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[email protected] Online version available at www.elgi.com Should you require reprints of any of the articles, Please contact Elgi Corporate Communications. VOLUME 6 APRIL 2010 - MARCH 2011 MANUSCRIPT AND ART Author: Mr. Kumaran Sathasivam Layout Design and Editing: Straight Curve, Rukku Susan Mathew, Shekhar Printed at: ACE DATA Prinexcel Private Ltd. Image Courtesy: commons.wikimedia.org, www.wikipedia.org, www.askandyaboutclothes.com, sanofi-aventis, www.bridgewaterma.org, www.pbhrmc.com, emedicine.medscape.com EDITORIAL NOTE Dear Reader, As always, it is with great pleasure that we bring out this new issue of Elgi Magazine. This time our delight is enhanced by a great sense of excitement. Shortly before this magazine went to print, Elgi Equipments began its year-long golden jubilee for it was in March 1960 that the company began operations. We mark this important period of celebration by presenting you a photographic feature on the first 50 years of Elgi Equipments. In this edition, we carry articles on a selection of compressed air applications in different industries—from printing and water treatment to pharmaceutical drug manufacture and hydroelectricity generation. The destination near Coimbatore that we highlight this time is the delightful Nelliampathy Hills.In the Nature and Compressed Air section, we look at potentially lethal micro-organisms that meet their Waterloo when faced with compressed air.