Launched in June, the campaign encourages the use of sound motor management and planning as a tool for cutting motor energy costs. The Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE), a national nonprofit energy organization, has been coordinating the effort.

The following motor manufacturers have become MDM sponsors: A.O. Smith Electrical Products Co., Emerson Motors, GE Industrial Systems, Leeson Electric, Lincoln Motors, Marathon Electric, Rockwell Automation/Reliance Electric, Siemens Energy & Automation, Toshiba, and WEG Electric.

The manufacturers are also members of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), which is a founding sponsor of MDM. For more information, go to www.motorsmatter.org (website).

Publication date: 11/12/2001