-class status in the competitive industrial market.

Noria Reliability Solutions (NRS) is the consulting and training division of Noria Corporation. This division teaches the world-renowned Oil Analysis and Machinery Lubrication training seminars. These courses help lubrication practitioners become highly-skilled professionals. The Lean Plant Reliability Advantage course is a top management perspective of the strategic importance of plant reliability management for business success. NRS also provides failure investigations, general consulting,and the highly-regarded Lubrication Process Design, whereby a facility is benchmarked on current lubrication practices in order to create and implement a world-class plant-wide detailed design program for proper lubrication procedures. In addition, NRS is providing consulting services to improve overall plant reliability practices by providing industry with the a better understanding about plant design, operations and maintenance to develop and implement a cohesive reliability strategy that supports the client’s missions and goals.

Noria Publishing (NP) produces three highly regarded magazines to nearly 100,000 subscribers: Reliable Plant, Machinery Lubrication and Practicing Oil Analysis. Machinery Lubrication magazine is also currently available in Spanish and Japanese. In addition, NP distributes three electronic newsletters to nearly 100,000 lubrication professionals some of which are available in Spanish, Japanese and Portuguese; the Lean Manufacturing Journal, Lube-Tips and Reliable Plant Mail. The Lean Manufacturing Conference (LEAN) is a semiannual event held two times a year. In the spring, it is held in conjunction with Noria’s two other conferences, Lubrication Excellence and Reliability World. All three events are called “Lean, Reliable and Lubed”, which will be held in Nashville, Tenn., May 20-22, 2008.

Noria Corporation is a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company, with additional offices in Oklahoma City; San Antonio; Mobile, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.; Indianapolis; Philadelphia; Fort Atkinson, Wis.; Chicago; Toronto; Vancouver, British Columbia; Leon, Mexico; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Tokyo; and Chester, England. In addition, Noria has a network of international affiliates in the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Bolivia and Colombia.