21 October 2025
Millennium Point, Birmingham
Reimagining
Maintenance & Reliability
Reimagining
Maintenance & Reliability
- Improve Uptime
- Improve Equipment Condition
- Utilize Your Resources
Mainstream UK Summit + the IDCON Team
From Data-driven decision making, Decarbonisation and Digital Twin – to Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Asset Performance Management – MAINSTREAM is not your average conference.
Known for its forward-thinking and willingness to tackle brave topics, MAINSTREAM offers: 40 case studies & sessions; 5 specialised learning tracks; 5 workshops; hands-on tutorials; expo showcasing 25 partners; year-round membership to the MAINSTREAM Community online network; and access to all content post-conference.
IDCON Sessions at Mainstream UK Summit
Building Reliability Excellence: Why Basics Matter More Than Ever
Presented by Christer Idhammar and Owe Forsberg While emerging technologies like AI, digitalization, and smart sensors promise to revolutionize maintenance practices, organisations must first establish robust reliability fundamentals. Without a strong foundation in basic maintenance processes, preventive maintenance compliance, and reliability-centered strategies, new technologies may actually distract from critical improvement areas.
Case Study - Building Reliability from the Ground Up: Domtar’s People-First Approach
Domtar is a privately held pulp and paper company with 14,000 employees and 58 pulp, paper, packaging, and lumber mills across North America. In a capital-intensive, highly competitive industry like pulp and paper, reliable manufacturing is not optional — it’s essential.
Over the years, Domtar has cultivated a reliability culture by focusing not on flashy technology, but on the consistent application of foundational practices. From improving lubrication, alignment, balancing, and precision maintenance to establishing robust work management processes and precision shutdowns, we’ve advanced through deliberate, people-driven efforts.
At Domtar, we believe that lasting reliability improvements start with people and basic work processes — not with technology. While digital tools can accelerate progress, they are not a substitute for leadership, discipline, and execution on the fundamentals. Our approach emphasizes strategy, structure, and relentless follow-through by management at all levels.
In this presentation, Allan Bohn, Mill Manager at the Marlboro Mill in South Carolina, and Tor Idhammar, Domtar’s Corporate Director of Reliability, will share how Domtar builds reliability from the top down and the ground up — starting with corporate strategy and ending with real-world, mill-level execution.
Demonstration - Getting Real-time Insights to Your Action Plan Progress
You’ve assessed your Current Best Practices and you’ve created your action plan, how do you track the progress? In this presentation, IDCON will be demonstrating our latest innovative tool.
IDCON Global Partners will be attending Mainstream UK Summit
