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    Maintenance Mindset: 5 metrics to help manufacturers navigate economic uncertainty
    A lull in production might be the right time for much needed maintenance and repairs.
    Maintenance Mindset: ICML 55.1 in action — Real-world lubrication success stories
    Verticals from pharmaceuticals and food manufacturing to heavy industry uncover measurable improvements in asset reliability and maintenance efficiency achieved through lubrication...
    Maintenance Mindset: How industry is responding to Trump’s tariffs and the escalating trade war
    Industry leaders from SMRP and Moody's to the Reshoring Institute analyze the impact of new global tariffs on supply chain and maintenance and reliability.
    Maintenance Mindset: Unlocking the potential of ICML 55.1 — Best practices for lubrication management
    The ICML 55.1 standard aligns with ISO 55001 principles to enhance machinery lubrication management, improve equipment uptime, and extend asset lifespan.
    Maintenance Mindset: Tech trends — AI-enhanced 3D printing, water electrolysis technology, and more
    5 reliability and maintenance certifications you need to know about
    Newer workers in our industry are hungry for professional development opportunities but don't always know what the next steps are.
    Maintenance Mindset: How generative AI could transform manufacturing maintenance and operations
    Learn how retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) models can help large language models produce better, customized results.
    Maintenance Mindset: Honoring the people and programs advancing plant reliability and operations
    Plant Services has partnered with the University of Tennessee’s Reliability and Maintainability Center on the Reliability of Everything Culture Improvement Awards.
    Maintenance Mindset: Integrating AI and human expertise for effective oil analysis
    AI can address surface-level efficiency, but it requires human insight to ensure it is used ethically and responsibly.
    Maintenance Mindset: 7 industry innovations, led by STEM
    U.S. government agencies, universities and laboratories are working to advance U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and technologies like fusion energy and material sciences.
    Maintenance Mindset: What is the CBS program, and how can it boost your bearing knowledge?
    The Certified Bearing Specialist program offers a comprehensive certification to enhance bearing knowledge for professionals in sales, distribution, and maintenance.
    Maintenance Mindset: It's the end of oil analysis as we know it … and I feel fine
    Discover the potential of AI in oil analysis while heeding T.S. Eliot's cautionary message.
    Maintenance Mindset: What’s next for Trump’s tariffs, and how quickly will manufacturers feel the effects?
    Managing Editor Anna Townshend goes down the tariff rabbit hole to explore the process and presidential authority for enacting new global tariffs.
    Maintenance Mindset: Why oil analysis fails for most — but automation can change that
    The shift towards automation and AI in oil analysis is already happening, and will move much of this work out of the lab and back onsite.
    Maintenance Mindset: Meet Dextro, the robot performing maintenance on semiconductor equipment
    Fabs are booming and workers are scarce; this cobot may be the answer to certain workforce woes.
    Maintenance Mindset: 6 maintenance musts in semiconductor manufacturing
    Older fabs are especially reliant on maintenance practices to keep legacy equipment and chips flowing.
    Maintenance Mindset: A day in the life of a semiconductor equipment maintenance technician
    Polar Semiconductor shares details about the work its maintenance technicians do, what skills they need, and how much they make.
    Manufacturing minute: 4 must-read articles on reshoring with robotics, digitizing legacy equipment, and more
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    Robotics gets a sweet upgrade with the world’s first edible robot cake
    It's just business: Manufacturing moves from Siemens, IFS, Noria, and more
    Roche invests $50B to expand pharmaceutical and diagnostics manufacturing facilities in multiple U.S. states 
    Triad Manufacturing invests $1.78M to expand custom retail display manufacturing facility in Missouri 
    LS GreenLink invests $681M to build submarine power cable manufacturing facility in Virginia 
    Novartis invests $23B to expand U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturing and open 7 new facilities 
    How connected worker platforms are reshaping manufacturing safety standards