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WELCOME TO ALTIX ACCESS Q2 2026
Selective Acceleration: Where to Double Down—and Where to Hold Back in 2026
The greatest risk facing industrial companies in 2026 is no longer moving too slowly. It is accelerating in too many directions at once.
Across boardrooms and factory floors, leaders are being challenged to invest in artificial intelligence, strengthen regional supply chains, develop talent, improve productivity, modernize operations, and pursue growth—all while managing uncertainty and protecting profitability. The question is no longer whether to transform, but where to concentrate resources to generate the greatest return.
This edition of ALTIX Access explores that challenge through the lens of Selective Acceleration—Where to Double Down and Where to Hold Back in 2026.
Throughout these pages, industry leaders and practitioners share perspectives on the decisions that matter most. From leadership and value creation with Adam Hock, President of Brighton TruEdge, to industrial technology adoption with Jeff Wintring, CSIO of R.A Jones, to insights from Bob Grote, CEO of Grote Company, on The Industrialist Podcast, a common theme emerges: sustainable competitive advantage is built through focus, disciplined execution, and the development of strong people and systems.
You will also find thought leadership from Yannick Schilly, President & CEO of ALTIX, on AI-driven productivity and Global Production Systems, updates from ALTIX Academy as we continue our mission of People Excellence for Business Excellence, and highlights from our efforts to strengthen transatlantic industrial collaboration through initiatives such as SelectUSA, the European American Chamber of Commerce Gala, and the upcoming EACC AURA Task Force discussion on local footprint strategies.
We hope these insights help you identify where to accelerate, where to stay disciplined, and how to position your organization for long-term success in an increasingly complex industrial landscape.
Thank you for being a part of the ALTIX community.
Anne Cappel
Co-Founder & CMO
ALTIX Consulting
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INDUSTRY CHAMPIONS INTERVIEW
One-on-One with Adam Hock
President of Brighton Tru-Edge – An HBH Holdings, Inc. Company
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“If you’re waiting for 100% certainty, you’ve already lost. We live in a 40% to 80% world.”
That’s the decision-making philosophy driving Adam Hock. From field engineering to President, Adam has built a career inside HBH Holdings by staying close to operations, customers, and the realities of heavy industrial execution.
Today, Adam oversees Brighton Tru-Edge—part of a broader industrial ecosystem spanning fabrication, construction, and maintenance serving critical sectors like energy, chemicals, and advanced manufacturing. His approach blends disciplined speed, customer obsession, and a willingness to move before perfect information exists.
In this Industry Champion interview, Adam opens up on how HBH scales acquisitions without breaking culture, why “legacy is not a strategy,” and what it really takes to compete globally while staying operationally grounded in the Midwest.
A sharp, unfiltered look at leadership, risk, and industrial decision-making under pressure.
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| | THE INDUSTRIALIST PODCAST | | |
Presented by ALTIX Consulting
We have embarked on a journey through the heart of manufacturing leadership with THE INDUSTRIALIST podcast. These are real-life success stories, where manufacturing owners share their experiences, setbacks, and triumphs.
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Bob Grote doesn’t think in quarters—he thinks in generations. As CEO and owner of Grote Company, he is building a global food processing business designed not just to grow, but to endure—guided by a long-term vision that extends well beyond 2035 and 2040.
At the center of this approach is a philosophy he calls “Agape Capitalism”—a belief that doing business with care, respect, and intention is not a soft ideal, but a competitive advantage.
In this episode, Bob shares how that mindset shapes everything from acquisitions and innovation to leadership development and succession planning within a family enterprise scaling toward $1B. We explore how Grote is responding to profound shifts in global food systems—health, sustainability, automation—and why the future of industrial leadership may depend less on speed and more on stewardship, culture, and conviction.
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ALTIX PUBLICATIONS
Beyond Lean: Why a Global Production System Is the
Ultimate Competitive Advantage
by Yannick Schilly
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Why do some manufacturers consistently outperform their competitors despite having access to the same technologies, equipment, and capital?
The answer is not Lean, Industry 4.0, or AI alone.
The real differentiator is the operating system that aligns strategy, leadership, and execution across the enterprise.
Discover why the world's highest-performing industrial companies view a Global Production System as the ultimate competitive advantage—and a powerful engine for enterprise value creation.
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The AI Productivity Revolution Will Not Be Won by Technology.
It Will Be Won on the Factory Floor.
by Yannick Schilly
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Attaching a rocket to an old bicycle won't make it airworthy.
Many manufacturers are investing heavily in AI, yet few are seeing meaningful business impact.
The reason is simple: AI cannot compensate for broken processes.
Learn why the future belongs to companies that combine operational excellence with AI-powered operating systems.
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Driving Packaging Innovation Through Precision Engineering: R.A Jones and the Future of Manufacturing Performance
This series aims to shed light on groundbreaking technological advancements in the industrial sector. In each interview, we delve into a specific company’s contributions to reshaping the industrial landscape.
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High-speed packaging automation is entering a new era where 2,000-unit-per-minute performance is no longer the headline—it’s the baseline.
In this conversation, Jeff Wintring, Chief Solution & Integration Officer at R.A Jones (a Coesia Company), reveals how the industry is moving toward self-adjusting systems, AI-supported diagnostics, and operator interfaces that feel as intuitive as a smartphone. From “vertical startup” capability to fully integrated production lines across global operations, he explains how complexity is being pushed inside the machine—so the operator experience becomes radically simpler, faster, and more reliable.
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ALTIX ACADEMY
People Excellence for Business Excellence
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In 2026, industrial leaders are taking a more disciplined approach to growth: selective acceleration—making sharper choices about where to invest, and where to deliberately hold back.
One priority continues to rise across manufacturing organizations: strengthening leadership and execution capability as a direct driver of performance, resilience, and speed of transformation.
Across corporate programs and open cohorts delivered through the ALTIX Academy ecosystem, more than 350 industrial leaders have participated in structured development focused on operational excellence, cross-functional execution, and decision-making under complexity. The signal is consistent: in an increasingly volatile industrial environment, leadership capability is becoming a primary lever of competitive advantage.
In 2026, execution capability—not strategy or technology alone—is becoming the defining constraint in industrial performance.
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FOSTERING TRANSATLANTIC CONNECTIONS
Transatlantic Industry Updates & ALTIX Engagements
From industry conferences to strategic panels and taskforce collaborations, ALTIX continues to strengthen transatlantic connections by engaging with leaders across Europe and the United States.
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Transatlantic Industrial Leadership: Building the Ecosystems of the Future
What will define industrial competitiveness over the next decade—technology, or the ecosystems that turn technology into performance?
As AI, automation, supply chain redesign, and workforce transformation accelerate across Europe and North America, industrial leaders are increasingly facing the same pressures—and discovering that the real differentiator is not innovation in isolation, but the ability to collaborate across borders, industries, and capabilities.
In this edition of Altix Access, we share the key message Yannick Schilly, President & CEO of ALTIX Consulting, delivered at the European American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cincinnati Annual Gala, exploring why transatlantic industrial ecosystems are becoming a decisive advantage for the next generation of leaders, and what it takes to transform technology, partnerships, and execution into sustained industrial performance.
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ALTIX at SelectUSA Summit: Strengthening Transatlantic Industrial Investment Pathways
What does it really take for Global industrial companies to succeed in the U.S. market—not just enter it?
At the SelectUSA Investment Summit, bringing together more than 5,500 global participants, ALTIX joined the French delegation to engage directly with investors, economic development leaders, and industrial partners shaping the future of transatlantic investment. Alongside Miller Valentine Construction, discussions focused on one critical question: how to move from market-entry strategy to successful industrial execution in the United States.
In this edition of Altix Access, we share key lessons from SelectUSA and what they reveal about the next phase of European industrial expansion into the U.S.
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Global Leaders Forum 2026 — An Evening with Industrial Champions
An invitation-only gathering of industrial leaders will take place on October 29th, 2026, at the Cincinnati Open in Mason, Ohio — Home of Champions on and off the court.
Now with 100+ confirmed industrial leaders, the Global Leaders Forum has become a defining moment for those shaping the future of industrial performance. It is an evening where leadership is recognized, transformation is shared, and the realities of execution at scale are discussed among peers who face the same challenges.
Not a conference. Not an event. A community of global industrial champions coming together for a moment of recognition, perspective, and connection.
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