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3-D Service Authorized as Distributor for Tuthill Vacuum Systems

MASSILLON, Ohio (July 20, 2004) — 3-D Service is pleased to announce its authorization as a distributor and service center for Tuthill Vacuum & Blower Systems, a division of Tuthill Corporation. As a distribution and service center, 3-D Service offers its customers sales and service of Tuthill’s industrial vacuum pumps and compressors including their Kinney® brand product line and their Atlantic Fluidics® brand product line.

"We are excited about the addition of 3-D Service, Ltd. as a vacuum pump products distributor and authorized service center,” said Brad Weber, marketing manager of Tuthill Vacuum & Blower Systems.“Their location in northeast Ohio, combined with their commitment to 24/7 service will benefit the many users of our Kinney® vacuum pumps and systems with capabilities not previously available in the region." Bernie DeWees, president of 3-D Services remarked, “The Kinney and Atlantic Fluidics brand names have been recognized for quality for nearly a century. Their addition to our product and service offerings enhances our position as a single source supplier for our customers’ new equipment, maintenance and repair needs.”

Tuthill Vacuum & Blower Systems of Tuthill Corporation has been a major manufacturer of rotary vacuum piston pumps and positive displacement blowers for industry for nearly a century. Tuthill Corporation is a privately held company headquartered in Burr Ridge, Illinois with nine lines of business engaged worldwide in the manufacture and distribution of industrial products such as blowers, pumps, suspensions, turbines, couplings and control mechanisms. Tuthill Vacuum & Blower Systems is an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer. ISO 9001, developed by the International Standards Organization, is the highest quality standard and is recognized worldwide by major countries and corporations.

3-D Service specializes in the sale, repair and service of commercial and industrial equipment used in the electric utility, automotive, pulp and paper, manufacturing, chemical, wastewater treatment, transportation and metal producing industries. The 85,000 square foot Massillon facility repairs mammoth-sized equipment such as 80,000 horsepower electric motors used in steel mills, as well as hydroelectric turbines and generators. It is one of a few facilities that is certified to repair coolant pump motors used in nuclear power plants and that can also repair and re-certify UL® listed electric motors used in hazardous locations.

Additionally, 3-D Service provides Total Motor Management™ services to help customers reduce the risk of equipment breakdowns while lowering repair and maintenance costs. On-site services, such as preventive and predictive maintenance and 24/7 emergency breakdown service are also available.
The 3-D Service Industrial Equipment Service Center is located at 800 Nave Road SE, Massillon, Ohio 44646, (330) 830-3500.

For more information about 3-D Service call toll-free 1.800.837.1614 or log on to www.3-Dservice.com