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The new plant is expected to create 19 new jobs in the area.
Jan. 12, 2026
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A look at recent business decisions shaping the manufacturing and industrial ecosystem.
Jan. 12, 2026
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U.S. lost an estimated 8,000 jobs in December, according to the latest figures.
Jan. 9, 2026
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New Jersey backed pharmaceutical giant cut a deal with the Trump administration to lower costs in exchange for a tariff exception.
Jan. 9, 2026

Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast

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Podcast: Reducing hazards and worker fatalities with more proactive fall protection strategies
In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Philip Jacklin of Fall Protection Group highlights disparities in fall risks across different workforces.
Jan. 6, 2026
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Podcast: 2025 - Best of 'Great Question with Plant Services'
Join Plant Services chief editor Thomas Wilk for a collection of three memorable clips from this year's most popular podcast episodes.
Dec. 30, 2025
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Podcast: 2025 - Best of 'Ask A Plant Manager'
Join retired plant manager Joe Kuhn for three of the most popular and memorable podcast clips from the past 12 months.
Dec. 23, 2025
Podcast: How UL’s ECOLOGO certification is shaping sustainable industrial equipment
In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Jeff Smidt of UL Solutions outlines why UL 2711 sets a new bar for long-life industrial components.
Dec. 18, 2025

Predictive Maintenance

Top 5 Plant Services predictive maintenance case studies
These standout case studies show how manufacturers have reduced downtime, cut costs, and improved reliability using predictive and prescriptive maintenance strategies.
Jan. 5, 2026
Case Study: Advanced thermal camera with app-driven intelligence streamlines electrical testing workflows for Blackmon Power
Large-job inspection reporting time for the service contractor fell from 8-12 hours to under five minutes.
Nov. 25, 2025
Case Study: Advanced IoT and AI solidify KONE’s elevator and escalator predictive maintenance services
Learn how KONE achieved 70% more proactive fault detection and 40% fewer service disruptions across connected people-flow assets.
Oct. 15, 2025
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Reliability technologies come in many forms, but the strategies share common goals
Oct. 7, 2025

Planned Maintenance

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Plant Services editors turned to these Maintenance Mindset stories for deeper insight into reliability strategy, emerging risks, and maintenance decision-making in 2025.
Jan. 2, 2026
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Find out how your reliability instincts stack up under Christmas Eve pressure.
Dec. 19, 2025
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Why firefighting is the superior maintenance and turnaround strategy
Planning is for the weak – embrace the exhilaration and chaos of nothing but emergency work!
Dec. 17, 2025
Reliability takes flight: Lessons from WWII fighter aircraft design
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This article explores how WWII fighter designs reveal core reliability principles still essential in today’s industrial and manufacturing environments.
Nov. 26, 2025

Motors & Drives

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Safety, reliability, and artificial intelligence dominated reader interest in 2025, highlighting how manufacturers are managing risk, reducing downtime, and aligning technology...
Dec. 22, 2025
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New technology enables variable-speed control without a traditional variable frequency drive
Dec. 15, 2025
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Evaluate whether your team is prepared to detect early warning signs, apply proper grounding methods, and use condition monitoring effectively.
Dec. 5, 2025
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Experts at Schaeffler Group discuss the proper maintenance tools and advanced technologies for bearing predictive maintenance
Nov. 18, 2025

Compressed Air

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Test your knowledge of this critical component and see if you know how it affects energy efficiency, pressure stability, and compressor performance.
Oct. 3, 2025
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From leak detection to pressure control, do you know the proven strategies to optimize compressed air performance?
Aug. 29, 2025
Ask the Experts: How to achieve compressed air system efficiency gains
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In a time of business uncertainty and shrinking budgets, here's the top five actions that compressed air professionals recommend that plants should take to reduce their operating...
Aug. 19, 2025
Compressor system upgrades tackle reliability and contamination risks head-on
Sheila Kennedy explores how smart technologies are boosting compressor uptime, cutting maintenance needs, and improving overall system reliability.
June 17, 2025

Lubrication

The future of anti-wear chemistry: Copper’s role in industrial lubricants
Learn how copper additives (particularly copper oxides, salts, and nanoparticles) form tribofilms, reduce friction, and influence equipment reliability in industrial applications...
Dec. 8, 2025
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How KOH units standardize oil condition monitoring across industries
Discover why KOH equivalence is used to report TBN values and how it ensures consistency across oil condition monitoring programs.
Oct. 10, 2025
Maintenance Mindset: What color is your grease? Discover your plant’s lubrication personality
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It may not be parachutes, but this color-coded model can help you visually evaluate your lubrication program performance and identify areas for reliability improvement.
July 30, 2025
How to Mitigating Thickening in Industrial Systems
Discover the physical mechanisms behind grease thickening, the impact on lubrication systems, and practical engineering recommendations for preventing and mitigating this issue...
July 16, 2025

Learning Resources

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Struggling with reactive maintenance and misalignment? Join Alex Pacheco (Director of Operational Excellence) to learn how Dart Container replaced manual tracking with data-driven...
Feb. 12, 2026
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Whether operating under harsh or mild external conditions, environmental surroundings can put a great deal of stress on the pumping equipment that is required to run 365 days ...
Dec. 18, 2025
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Learn from a Fortune 100 company’s apprenticeship program, the roles they focus on, and their results. Also, find out how to build your own apprenticeship program from the ground...
Dec. 5, 2025
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The session will close with the importance of benchmarking to uncover energy waste and how to plan ahead to keep systems running reliably while reducing maintenance costs.
Dec. 9, 2025