I DA U N I V E R S A L J a n u a r y - Fe b r u a r y 2 0 1 7
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CONTENTS
FEATURES
DEPARTMENTS
UNIVERSAL
IDA
4 Editor's Notes
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President's Post
11 Legal Line
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Trends and Tidbits
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Nuts and Bolts News
53 Trade Show Calendar
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Advertisers Index
Editor
Nancy Estes
Art Director
Bonnie Hickman
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Manage foreign currency
payments with a team
of experienced global specialists.
AFEX
6 Tips on Maintaining
Excavator Undercarriages
You can get better
performance and life out
of your crawler excavator's
steel track undercarriage.
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4 Tips for Air Travel
in 2017
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Avoid the typical turbulence
of the travel experience
with these four tips.
Technology and Design
Meet in a Place You
Might Not Expect
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Employees working in
the Material Science
team's Chemistry Lab
are the Cummins'
equivalent to crime
scene investigators.
