Plant Engineering

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

Trivia

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.