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Part 1: The Link Between Personnel Safety and Equipment Reliability

China's share of the battery market has increased dramatically, from 60 percent in 2018 to 72 percent in 2020.

Keeping safety at the center of operations is more important than ever.

When COVID-19 kept industry consultant Doug Sweet out of his clients’ mills, he found that leveraging a new process could help him find a “better normal.”

We spoke over Zoom with WestRock’s award-winning CEO on how he’s led WestRock through tremendous growth and change to its #2 spot on our list of global P&PB manufacturers.

Mills exploring the gemba approach need to decide which positions will take responsibility for “doing the gemba walk.”

Cooling towers are an important means of ensuring efficient and reliable operation of industrial plants like pulp and paper mills.

Personnel safety in a potentially dangerous plant environment depends on effective training, personal vigilance, and situational awareness combined with appropriate safety equipment and strategies.

AVRE pays utmost attention to product quality, reliability, and equipment efficiency; yet AVRE’s most important requirement is operational safety. The converting line is handled primarily by blind or visually impaired operators, who make up over 75 percent of AVRE’s direct labor force.