Plant Engineering

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Plant Engineering
Cover of Plant Engineering magazine
Type business magazine
Format Paper and online magazine
Owner Reed Business Information
Editor Bob Vavra
Founded 1947
Language English
Headquarters Oak Brook, Illinois, USA
Circulation 90,900
ISSN 0032-082X
Official website Plant Engineering

Plant Engineering (ISSN-0032-082X) is a trade publication and web site owned by Reed Business Information serving the information needs of the field of plant engineering and maintenance in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries.

The chief editor is Bob Vavra, with the editorial offices located in Oak Brook, Illinois, USA.

Established in 1947, Plant Engineering magazine is published monthly. Common topics include plant engineering, plant management and facility maintenance.

Every November issue, Plant Engineering announces the Product of the Year, an award that has been around for 19 years. In the December issue, they announce the Top Plant, which honors the best manufacturing facilities.

As of December 2006, total BPA audited circulation is 90,900 subscribers.

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Science Fiction author Gene Wolfe was an industrial engineer and editor of Plant Engineering before devoting his time to writing, the title of his 1984 short story collection Plan[e]t Engineering refers to this.

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