17 November 2026, 10:30 am
Do your operators trust every level measurement on your site? When measurement performance deteriorates, the consequences can include unnecessary call-outs, repeated troubleshooting, production inefficiencies and increased operational risk.
SCADA systems, PLCs and connected sensors give manufacturers more equipment data than ever. The problem isn’t visibility. It’s what happens next.
Join us for an exclusive first look at the findings from the 2026 State of Maintenance & CMMS Survey, one of the latest industry benchmarking studies exploring how maintenance teams are managing assets, improving operational performance and preparing for future challenges.
Most maintenance operations in UK manufacturing are running on borrowed time. When breakdowns dictate the schedule, the consequences spread fast – lost production, missed deadlines, exhausted engineers and rising costs that compound with every reactive callout.
Operational pressures are rising, ageing assets, shrinking maintenance teams and increasing production targets are putting UK plants under more strain than ever. Unplanned downtime is now one of the biggest threats to reliability, output and profitability.
Conflicts between capital project schedules and maintenance windows are one of the leading causes of unplanned downtime and compliance risk in manufacturing. From last-minute resource clashes to unsafe contractor overlaps, poor planning coordination can significantly impact operational continuity, safety, and cost.
Are you making the most of your existing production lines and machines? Many manufacturers invest heavily in new machinery, yet untapped capacity and hidden inefficiencies quietly limit output. In this practical, insight-driven webinar, we’ll explore how to uncover hidden capacity, improve production performance, and boost profitability, all without major capital expenditure.
Using real-world examples and actionable strategies, we’ll demonstrate how a real-time Performance Management Solution can transform your operations.
In food processing, workers face long hours in cold, wet, or slippery conditions. Providing them with the proper footwear is not a luxury; it’s essential.
It’s essential that they are provided with safety footwear that is engineered to provide the comfort and protection they deserve. This webinar explores sustainable safety footwear with a particular focus on the challenges of the food processing industry, which needs footwear that provides slip resistance. We will share how this can help reduce workplace accidents by up to 25%.
What does the future of maintenance management look like and how do you get there? Whether you’re just moving off spreadsheets or already leveraging a CMMS like Agility, this expert-led webinar is your opportunity to explore the next stage in your maintenance journey.
Join James Kitchen from DEWALT to explore the DEWALT PERFORM & PROTECT™ offering and how, with the use of the right tool with the right protection features, you can mitigate risk while still providing optimum performance across multiple applications.
Transitioning from basic compliance to operational excellence in asset management is often a complex journey, but it is achievable with the right strategies and resources.
This webinar will explore how organisations can transform their asset management practices from a compliance-focused operation to a value-driven excellence model, that achieves over 90% planned maintenance, and 95% asset availability.
AddParts is the only spares management system for UK manufacturers that minimises both your inventory and your downtime at the same time.
AddParts helps you manufacture more by reducing your downtime on your production/packing lines with a standard turnaround of 48 hours on spare parts. You will be able to store less as you are not holding physical stock of those spare parts and consequently you will be spending less on parts, warehousing, maintenance and downtime.
IP&E editor, Ed Lowton, in discussion with Samantha Thomas, business development manager of value-added services at RS UK and Ireland, explores RS ScanStock ®, a vendor managed inventory solution.
Companies are facing into challenging times with rising costs of energy, supply chain issues and geo-political uncertainty. Budgets may be stretched, yet businesses are having to meet targets, both financially and in output.
In today’s fast-paced industrial landscape, effective maintenance management is crucial for ensuring operational efficiency, reducing downtime, and extending the lifespan of equipment. This comprehensive webinar will share real-life scenarios and equip you with the knowledge and tools necessary to develop and implement a robust maintenance management strategy.
Join us for an insightful webinar on leveraging business intelligence (BI) to transform maintenance, asset, and facilities management data into actionable insights using the ShireSystem BI Connector.
Industrial sites in the UK are beginning to respond to the opportunities and challenges associated with energy and carbon transition. These challenges identify a need for investment in metering, data collection and utilisation to optimise operations and support the design of new low carbon solutions.
The supply chain continues to be one of the major issues that manufacturing businesses are facing. In late 2023 ERIKS commissioned the Manufacturing Indirect Supply Chain Survey to look deeper at this problem – and this webinar explores The MRO Supply Chain Report that was subsequently produced in association with the IET.
Dust and fume extraction systems play a crucial role in workplace safety and environmental compliance. But what if you could optimize these systems to dramatically reduce energy waste while guaranteeing peak performance and unwavering safety?
Join us for this transformative webinar where we’ll unveil a breakthrough approach to LEV (Local Exhaust Ventilation) systems.
The seminal HSE publication Out of control: Why control systems go wrong and how to prevent failure was published 29 years ago and is still one of the most cited publications around functional safety. It showed that a majority of failures had their roots in decisions made before the plant or equipment was even constructed.
Controlling systematic errors during the full lifecycle of a safety system is vital to ensure that a safety function will operate correctly when required. Errors introduced at the specification, design and implementation lifecycle phase can be particularly difficult to foresee and may only be revealed during a ‘real demand’ unless actions are taken to identify them.
Although the manufacturing industry has been grappling with labour shortages for years, the challenge has been accelerated by events such as the Covid pandemic, Brexit, geopolitical disruptions and an ageing workforce.
According to PWC’s Annual Manufacturing Report 2020, British Manufacturers are facing the largest shortfall of skilled workers since 1989. Furthermore, a survey by Deloitte/Manufacturing Institute, projects that 2.69 million more manufacturing workers will retire by 2030.
Reducing the time needed for maintenance tasks is fundamental in today’s industrial facilities. Monitoring the condition of bearings, and especially lubrication, are among the most time-demanding tasks. Now, new solutions using ultrasound technology promise to dramatically reduce maintenance time, by coupling ultrasonic sensors, network-connected devices and single point lubricators. With this type of solution in place, maintenance teams can not only lubricate remotely, based on condition, but also reduce the time spent with lubrication by 95%!
In response to ongoing market, economic and regulatory changes, manufacturers have had to re-evaluate their entire supply chain network of contractors and suppliers, from tier one and beyond. Whether you work in heavy industry or more specialist operations you must ensure that your supply chain network is safe, sustainable, and operating ethically.
Deeper supply chains coupled with increased pressure to adapt to heightened safety and sustainability regulations means that manufacturers need greater levels of control, quality, and visibility of their entire supply chain.
Energy transition and decarbonisation are essential to achieve the ambitious climate target of net zero by the middle of the century. Investments to reduce emissions are accelerating the use of carbon capture and storage as well as the adoption of hydrogen as a preferred fuel source across multiple sectors.
In carbon capture and in the production of both blue and green hydrogen, instrumentation plays a critical role. The correct measurement technology delivers real-time information from the field, allowing tighter process control for safe and efficient operation of the plant.
Join us at our webinar – How to enhance supply chain compliance in Manufacturing – as we examine the unique challenges the manufacturing sector faces with supply chain compliance, and discuss the top tips for building safe, ethical supply chains.
Remote condition monitoring of bearings and precision lubrication executed anywhere, anytime, and from any device, is already a reality. Pairing the Internet of Things with Ultrasonic sensors has brought the development of innovative maintenance solutions that will take condition monitoring of assets to a whole new level, allowing maintenance teams to stop most bearing failures at its tracks.
Industrial Plant & Equipment Live is a digital conference focusing on Maintenance, where delegates will enjoy four hours of CPD-accredited content. It’s completely FREE to attend!
Each session is aimed at those with responsibility for managing maintenance and reliability. Delegates will also be able to take part in an interactive Q&A as part of each presentation.
Protecting people while they work at height – particularly in complex environments and while operating heavy plant machinery – is a big responsibility. Getting fall protection wrong can have catastrophic consequences.
Working in noisy environments is dangerous. That’s no secret.
With the clear risk of hearing damage an ever-present in noisy workplaces, ‘Noise Induced Hearing Loss’ (NIHL) is a rapidly-growing area for litigation and insurance claims. But the effects to the individual can be profound and life-changing.
This webinar includes an overview of the importance of hearing conservation, and an introduction to a range of solutions that can aid compliance, communication, situational awareness and productivity.
Without an inclusive culture, many organisations struggle to remain complaint in health and safety, especially if they have a large, dispersed workforce and multiple contractors to contend with.
Organisations need to move beyond what they consider basic requirements, as effective health and safety doesn’t happen behind desks. Involving employees more widely in promoting a positive, inclusive safety culture, and encouraging them to actively talk safety can significantly increase levels engagement and drive improvements in safety behaviours.
Every year, a significant number of people are killed or seriously injured by accidents involving vehicles in the workplace. Very often, customers and staff are vulnerable to being struck by a delivery vehicle or forklift truck. They can also be hit by something falling from a vehicle, typically during loading and unloading.
Here’s a question to the health and safety world. When was the last time you truly saw inspirational leadership around health and safety in an organisation?
Southalls consultant Andy Hall and Kennedys law partner James Shrimpton share the realities of civil and regulatory actions, from defending claims to demonstrating due diligence.
Selecting and specifying adequate and suitable respiratory protective equipment (RPE) can appear daunting with so many factors to consider and so many options to choose from. However, help is at hand – join 3M’s Senior Application Engineer, George Elliott, for the ‘Four Steps to Respiratory Protection’ webinar on the 20th November.
This webinar webinar will outline some of the recent advances in fire alarm management and introduce a range of innovative solutions which meet the unique and complex challenges of protecting historic buildings. National Trust will also explain key considerations for protecting historical premises from fires.
Controls, Drives & Automation journal Managing Editor Charlotte Stonestreet will be joined by Pilz certified machine safety expert David Collier to discuss key innovations in the robotics sector.
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