Sappi Signs Five-Year Maintenance Service Contract with ABB for Nijmegen Mill in the Netherlands
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Sappi has awarded ABB a five-year Maintenance Improvement Agreement to manage and improve all maintenance activities at its Nijmegen coated fine paper mill in the Netherlands. According to the performance-based agreement, ABB will manage all maintenance operations to improve overall productivity and equipment reliability at the mill, and retain and further develop all existing maintenance staff and management. ABB will also help the mill reduce its energy consumption while achieving these production efficiencies.
"This Maintenance Improvement Agreement highlights ABB's capabilities in providing comprehensive service solutions for the industrial sector. Our innovative approach to performance-based services ensures improved production and equipment performance, energy efficiency, and reliability for the entire facility," said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB's Process Automation division.
"We are confident that together with ABB, we will achieve an improvement in paper machine performance reliability and efficiency that, in turn, enables us to better and predictably serve our customers with great product. Equally important, we aim to provide a work environment that allows growth and achievement for our people," said Wayne Thomas, mill director at Sappi Nijmegen.
Under the agreement, ABB also will focus on process optimization and equipment lifecycle management at the site, as well as manage all maintenance related third-party subcontractors and suppliers.
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