Good morning! Equipment makers are offering more service agreements to purchasers, such as regular maintenance visits and machine health assessments. Conair touted theirs at NPE, and you can read about surface-treatment provider 3DT's new program below. What do you think about them? Let us know.

We have reports on two new wash lines from Lindner, a dosing unit from Motan and a large-format printer from BigRep. Our colleagues at Chemical Processing write about an advanced PET recycling facility in Italy.

And if you haven't read our "In Other Words" interview with entrepreneur Steve Blanchette, check it out. Maybe it'll inspire you to take a big leap of your own.

Lynne Sherwin, managing editor