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• Rogerexplained that the filters capture particles smaller than conventional oil filters can remove, without restricting fluid flow.
• The reusable magnetic elements can last more than 25 years and are used across engines, turbines, compressors, coolant systems, grease, powders, flour, and chocolate.
• A customer reportedly extended equipment life by two to four times and reduced consumption of lube oils, coolant, and transmission fluid by 50%.

• Industry acceptance has increased as equipment lead times and parts shortages make asset-life extension more important.
• OEMs are adopting the filters to reduce failures during warranty periods, while some customers remain reliant on OEM-directed maintenance practices.
• How can filtration data be integrated into oil analysis and predictive-maintenance systems when current reporting often excludes particles smaller than four microns?
• How canOne Eye Industriesfurther demonstrate value to maintenance and reliability professionals?

• Scottintroduced the discussion as an exploration of asset management, reliability, and filtration.
• RogerrepresentedOne Eye Industriesas its founder and inventor.

• Roger described his background in road building, logging, and equipment operation.
• The company name came from a story about a resilient one-eyed grizzly bear.

• The concept emerged after Roger found metal filings in a rebuilt engine.
• He combined magnetic filtration with conventional filters to capture fine contamination while preserving flow.

• The technology supports industrial engines, mining equipment, oil and gas systems, turbines, compressors, and food-processing applications.
• Magnetic elements can be inspected for wear debris, providing a visible condition-monitoring indicator.
• Reported benefits include longer equipment life and lower fluid consumption.

• Industry adoption is increasing because new equipment and replacement parts can require years to obtain.
• The company is beginning to explore additional data capabilities for predictive maintenance.
• ScottandRogerdiscussed connecting throughLinkedInand exploring participation in the SMRP conference.

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• Darrendescribed service-desk identity verification using government-issued identification, selfie checks, and biometric liveness detection rather than knowledge-based questions or voice recognition.
• Verification can be enforced before sensitive actions such as password resets; unsuccessful verification prevents the service-desk agent from proceeding.

• Strong passwords and MFA do not fully prevent attacks involving social engineering, man-in-the-middle phishing, information stealers, or stolen session cookies.
• Specops, part ofOutpost24, emphasizes device trust and identity-first, zero-trust access while minimizing user friction through self-service remediation and grace periods.
• Open question: How can organizations close security gaps between cloud point solutions while preserving productivity?

• Darrendiscussed his 15 years in cybersecurity and prior IT experience.
• Specopsspecializes in identity verification and access protection withinOutpost24.

• Attackers can use publicly available information, voice samples, deepfakes, and social engineering to impersonate employees.
• AI-generated phishing can capture credentials, MFA responses, and session cookies through proxy attacks.
• Information stealers can extract passwords, usernames, and session cookies from compromised devices.

• Government-issued ID validation is combined with selfie matching and liveness checks.
• Device trust limits access to approved devices, shifting the security perimeter from the network to the endpoint.
• Self-service fixes and grace periods are intended to reduce operational friction.

• The discussion promoted the Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress and referencedBCCPodcast26as a discount code.
• DarrenandScottplanned to continue the conversation at the event.

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• Augustdescribed a 24 kW system for U.S. commercial buildings such as hotels, schools, and nursing homes.
• The system replaces or supplements boilers by producing hot water and on-site electricity from natural gas or propane.
• Systems are sized primarily around consistent hot-water demand; multiple units can be cascaded where appropriate.
• EC Powerhas about 20,000 systems worldwide and roughly 100 in North America.

• On-site generation can reduce utility purchases, transmission losses, and grid strain, particularly as electricity demand rises.
• Economics depend on both electricity and thermal output;Augustestimated potential electricity costs in New England at roughly one-quarter to one-third of utility prices after accounting for heat value.
• Interconnection approvals and other regulatory requirements remain major deployment barriers.
• How can U.S. interconnection rules be streamlined for small systems, and when will local manufacturing become viable?

• Augustis from Denmark, lives in Rhode Island, and joined his father’s company in 2021.
• He gained experience across service, production, research and development, and sales.

• EC Powermanufactures small combined heat and power systems and assembles them in Denmark.
• The systems fit through a standard door, use natural gas or propane, and provide heat plus electricity.
• The company has 27 patents and is considering U.S. manufacturing after gaining more market traction.

• Best-fit customers have steady demand for both heat and electricity.
• Common applications include hotels, schools, and nursing homes.
• Systems are generally sized to avoid exporting electricity, although net metering is more favorable in some European markets.

• Rising demand from data centers, electric vehicles, and heat pumps increases interest in distributed generation.
• North American growth is constrained by complex grid interconnection requirements.
• Deployment may take a few months for a ready project, with regulatory approvals often causing the longest delay.

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• Michalsaid European manufacturers lag behind China and often operate legacy systems without connectivity or a coherent digitalization strategy.
• Procurement decisions that remove connectivity features can create long-term data and integration problems.

• Twinzotracks logistics fleets, materials, and movement from suppliers through production, integrating data from PLCs, MES, and WMS systems.
• Real-time location data can reduce forklift fleet requirements, prevent micro-stoppages, and improve material flow without adding equipment or staff.

• What leadership commitment and strategy are needed to modernize plants using legacy systems?
• How can manufacturers ensure operational data is clean, accurate, and trusted before applying AI or analytics?
• The discussion emphasized piloting technologies at limited scale, measuring results, and balancing technology with effective leadership and workforce engagement.

• Workforce and industrial competitiveness were framed as shared priorities.
• Europe’s digitalization gap compared with China and the United States was discussed.

• Many plants still rely on older PLCs and IBM AS/400-era systems.
• Replacing legacy infrastructure can be expensive and disruptive, but inaction limits visibility and efficiency.

• Twinzooriginated in indoor positioning and evolved toward manufacturing and logistics tracking.
• The platform can monitor fleets, materials, workstations, and production movement.
• Potential integrations include PLC, MES, and WMS data.

• Real-time location system data can reveal inefficient routes and unnecessary fleet capacity.
• An automated material-ordering workflow was compared to an “Uber for the plant.”
• Additional use cases include reducing energy waste and identifying equipment operating without orders.

• AI was characterized as a tool requiring appropriate data, evaluation, and measured adoption.
• Leadership, culture, workforce capability, and trust remain central to successful transformation.

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• Rubenidentified concentration among major service providers and uneven cybersecurity maturity among smaller public bodies as significant threats.
• Antoniohighlighted ransomware, phishing, social engineering, and third-party risk as more immediate concerns than highly publicized AI attack scenarios.

• Organizations should prepare before an incident through containment plans, crisis communications, tested backups, alternate service instances, and provider redundancy.
• Manufacturing environments need asset visibility, IT/OT network separation, and controls for legacy systems and connected devices.
• Leadership should evaluate cyber risk alongside financial and legal risk; cyber insurance increasingly requires evidence of controls such as MFA, backups, incident response, training, EDR, and vulnerability management.

• How can smaller organizations achieve adequate cybersecurity maturity with limited resources?
• How should organizations adopt AI while protecting sensitive and critical data?

• Broadcast from the Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress in Barcelona on November 3–5, 2026. (@Scott Mackenzie)

• Ruben: Technology and cybersecurity director for a public organization representing Catalan municipalities and the regional government; advisory board member of the Global CISO Council Spain chapter.
• Antonio: CISO in an international education group serving schools across Europe, Latin America, and the United States.

• Service-provider concentration can create broad systemic outages.
• Smaller municipalities and organizations often lack dedicated cybersecurity resources.
• Ransomware, phishing, social engineering, and third-party weaknesses remain operationally relevant.

• Contain affected systems first, coordinate communications, and restore services from prepared alternate environments.
• Regulation and frameworks such as ISO 27001 and Spain’s National Security Scheme can drive preparedness.

• Manufacturing requires IT/OT separation, visibility into connected assets, and legacy-system risk management.
• Schools require layered identity controls, MFA, awareness training, phishing simulations, and protection of minors’ data.

• AI should be adopted with policies, training, and controls against sensitive-data exposure.
• CISOs should communicate business impact and risk to boards rather than focusing only on technical controls.
• Cyber insurance validates organizational maturity and can support recovery after an attack.

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• Sunildescribed the group’s work across cameras, access control, fire alarms, HVAC systems, and other sensors in environments such as airports, casinos, manufacturing facilities, and critical infrastructure.
• AI can analyze live video for events such as smoking, forced entry, or environmental hazards, while adding context to distinguish normal conditions from unusual behavior.

• Octaveis addressing privacy requirements that vary by region, including masking faces where facial recognition is restricted.
• Video integrity and chain of custody are maintained so footage can support investigations or legal proceedings.
• Physical security is increasingly integrated with industrial operations, helping validate equipment conditions, reduce risk, and preserve information across design, construction, operation, and protection.

• Sunildiscussed his experience in video streaming, media production, and approximately four years withOctave’sPhysical Security Group.

• Cameras and sensors monitor access, safety events, environmental conditions, and operational anomalies.
• The group consolidates signals to help customers operate safer facilities.

• AI reviews live video and identifies potentially abnormal activity.
• Context and natural-language queries help reduce noise and improve alert relevance.
• Privacy practices differ by geography; facial masking is used where required.

• Cameras function as operational sensors alongside industrial equipment data.
• Security and operations are converging to support safer, more sustainable facilities and continuous improvement across the business lifecycle.

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• Alexexplained thatArchimedicsupports three connected areas: design, regulatory strategy, and go-to-market planning.
• Most product failures occur because commercialization is not defined early enough; Alex estimated 70% fail for go-to-market reasons, compared with 20% for regulatory issues and 10% for design.

• Active Protectivesuccessfully developed a wearable fall-detection airbag belt, but had to shift from a consumer product strategy to a regulated medical-device pathway to generate clinical evidence.
• A smart pill case worked technically but failed commercially because insurers could not support the infrastructure needed to assemble individualized blister packs.
• Open question: Can medical-device startups regain sufficient venture-capital and grant funding to sustain early-stage innovation?

• AlexdiscussedArchimedicat MDNM West and described the event’s growth following the pandemic.

• Background in biochemistry and drug development consulting.
• Later moved into medical devices because of similarities in FDA regulation and development processes.
• Became CEO ofArchimedicapproximately one and a half years ago.

• Archimedichelps clients advance ideas through design, regulatory approval, and commercialization.
• Early attention to market demand is emphasized before committing heavily to design and development.

• Active Protective: wearable airbag belt for nursing-home residents; ultimately required clinical evidence and FDA approval.
• Smart pill case: technically feasible, but the insurance-based commercial model was not viable.

• Early-stage medical-device companies have faced weak venture-capital and grant funding.
• Alexexpects renewed funding could support additional innovation and patient benefits.

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• Manufacturers useEntrada Group’s legal presence, permits, and IMMEX program while managing their own production.
• Entrada Groupprovides labor, trade compliance, and support with Mexican government requirements.
• Existing facilities can enable production in approximately 9–12 weeks for simpler products or four to six months for more complex medical devices.

• Dougidentified labor availability as a major reason U.S. manufacturers consider Mexico; some companies reported leaving $2 million and $8 million in sales unrealized because of labor constraints.
• Trade uncertainty has slowed million-dollar investment decisions, althoughDougsaid USMCA remains in effect and qualifying products can receive preferential treatment.
• Open question: How will future U.S.–Mexico trade negotiations affect manufacturing investment and automotive supply chains?

• Provides a legal and operational platform for manufacturers entering Mexico.
• Supports labor, permits, trade compliance, and government-related requirements.
• Clients retain responsibility for managing their manufacturing processes.

• Entrada Groupoperates manufacturing campuses with existing space.
• Site selection considers workforce size, transportation access, airports, and cost.
• Build-outs primarily require customized electrical systems and production-floor designs.

• Bills of material are analyzed to determine USMCA eligibility.
• The trade-compliance department helps clients respond to tariff and documentation changes.
• Trade uncertainty has created hesitation around major capital investments.

• Mexico offers strong interest in manufacturing careers and technical training programs.
• U.S. manufacturers continue to face labor shortages that constrain growth.

• Dougprovided contact information throughEntrada Groupand its website.
• Entrada Groupoffers a monthly informational webinar about Mexico, its operating regions, and its services.

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• Vickdescribed an independent survey of more than 750 enterprise manufacturers across the U.S., U.K., and Germany.
• Quality is becoming a strategic, company-wide priority: 71% planned to increase quality-management spending, and 63% viewed quality as strategic compared with 38% the prior year.
• AI adoption in quality operations increased to 47%, with 43% planning adoption within two years. Discussed use cases included automation, analytics, defect detection, and workforce training.
• Product recalls remain significant: 75% reported a recall within five years, and 47% attributed recalls to supply-chain problems. Workforce shortages or skills gaps affected 78% of respondents.

• How can manufacturers adopt AI while preserving human expertise, safety, and accountability?
• How can organizations manage tariffs, supplier changes, compliance requirements, and rising customer expectations without compromising quality?

• Assess the state of quality in enterprise manufacturing.
• Identify trends, business drivers, and challenges affecting quality operations.
• Survey conducted independently by Censuswide across the U.S., U.K., and Germany.

• Adoption rose from 33% to 47% year over year.
• Three application areas were discussed: automation, analytics, and workforce intelligence.
• Expected benefits included efficiency, effectiveness, and improved economics.

• Quality and regulatory requirements are increasing.
• Tariffs are prompting consideration of onshoring and domestic suppliers.
• Cost-cutting decisions may create quality risks and contribute to recalls.

• Retirements and manufacturing labor shifts are creating shortages and skills gaps.
• AI may help capture experienced workers’ knowledge and support training.
• Human expertise remains necessary for complex and safety-critical work.

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• Andyhelped developMETAL’scurriculum, coursework, and practical exercises throughPenn State.
• The program combines classroom concepts with foundry visits, casting activities, safety instruction, data collection, and cost calculations.
• Industry partners provide practical expertise and safe environments for students working with molten metal and casting processes.

• Andy described nearly 29 years in foundry engineering, including work with steel, ceramics, polymers, machining, casting, and roughly 150–200 alloys.
• Foundries must adapt to offshoring, changing customer needs, fluctuating alloy costs, and strict quality-control requirements.
• The program has generated genuine student interest, but what percentage of participants pursue manufacturing careers?
• Andy’s consulting business,Bomberger Industry Graphics, provides casting design, consulting, 3D modeling, and 3D printing.

• Curriculum development throughPenn State.
• Week-long boot camp combining academic instruction and hands-on manufacturing experience.
• Industry partners support safe, practical learning.

• Andy began foundry work after completing an industrial and manufacturing engineering degree.
• His experience includes job-shop production, custom alloys, casting design, and quality control.
• Process discipline replaced the traditional “black art” approach to foundry work.

• Students made castings, measured and weighed components, and calculated production costs.
• The program introduces manufacturing career opportunities to high school and early college students.
• Students may apply foundry concepts across machining, robotics, injection molding, and other manufacturing disciplines.

• Metalcould expand its outreach to later high school and early college audiences.
• Andy’s son attended a boot camp and is beginning engineering studies atPenn State.

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