In response, many are sharpening their focus on the performance of existing assets, while protecting margins by streamlining processes to avoid downtime and keep lines running smoothly. And yet, manufacturing equipment breakdowns are still occurring at an almost epidemic scale.
Unplanned downtime caused by production line failures is still alarmingly common. According to recent research into the true cost of manufacturing downtime by IDS-INDATA, in the last three years, more than 80 percent of industrial businesses in the UK and Europe experienced unplanned downtime, with each incident lasting around four hours.
Read the full article in DPA's August 2025 issue