Inside Manufacturing CapEx: Real-World Strategies for Better Capital Decisions

Capital investment decisions have never been more complex. Manufacturing organizations are under constant pressure to deliver growth, modernize operations, improve resilience and meet compliance requirements—all while working within tighter budgets and increasing uncertainty. 

Join us for an exclusive live roundtable discussion featuring experienced manufacturing leaders from The Lubrizol Corporation and Daikin Comfort Technologies as they share practical insights into how they're navigating today's biggest capital investment challenges. 

This session will focus on real-world experiences, lessons learned and practical approaches that manufacturing organizations can apply to improve their own CapEx processes. 

Can't attend live? Register anyway and we'll send you the webinar recording after the event.

Meet Our Webinar Guest Speakers & Host

Guest Speakers:

Aaron Adamick - Director Global Capital Portfolio, Lubrizol Corporation

Aaron Adamick is Director, Global Capital Portfolio, where he oversees capital investment strategy across the company's global manufacturing operations. Aaron brings over two decades of project and portfolio management experience across major global organisations. His background spans large-scale capital projects, from billion-dollar plant expansions to multi-region portfolio governance, giving him a rounded, hands-on perspective on the CapEx challenges manufacturers face today. 

Cray Vidrine - Senior Program Manager, New Product Development, Daikin Comfort Technologies

Cray Vidrine is Senior Program Manager, New Product Development, where he leads cross-functional teams delivering complex programs from concept to market. With over seven years experience in program management, Cray specializes in project planning, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and leveraging agile methodologies for efficient project delivery. 

Webinar Host

Pierre Hulin - Chief Strategy Officer, Cora Systems

Pierre Hulin is a CxO with more than 20 years of experience helping enterprise organisations improve how they plan, govern, and deliver complex capital investments. Working closely with manufacturers and other asset-intensive industries, Pierre brings deep insight into the challenges of managing large-scale CapEx portfolios—from aligning strategic priorities and investment decisions to improving execution, governance, and visibility across the project lifecycle.

What We'll Cover

• Understand the New Reality of Manufacturing CapEx —  

  Gain a practical view of the forces reshaping capital investment decisions today, from supply chain disruption, rising costs and geopolitical uncertainty to evolving compliance requirements and the growing role of AI in capital planning. 

• Identify Where Your CapEx Process Is Holding You Back —  

  How leading manufacturers recognise and work through common blockers like slow approval cycles, inconsistent governance, disconnected systems and poor data visibility. 

• Learn How Leading Manufacturers are Prioritizing Capital Investments -  

  With more projects competing for limited capital, deciding what gets funded is becoming increasingly difficult. Discover how experienced practitioners balance growth initiatives with maintenance, compliance and risk mitigation projects, while creating governance frameworks and investment appraisal processes that support better, faster decision-making across global organisations. 

• Scaling Consistent CapEx Processes Across Global Operations —  

  Standardizing capital planning across multiple sites is rarely straightforward. Our speakers will share their experiences of rolling out common processes across organizations with varying levels of maturity, without disrupting local operations along the way. 

Who should attend? 

This webinar is ideal for senior professionals responsible for capital investment decisions in large manufacturing organisations, including: 

• CFOs, Finance Directors, and FP&A Leaders 

• Capital Planning and CapEx Programme Managers 

• Plant and Operations Directors 

• Engineering and Asset Management Leaders 

• Chief Procurement Officers 

• Heads of Strategy and Corporate Development 

• CIOs and Digital Transformation Leaders 

• Enterprise PMO and Portfolio Leaders with capital oversight responsibility 

Can't attend live? Register anyway and we'll send you the webinar recording after the event.