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Our latest digest of manufacturers issuing layoffs and shutting down factories includes companies behind hydrogen fuel cells, chemical products and Lincoln Logs.
Jan. 30, 2026
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The pharmaceutical giant will build a 925,000-square-foot campus in a historical steelmaking region.
Jan. 30, 2026
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The German company manufactures conveyor chains, drive chains and sprockets for industrial customers.
Jan. 29, 2026
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The company says its will be the only excavator "designed, developed and manufactured" stateside.
Jan. 29, 2026

Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast

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Podcast: How should engineers choose between basket, backwash, and scraper strainers?
In this episode of Great Question, learn how to choose between basket, backwash, and scraper strainers for high-solids filtration.
Jan. 27, 2026
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Podcast: AI and the future of industrial maintenance
In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Mike Holloway of 5th Order Industry looks ahead at which maintenance jobs are at risk from industrial AI and which ...
Jan. 22, 2026
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Podcast: Manufacturing technology demand in 2026
In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, AMT principal economist Chris Chizik explains what machine tool orders reveal about near-term industrial growth.
Jan. 21, 2026
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In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, MH&L chief editor Dave Blanchard takes a look at top supply chain trends from ASCM, JBF Consulting, FourKites, SC Codeworks...
Jan. 20, 2026

Predictive Maintenance

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Organizational clarity for maintenance roles: A super quick run through
Learn how managers, planners, operators, and engineers align to reduce breakdowns and maximize maintenance value.
Jan. 13, 2026
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Timeless technical guides: Plant Services’ top legacy content for 2025
Maintenance and reliability teams keep returning to these in-depth technical guides to address motor noise, high current diagnostics, shaft alignment, and fluid handling fundamentals...
Jan. 6, 2026
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

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

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Maintenance Mindset: Sample chain-of-custody – why good data still loses arguments
Learn why chain-of-custody is a reliability control, not just compliance paperwork, for manufacturing operations.
Jan. 21, 2026
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When “life” stops being life: Rethinking 'lube for life' in transmissions and gearboxes
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“Lube for life” does not stop lubricant aging; it only delays service until degraded fluid triggers sudden, costly failures.
Jan. 7, 2026
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

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