(PRWEB) November 15, 2007 -- Noria Corporation, a premier consulting, training and publishing company in the field of equipment reliability and industrial lubrication announced Jim Fitch has changed his titled from Chief Executive Officer to Chairman, Drew D. Troyer has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, Mike Ramsey has been appointed Chief Operating Officer.

"As we put the finishing touches on our best year ever, I want to redirect my attention to consulting activities and a couple of books that are long overdue," said Jim Fitch, Chairman and owner of Noria Corporation. "I am blessed to be able to pass down these executive duties to the trusted hands of Noria's two co-founders, Drew Troyer and Mike Ramsey."

Mr. Troyer most recently served as President of Noria Global Services. He oversees all of Noria's worldwide operations. He is the principal consultant in Noria's Reliability Management service business and is the senior editor of Noria Publishing and the chief technical editor of Reliable Plant magazine, for which he writes the award-winning Exponent column. Mr. Troyer is a Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), a Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP), holds an MBA and has completed post-master's graduate study in reliability engineering technology management, measurement theory. He is active in numerous technical and industry societies, particularly the Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP), where he has held several leadership positions.

Mr. Ramsey most recently served as President of Noria Publishing. He is a mastermind at both e-commerce and conventional marketing with nearly 20 years of experience. His vision and prowess have propelled the company to great heights over the last ten years. Through Mr. Ramsey's leadership and vision, Noria's six web sites yield more than 15,000 visitors each day. Since 2001, he has launched three leading industry trade publications and four e-mail newsletters. Mr. Ramsey graduated from Oral Roberts University with a bachelor's of science degree in marketing in 1991.

About Noria Corporation:
Noria Corporation is a leading global consulting, training and publishing company specializing in equipment reliability and industrial lubrication. Noria's business model is based around knowledge dissemination regarding lubrication best practices to help propel organizations achieve and maintain world-class status in the competitive market.

Noria Reliability Solutions (NRS) is the consulting and training division of Noria Corporation. This division teaches the world-renowned Oil Analysis and Machinery Lubrication training seminars. These courses help lubrication practitioners become highly-skilled professionals. The Lean Plant Reliability AdvantageTM course is a top management perspective of the strategic importance of plant reliability management for business success. NRS also provides failure investigations, general consulting, and the highly-regarded Lubrication Process Design whereby a facility is benchmarked on current lubrication practices in order to create and implement a world-class plant-wide detailed design program for proper lubrication procedures. In addition NRS is providing consulting services to improve overall plant reliability practices by providing industry with the a better understanding about plant design, operations and maintenance to develop and implement a cohesive reliability strategy that supports the client's missions and goals.

Noria Publishing (NP) produces three highly-regarded magazines to nearly 100,000 subscribers; Reliable Plant, Machinery Lubrication and Practicing Oil Analysis. Machinery Lubrication magazine is also currently available in Spanish and Japanese. In addition, NP distributes three electronic newsletters to nearly 100,000 lubrication professionals some of which are available in Spanish, Japanese and Portuguese; the Lean Manufacturing Journal, Lube-TipsTM and Reliable Plant Mail. The Lean Manufacturing Conference (LEAN) is a semiannual event held two times a year. In the spring, it is held in conjunction with Noria's two other conferences, Lubrication Excellence and Reliability World. All three events are called Lean, Reliable and Lubed which will be held in Nashville, Tenn., May 20-22, 2008.

Noria Corporation is a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company, with additional offices in Oklahoma City; San Antonio; Mobile, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.; Indianapolis; Philadelphia; Ft. Atkinson, Wis.; Chicago; Toronto; Vancouver, BC; Leon, Mexico; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Tokyo; and Chester, England. In addition, Noria has a network of international affiliates in the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Bolivia and Colombia.