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El Niño is more than a climate phenomenon. It is a potential business-disruption trigger that can affect worker safety, electricity reliability, water availability, commodity prices, global logistics and manufacturing quality. As the 2026–2027 event intensifies, companies face a critical question: Are their operations and supply chains prepared for climate-driven disruption?
This quick guide to how to build walkways and platforms outlines the key requirements for designing and building access structures.
Discover training robots for maintenance tasks through digital simulations and real-world validation to improve reliability, safety, and workforce readiness
Modern galvanizing methods impart a tight, uniform layer on steel surfaces.  When placed in service, the outer surface will develop a passivated layer that protects the metal underneath.  However, if the galvanized steel is not conditioned properly before startup, white rust corrosion may occur.
So how can organizations build manufacturing ecosystems that sense change, adapt quickly and keep delivering value when assumptions change? Manufacturing Day 2026 is an opportunity to ask that question.
Budgets will rise and fall, but a disciplined process, honest conversations, and a commitment to reliability ensure that the right work gets done. When leaders stand together on those principles, the plant becomes safer, more stable, and better prepared for the future.
Articles are great, but videos are also helpful. Our YouTube Channel is regularly updated with short topical videos. These videos are another way to offer free reliability and maintenance resources, designed to help you take steps to improve.
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IDCON’s Reliability and Maintenance and Books are a unique collection focused on practical hands-on tips and techniques. These books have been developed by consultants who have spent their life in the industry. Â
There are 9 books in the collection:
At IDCON, we understand the pressure you face trying to build a reliable plant.
We provide side-by-side, reliability and maintenance consulting and training designed to keep your equipment running.
For over 45 years, we’ve partnered with hundreds of manufacturing plants around the world to eliminate the costs and the pressure caused by unreliable equipment.
And we’d love to do the same for you.
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