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July 21, 2026
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How to overcome hidden reliability tax of leadership turnover
By Joe Kuhn
Leadership changes can stall reliability initiatives, reduce employee trust, and prevent maintenance improvements from delivering lasting results.
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ON TOPIC
10 non-negotiables for a reliability culture
By Joe Kuhn
Learn the key leadership behaviors, maintenance processes, and planning disciplines that distinguish high-performing manufacturing plants from average operations.
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Leading maintenance execution: How plants turn reliability strategy into measurable results
By Joe Kuhn
Strong reliability cultures are built through ownership, audits, and disciplined follow-through, not slogans or training alone.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Weidmann invests more than $500 million to expand transformer insulation materials manufacturing facility in Ohio
The project is expected to create more than 100 jobs while increasing North American manufacturing capacity for transformer insulation materials.
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Hoffmaster invests $65 million to expand paper products manufacturing facility in Wisconsin
The expansion is expected to create more than 100 full-time manufacturing jobs and nearly double the facility's annual paper plate output.
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Cast your vote: 2026 Industrial Innovation Awards People's Choice
13 products, one People's Choice award. See this year's Industrial Innovation Awards finalists and cast your vote.
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