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Craig Electric Motor & Machine celebrates 26 years at local shop

Celebrating their 26th year in an unassuming shop on the north end of Craig, employees at Craig Electric Motor & Machine are hard at work. They are repairing large and small rotating equipment — primarily electric motors, generators, pumps and gearboxes for the power, mining and energy industries. For a small operation located in Craig, they attract business from Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado. “We view ourselves as the problem-solving company,” plant manager Larry Payne said, when asked what brought customers to the business. “Our customers recognize that and bring us more problems.”

Chris Piona places coils of wire into the laminations of a stator core Friday.