But lower-maintenance products from companies like Suwon, Pinnacle Systems and Quartics offer similar solutions.

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America and operates a number of service centers, supply branches and sales offices through which it markets pipes, valves, fittings, safety and other maintenance products.

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It has also meant redefining the business: from offering a vast emporium of maintenance and repair products to providing e-commerce consulting and site maintenance to manufacturers of industrial supplies.

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Some are hard charging, known for pressing, even bullying customers to sign on for additional products or extended service and maintenance agreements.

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For example, manufacturers will want to keep on the good side of suppliers and increase the reliability of their products by improving designs, using better materials and increasing preventive maintenance.

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The harvested by products that are genrally left behind by say grain combines play a very important part in the maintenance of soil nutrition.

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