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September/October 2008

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  • Globalization: What Goes Around Comes Around
  • Promoting a Healthy (Environmental) Balance
  • Anti-microbial Products: Watch Your Language! (1/2)
  • Introducing PMI's Membership Manager: Debra Nelson
  • PMI Welcomes Viega as Our Newest Member
  • Gerber Chairman of the Board Ila Lewis, Retires
  • New Presidents Elected at Sloan Valve Company
  • Moen's Norman Kummerlen Retires After 27 Years
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