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February 2006

Below are listed featured articles from the February 2006 issue, Vol. 59, no. 2 © 2006 Barks Publications, Inc. ... see also February 2006 departments and columns and Previous issues.

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• Holding their own in the 'Rust Belt'
  Despite the area's manufacturing shrinkage, Badger Electric, of Milwaukee, WI, has grown markedly in the last quarter century.

   

  By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor
   

• How to use cable tray
  Replacing the once unwieldy underground ducts to permit access of conductors. EA's engineering editor, Richard Nailen, examines cable tray, a popular alternative to electrical conduit and others types of raceway. Cable tray is a popular means of distributing power at both low and medium voltage throughout industrial plants and many commercial facilities. This article describes various standard tray configurations, their advantages and disadvantages, and the requirements that have to be met by cables for use in tray.
  With trilingual summary.
  
  (Read an online summary )
  By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

• Manufacturers think globally
  Next month's National Manufacturing Week in Chicago will look to China and beyond. EA editors preview the 2006 National Manufacturing Week and National Manufacturing Week Conference, to be held March 20-23 in Rosemont, Illinois. The event promises to deliver business building opportunities for U.S. manufacturers by bringing together more global manufacturing through leaders than in previous years. The 2006 event is an opportunity for U. S. manufacturers to gain the knowledge, contacts, technology, products and services that they need to grow business and compete globally.
  
  (Read an online summary )
  By the EA Staff

• Sarbanes-Oxley: Beyond public companies
  If you think it will never apply to private companies, think again.

  By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor

• Sleep disorders
  Wake up calls you don't want. EA contributing editor Richard B. Elsberry explores sleeping disorders in his article entitled, "Sleep Disorder - Wake Up Calls You Don't Want." He looks at sleeping problems ranging from insomnia - the most common form of nighttime wakefulness and inability to fall asleep - to sleep apnea, certainly the most dangerous disorder in terms of its potential for putting unwanted stress on the cardio vascular system.
  
  By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor

See also February 2006's Departments, columns