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Saudi Aramco Facility Wins Prestigious Battle Award

June 19, 2024 · ICML

Our judges’ panel was impressed with this Saudi Aramco facility’s comprehensive approach to lubrication management combined with a strong commitment to technology and education.

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Blue Buffalo Pet Food Facility Wins Second ICML Industry Award

August 22, 2023 · ICML

Blue Buffalo’s pet food manufacturing facility in Richmond, IN, has done it again, winning the Gill Award for Oil Analysis Excellence just two years after winning the Battle Award.

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Management support provided necessary ingredient for early award-winning lube program at Blue Buffalo Heartland

March 22, 2022 · Paul Hiller

Blue Buffalo’s new Heartland Pet Food plant was barely a few years old when it earned ICML’s 2020 John R. Battle Award for Lubrication Excellence. Management support played a key role in getting the lube program up and running…even before the machinery was in place.

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ICML Announces 2020 Battle and Gill Award Winners

October 25, 2021 · ICML

ICML was pleased to announce its 2020 Gill and Battle Award winners during the opening ceremony of 2021 Reliable Plant Conference in October…

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Ingredion Plant Wins 2017 Battle Award

June 16, 2018 · ICML

The Ingredion plant in Winston-Salem, NC, has been chosen as the recipient of ICML’s 2017 John R. Battle Award for excellence in the application of machinery lubrication. “I’ve been really blessed to work with this team,” said Jeff Mohn, the plant’s maintenance manager, as he accepted the award…

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Newcrest Mining’s Cadia Valley Operations Wins 2016 Gill Award

October 1, 2017 · Suzy (Jamieson) Hitchcock

Newcrest Mining’s Cadia Valley Operations in Australia has been selected as the recipient of ICML’s 2016 Augustus H. Gill Award for excellence in oil analysis. Lubrication specialist Greg Romer accepted the award on behalf of Cadia at the Reliable Plant Conference & Exhibition in Columbus, Ohio.

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Simmons Feed Ingredients Wins 2016 Battle Award

June 1, 2017 · Leslie Fish

by Leslie Fish, ICML, June 2017 | “I’d like to thank ICML for this award,” said Tim Newman, the maintenance manager at the Simmons Feed Ingredients (SFI) plant in Southwest City, Missouri. “It’s a big honor. I’d also like to thank Simmons’ management for all the support they gave us, and my crew for achieving […]

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ICML Names 2015 Battle and Gill Award Winners

June 1, 2016 · Suzy (Jamieson) Hitchcock

by Suzy Hitchcock, ICML, June 2016 | ICML recently named its 2015 Augustus H. Gill and John R. Battle award winners at the Reliable Plant Conference & Exhibition in Louisville, KY. Anglo American’s Minas-Rio mine in Brazil was selected to receive the Battle award for excellence in lubrication, while Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington Nuclear Generating […]

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Exelon named Gill Award Winner

May 1, 2015 · Suzy (Jamieson) Hitchcock

by Suzy Hitchcock, ICML, May 2015 | “I would like to thank the judges and ICML for recognizing and conferring the Augustus H. Gill Award to Exelon Generation, particularly Exelon Wind,” said Nishant Prasad, senior engineer of operations and maintenance. “This has helped Exelon reduce our failure rates, improve our energy capture and improve the […]

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