Investing in the latest generation of material dryers is a sure-fire way to make big savings in energy bills, as technology suppliers exhibiting at the Fakuma show in Germany late last year were quick to point out. There are also moves afoot to introduce a standard to help processors make sense of all the energy-saving claims being made by dryer suppliers. Virtually all suppliers promote their units as being highly efficient, but often, little data is readily available to support their claims. There is general agreement among suppliers to the European market that the industry needs a standard test protocol for measuring dryer energy consumption.