Hugh Boyanton of Shaft Grounding Systems, Inc.describes his early work towards identifying and fixing electrical bearing damage in the 1980s at a paper mill in Oregon, USA. SGSTM products were born in the pulp and paper industry. Pulp & Paper culture strongly dictated the need for not only isolating a very expensive problem, but also devising a long-term, reliable fix for that problem. The DNA of SGSTM products is the direct result of this early work in the pulp & paper industry and is why SGSTM products are the most heavy duty, industrial grade shaft grounding devices on the worldwide market.