Any business owner who witnessed Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast in 2012 or Hurricane Katrina’s southern wrath in 2005 knows that weather isn’t something to take one’s chances with. These so-called “super storms” devastated businesses not for just a few hours as is typically the case but for days or, in some cases, even weeks, hammering home the importance of a backup power supply. But even shorter-term power outages can really add up when it comes to the lost worker productivity and lost revenue they bring about. [More]

If your business operations entail conversion of animal waste into more useful, value-added materials like lard or tallow, then you know how essential a centrifuge is to accomplishing that aim. Maybe you are on the hunt for a new, reconditioned or used centrifuge to replace your current one, or perhaps you are entirely new to the world of rendering. Either way, shopping for a centrifuge can be confusing. We hope this primer will help make the purchasing process less baffling for you. [More]

You are thinking about buying some new or used spray dryers, but the spray drying industry is so vast that it’s got you confused. All the many types of spray drying equipment available are enough to fill a book. Who has the time to wade through all that information? Are there really any advantages to spray dryers from one manufacturer versus another? Let’s try to set the record straight on some of these issues to help make your spray drying buying experience one that leaves you a satisfied purchaser. [More]

If your business operations entail the production or heavy use of plastics, you may not have thought too much about the influence you are putting on the world around you. Consider these facts from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: [More]

Aaron Engineered Process Equipment LLC recently received word that the Board of Directors of PMMI (http://www.pmmi.org) have voted to approve the company’s membership application. The leading global resource for processing and packaging, PMMI is a non-profit trade association that was founded in 1993. Today, its 700+ member companies manufacture packaging, processing and packaging-related converting machinery, commercially-available packaging machinery components, containers and materials in the United States, Canada and Mexico. [More]

Before Aaron Equipment even set up its booth at the recent 2015 NPE Show, a current of success was already buzzing in the air. This year’s International Plastics Showcase, held March 23–27, 2015 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, was already being billed as the largest-ever NPE before its doors ever opened. As the world’s most important plastics trade show and conference of the year, it anticipated bringing together more than 60,000 industry professionals from every sector of the plastics industry. [More]

The gut reaction when your old machinery dies or your business operations require the addition of another piece of equipment to the mix is to go out and purchase brand new. But there are many reasons to buy used equipment rather than new machinery. Let’s take a closer look at some of these reasons. [More]

Jerry Cohen celebrates his 80th Birthday in Florida this weekend with friends and family. Jerry is one of the owners of Aaron Equipment and celebrated with his brother Les Cohen. [More]

We would like to invite you to visit with us during the 81st Investment Recovery Seminar & Trade Show on March 29 – April 1, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Our experts will be on hand in Booth # 212 during the Trade Show to discuss the different options that companies can use to dispose of their surplus machinery. Also on display will be “The Aaron Bike” that was custom made for Aaron Equipment Company for an episode of the TV show American Chopper.[More]

Maybe you have thought about auctioning off your unused or recently upgraded process equipment. Perhaps you already know that an auction affords you an excellent opportunity to secure top dollar for your idle equipment. And yet you are still hesitant about the whole idea. “I don’t know the first thing about auctioning,” you might be thinking. Or perhaps you are of a mind that putting your equipment up for bid is too complicated. [More]