Say Thanks with an iPad, $500 & a 283-Piece Tool Chest

Got the best plant maintenance folks around? Check out IMPO’s Maintenance Professional of the Year contest for lots of cool prizes.

Anna Wells, Executive Editor, IMPO
May 16, 2012

Got the best plant maintenance folks around? Check out IMPO’s Maintenance Professional of the Year contest for lots of cool prizes!

www.impomag.com/blogs/2012/05/say-thanks-ipad-500-283-piece-tool-chest

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