Editorial

Riello RS and RLS 310 to 610 ranges of burners with electronic cam control are proving increasingly popular with specifiers and end users that want to improve efficiency and reduce environmental impact.

Precise positioning of the servomotors afforded by electronic cam control improves air fuel ratio control and reduces heat loss through the flue. Additionally, improved control of boiler temperature with integrated PID (Proportional Integral Derivative) reduces boiler stop/starts, saving energy from purge losses, and maximises the potential for improved burner turndown ratio. Thermal stresses on the boiler are minimised by safe start-up of the plant from cold.

A further advantage of electronic cam control is that it avoids the wear and tear that occurs with mechanical cams and linkages over time, thereby improving reliability and avoiding hysteresis. 

These Riello burner ranges are available for use with gas (RS) and dual fuel (RLS)and enable lower boiler NOx emission. In RLS models, electronic cam control enables separate fuel profiles for both fuels so that, for example, adjustments to the gas firing curve will not affect the oil firing curve.

Additional features on Riello electronic cam burners include variable speed drives (offering up to 35% electrical energy saving), oxygen trim combustion control, external flue gas recirculation to reduce NOx emissions and remote control/monitoring.

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For further information visit www.rielloburners.co.uk

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The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) welcomed Standard Arabia Inspection Co Ltd, based in Al Jubail, Kingdom of Saudia Arabia, to its Huntingdon office on 21 October 2022. During their business trip to the UK, Mohammed Imthiyaz, Manager – Operations, and Aldin Mathew, Business Development Manager,of the company were greeted at LEEA’s HQ by the Association’s Deputy CEO Andrew Wright and Training Manager David Thomson.

LEEA has pledged its support for Standard Arabia’s initiative to hold an Annual Meeting in Saudi Arabia during January/February 2023 to raise awareness of duty holder responsibilities and promote safer working practices in the region. 

Andrew Wright said:“LEEA welcomes any opportunity to promote our vision of lifting and height safety industries that have eliminated accidents, injuries and fatalities. This is also an excellent opportunity for LEEA to present to our regional members’ stakeholders and promote the professional, gold-standard services that our members are able to provide to the sector.”

Aldin and Mohammed were interested to see how the new LEEA Academy 2.0 training suite was progressing while receiving a demonstration of LEEA’s state-of-the-art Zoom training delivery workshops and new TEAM Card technology. 

Andrew Wright added: “Our thanks to Aldin and Mohammed for taking their time to visit us. We look forward to supporting your event next year.”

The move affects boiler systems with more than one applianceand is a bid to ensure end user safety

17 October 2022 – Bosch Commercial & Industrial have announced that anyone installing their boiler systems using cascade flues, where there is more than one appliance, will be required to include a carbon monoxide (CO) detector. 

Given CO detectors that incorporate boiler shut down are more readily available, the company now considers them state-of-the-art and an essential way of ensuring CO incidents are identified and dealt with almost immediately, protecting the end user.

The requirement covers cascade flues as they have a naturallyhigher level of risk than a single boiler and will only be for new installations, not a retrospective requirement. This will affect the manufacturer’s Condens 7000 WP, 7000 F and FP range, GB402 and Condens 8000 F boilers.

Pete Mills, Commercial Technical Operations Manager, commented; “It may seem like a no-brainer that CO detectors should be included on cascade boiler systems to protect end users from CO, however there is no national mandate for them to be included”.

“We hope that by taking the first step we can encourage the rest of the industry to follow suit, after all it is our duty to ensure that the public are able to access warmth and power without risk to their safety.”

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Unattended boiler operating systems have been in use for over 20 years, traditionally by organisations whose operational hours extend beyond the standard and may not have a full gamut ofboiler house staff on site during these times.  Recent years have seen a considerable acceleration in both the popularity of these systems (our customers now ask for it as standard) and the length of time they are able to safely operate unattended, going from the usual three days up to seven.  But what is driving the growth of unattended boiler operating systems?

From our experience, the answer appears to be a combination of necessity, a greater awareness of the wide ranging benefits to be had from these systems, and clear guidance on how they are to besafely deployed.  Necessity stems from the lack of qualified, experienced staff to operate steam plant, which was amplified by Brexit and now, more recently, by the covid pandemic. Awareness of the benefits includes an understanding of theimproved safety and cost effectiveness that these systems can bring to bear.  The guidance comes in the form of BG01 Guidance on Safe Operation of Boilers.

But before we look at these aspects in more detail, let’s recap.

What is an unattended boiler operating system?

An unattended boiler operating system, such as the Babcock Wanson BW3DAYS, permits uninterrupted operation for a set period (usually of up to six months) and unattended boiler operation, most commonly for up to three days.

The system can be set at commissioning for daily or three day checks depending on a risk assessment of the customer’s steam process and their degree of monitoring of the water treatment system employed - all in accordance with the latest BG01 Guidance on Safe Operation of Boilers.  

It's important that these systems at the very least meet BG01 Typical Arrangement 2, which outlines the minimum equipment required for a boiler with critical alarms monitored on-site by a remote panel located in a manned area such as a gatehouse.  Ideally, they should also meet BG01 Typical Arrangement 3, which is aimed at the lowest degree of supervision, where no boiler operators could be on-site for up to 72 hours, and with status monitoring and boiler safety shutdown by a remote location/telemetry system.  

Once set up for unattended operation, all the user needs to do is monitor for any operational alarms and undertake a very simple check every three days, which is completed without interfering with boiler operation and is acknowledged to the boiler control system, thereby ensuring the tests are completed to the operating schedule.  

Virtually all steam boilers can be adapted to work with unattended boiler operating systems and nearly all manufacturers supply such systems.  However, there are occasions when the introduction of such a system is not feasible or may not be considered necessary.  Very old equipment - 40 or more years – would involve changing so many components to make it compliant with BG01 that ultimately the expense and complexity of doing so would actually make buying a new system a better option.  And, of course, sites that operate 24/7 where staff are always present are unlikely to adopt an unattended boiler operating system (although even here there are benefits to be had!).

Unexpectedbenefits

Apart from the obvious cost and convenience of being able to run a boiler without operator attendance, unattended boiler operating systems have a number of benefits that you may not have factored in.

Top of this list is a lower boiler operation cost.  This is achieved through the replacement of daily boiler water level control checks by a simple 15 minute test every three days.  The test can be undertaken without stopping the boiler thereby avoiding interference with normal production requirements.  Furthermore, the mandatory daily/weekly boiler water level control evaporation test is replaced with a six monthly test, thereby reducing overall manning and operational costs.  Overall energy savings are achieved when boilers are controlled by an unattended boiler operating system, along with reduced emissions.

Obviously, any savings made have to be offset against the annual cost of the system, but this is a fraction of the cost when compared to the labour savings made, especially if staff are being paid extra to work at weekends, evenings etc.

Next in line in driving the popularity of these systems, is the ease of operation.  Self-checking burner controls, for example, enableuninterrupted, unattended burner operation.  

Improved safety and conformance with current and future UK & EU legislation is also a key benefit and one that even 24/7 operational sites that are fully staffed are increasingly attracted to.  Unattended boiler operating systems have to meet Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 2; SIL being a measurement of performance required for a safety instrumented function (SIF). Based on the IEC 61508 standard, four SILs are defined, with SIL 4 the most dependable and SIL 1 the least. Many manually operated systems are at the lowest SIL level 1.

What makes for a good system?

Virtually all manufacturers offer unattended boiler operating systems to accompany their steam generators and boilers, but as you might expect they are not all equal (although they do all have to meet BG01).  One of the key differentiators between manufacturer’s systems is the interface with HMI, controls and operation.  A good system should have in-built data logging of activities and details of HMIs.  Generally, they have a wider range of functions, making them more valuable.

Taking unattended operation to the next level

Three day unattended boiler operating systems (essentially covering a weekend) are the standard and are written in to BG01 Guidance on Safe Operation of Boilers, the revised version of which was released in 2020.  But, with the introduction of seven day unattended boiler operating systems, those guidelines are already behind the curve.  

A relative newcomer to the market, seven day systems operate with the same principle as three day systems but have many additional benefits including extensive data logging, providing the user with valuable information.  Ideally seven day systems should meet BG01 Typical Arrangement 3 with a boiler house risk assessment on both the boiler feed water and returning condensate conditions.  Further water analysis equipment may need to be fitted, along with further boiler house protection systems such as fire detection to meet this high level of unattended operation, but the benefits are considerable.

Babcock Wanson’s BW7DAYS system, which comes with automatic Total Dissolved Solids Control, is the first seven day unattended boiler operating system to market and has proven highly popular.  It features the unique and innovative NAVinergy remote monitoring system which integrates all of the components necessary for the supervision and management of the boiler room: control, regulation, recording, visualisation and communication.  It enables organisations to monitor their boiler room from any device, anywhere in the world.  All relevant data - including regular tests - is recorded, saved and stored on a compact flash type memory which also records normal boiler operating data; all of which can be easily downloaded to a standard PC for record keeping.  The cost to upgrade from a three to a seven day system is negligible, which makes it all the more appealing.

Unattended boiler operating systems fills a gap

In 2021, the IET reported an estimated shortfall of over 173,000 workers in the STEM sector, which equates to an average of ten unfilled roles per business in the UK. Its recent Skills Survey shows that half of engineering businesses are experiencing difficulties in recruiting skilled staff.  These staff are in such short supply that more and more businesses are having to look at other solutions, primarily automation of plant.  Unattended boiler operating systems that provide seven day cover will only become more prevalent in the UK to meet this skills gap.

Babcock Wanson offers a complete range of products and services for boiler houses and other process heating needs.  

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With aging assets, unplanned downtime, lack of communication and skill shortages, as well as a global disruption and exploding energy prices,all having an unwanted impact

Leading Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software solutions provider IFS Ultimo has just published its 2022 Trend Report. It is available to download here: https://www.ultimo.com/eam-trend-report/.

This document presents an invaluable resource to those looking to better define their asset management strategy. In it, the company describes the various different dynamics that are influencing EAM operations andidentifies the biggest areas of concern.

In order to create this report, IFS Ultimocarried out an extensive survey of decision makers involved in enterprise asset management activities - with over 260 people participating. These came from organisations of all sizes and covered maintenance managers, asset managers, facilities managers, operations managers, etc.As well as insight from respected industry analysts, the report features input from an array of high-profile executives - including representatives from Schneider Electric, Royal Philips N.V.,Verdantix, ICT Group and Logitek.

The current landscape

There are various factors that are causing disruption to the companies that the survey participants represent. Economic uncertainty is a big issue. In addition, the supply chain hold-upsresulting from this continue to have a detrimental effect onthese businesses’ ability to meet their commercial objectives. Gaining access to adequately trained staff is also proving difficult, with a widening skills gap needing to be addressed. 

Maximising uptimestill is clearly a very high priority. Over two thirds of those surveyed stated that the companies they worked for had suffered noteworthy unplanned operational interruptions in the last year. Othergoals that survey participants articulated included increasing operational efficiency levels, prolonging the useful lifespan of assets, and reducing both capital and day-to-day running costs. The importance of data-driven decisions to improve cost control is expected to increase due to the economic situation.Closer and more effective communication between different departments (and the need to get away from silo-based structures) was also something that came up regularly in feedback. The need for more sustainable operationswas not as highly ranked as many people would have expected but is nevertheless becoming increasingly important.

Key findings

The 2022 Ultimo EAM Trend Report successfully uncovers numerous interesting facts. Here are just a few highlights. 

More than 64% of those surveyed stated that they saw the need for mobile-based maintenance practices as being pivotal to boosting efficiency, but 21% felt that not having access to the necessary technology is holding this back.39% recognised that investing in the workforce would be paramount for companies to futureproof their operations, and the need for high quality training was greater than ever.Approximately 32% saw ageing assets as the biggest threat to maintaining acceptable uptime figures andwanted to find better ways to alleviate that problem. 27% of the people surveyed felt that improved communication between departments will be essential if they aregoing to make their companies’ operations more responsive.

As Ewout Noordermeer, IFS Ultimo’s CMO notes; “Our annual EAM trends report is truly uniqueand has built up a strong reputation over recent years. It provides industry professionals involved in asset management with the information they need to gain a better understanding of this subject - detailing the challenges that must be overcome and the new technology emerging to support them.”

“With the disruption brought on by the pandemic, widespread supply chain challenges and material shortages, the impending skills gap, and the skyrocketing energy costs, asset owners have a lot on their plate. This report offers the latest insights to inspire maintenance and asset management professionals to use their challenges to fuel positive change. It’s clear that data-driven decision-making, optimal cross-team collaboration, and smart use of technology are of vital importance, now and in the future,” Noordermeer concludes.

The 2022 edition of Ultimo’s highly informative EAM Trend Report is available to download at: https://www.ultimo.com/eam-trend-report/.

When a major Iraqi-based oil refinery required custom actuated butterfly valves for a large-scale plant refurbishment, T-T Flow’s expert product knowledge, access to quality manufacturing partners and extensive export experience made us the ideal choice to deliver a robust, reliable and fully compliant customised solution both on-time and within budget.

THE PROBLEM

During a major refurbishment project at a plant operated by South Refineries Company in Iraq, there was a requirement for custom actuated butterfly valves constructed of materials that needed to be fully traceable and certifiably of UK, EU or USA origin.

As the client specified non-standard materials, a completely customised valve build was required. To ensure full compliance, the valves underwent several independent third-party functional inspections and even the chemical analysis of components, along with the supply of extensive expert documentation including attested embassy origin certificates.

In addition to the non-standard materials, the client specified actuator connectivity to integrate with existing control panels and operating philosophy.

THE SOLUTION

T-T's expert product knowledge, access to quality manufacturing partners and extensive export experience made us the ideal choice to supply this actuated valve package within budget and on time. 

Supplied indirectly through an Iraqi-based specialist engineering company, we assembled and supplied 30 lugged centric butterfly valves to EN598, rated to 175psi with limit-set directly mounted non-modulating 230V/60Hz actuators.

To meet client specifications, the valves have a chemical resistant epoxy coated carbon steel body, acid resistant stainless steel (grade 1.4404 / SS316L) discs, EPDM liner, and are suitable for installation between ASME B16.5 Class 150 flanges.  

Versatile actuators were selected, offering quarter-turn reliability, weatherproof IP68 enclosure, feedback functionality and manual override. T-T identified proven partners that would ensure end-user acceptance and functional longevity.

T-T Flow were able to select, source, assemble, coordinate third party inspections, undertake comprehensive in-house hydrostatic and functional testing, and arrange global logistics, offering the end user full assurance. We also produced an instructional video detailing step-by-step actuator settings for trouble-free site commissioning.

T-T are experts in the design and manufacture of custom valves and associated ancillary equipment, utilising our expert product knowledge, manufacturing partners and extensive export experience to deliver solutions to even the most challenging projects. Our flexible approach allows the supply of just a single valve, a combination of stock products, or the ability to work with our clients to provide a complete engineered valve package, as was the case with this project.

Explore our range of valves or find out more about our custom valve solutions. For expert advice, chat to our friendly and knowledgeable team on +44 (0)1630 647200.

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IFS Ultimo and industrial software expert Wonderware Italia have signed a partnership to help Italian customers benefit from IFS Ultimo’sEnterprise Asset Management (EAM) platform. The partnership allows Wonderware Italia to add IFS Ultimo’s EAM solution to its portfolio and offer customers a single point of contact for all their operation and maintenance-related challenges. For IFS Ultimo, this first partnership in Italy is another step in its global growth strategy.

IFS Ultimo and Wonderware Italia are strongly connected to AVEVA’s stack of industrial software solutions. Customers can now easily extend the use of the data they generate with other software tools by integrating them with IFS Ultimo. They will benefit from an asset management architecture that is integrated with real-time data solutions, enabling them to trigger maintenance activities and efficiently manage and optimise the entire process. Thanks to IFS Ultimo’s scalability, customers can start with a small and very focused installation and easily progress to a complete EAM system as their requirements evolve.

Marcel Leeflang, Head of Channel Sales at IFS Ultimo, commented: “The wide range of applicability of the AVEVA and IFS Ultimosolutions allows Wonderware Italia to offer the IFS Ultimo platform across multiple manufacturing sectors in Italy. Customers will benefit from having access to IFS Ultimo and the expert support and industry knowledge provided by Wonderware Italia. Our flexible, effective, easy-to-configure, and simple-to-maintain asset management solution, combined with Wonderware Italia’s Operation Management experience, makes it easy to optimise asset management processes.” 

Alessandro Bertoli, Portfolio & Solutions Manager at Wonderware Italia, said: “Our goal is to be a partner for industrial digital transformation. The right recipe for our customers is to mix skills, technology, reliability, and credibility. Today, the industrial software infrastructure can no longer consist of independent applications. Integration and contextualisation of best-of-breed applications are essential to ensuresuccess today and tomorrow. With this partnership, we can further extend our integrated solution offering. Both AVEVA and IFS Ultimo technologies offer a strong synergy to operators and maintenance teams to get the best performance from their assets. Our customers can now work with one technology provider who can fully support their digital transformation. We believe that the best performance can be reached by empowering people, from operators up to management, with the rightinformation; given timely and accurately. Extending our portfolio with IFS Ultimo allows us and our customers to accelerate this journey to the future.”

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The new BS40 structure-borne sound sensor offers reliability and precision

Challenge

„What led to this condition? “ is one the most common questions asked by clients during the inspection of failed or damaged bearings. Although rolling bearings are among the most invaluable components in most of machines, it is pretty common the case that companies are lacking of effective bearing inspection practices. Monitoring for changes (trending) is conducted to reliably detect deterioration in critical assets condition. This must be done using robust characteristic values. If the alarm threshold is exceeded, an action must follow, which then requires a detailed analysis. In order to identify a fault or damage pattern and to reveal the causes, special evaluations of raw data are made. Simple characteristic values are not sufficient for this purpose. For machinery with rotating shafts, the focus lays in monitoring the rolling bearings. As interface between shaft and foundation of the machine, they have to absorb the resulting forces. This implies that faults and damage in design and operation have a particularly strong impact on rolling bearings. This is exactly what makes them suitable measuring points.

BS40: Innovative and reliable solution

The new BS40 structure-borne sound sensor was developed and manufactured by SONOTEC to help companies worldwide to take a better care of their bearings. This handy and robust sensor is ideally suited for condition monitoring of rotating machinery parts. It convinces with a laser-welded stainless-steel housing. The ¼”-28 UNF threaded bolt allows maximum flexibility in mounting. The BS40 can be used with magnets for flat or curved surfaces or can also be screwed to adhesive pads with an internal thread. Thus, a high reproducibility can be achieved. The optimized sensor characteristic in the range from 10 to 65 kHz ensures a nearly linear frequency response. A downward extension of the ultrasonic frequency range to < 1 kHz also provides more flexibility for machine diagnostics. The sensor contains a piezocomposite material developed by SONOTEC which helps to overcome the disadvantages of many market solutions. A more reliable assessment of bearings becomes possible.

SONAPHONE & LevelMeter App: Intuitive hardware and software

With the intuitive LevelMeter App, the digital ultrasonic testing device SONAPHONE® enables broadband measurements and characteristic value determination. Due to its high sampling rate of 256 kS/s, signals up to 128 kHz can be analyzed. Up to this limit, characteristic values can be calculated and audio signals can be generated based on the filter settings. The device offers two methods for transforming the ultrasonic signals into the audible frequency range. The heterodyne method is used when a narrow-band transformation (bandwidth 4 kHz) is realized, while the vocoder method is suitable for a broadband transformation. The live signal is shown as time wave form, level graph and spectrogram.

Excellence in condition monitoring program

A great and powerful combination of the SONAPHONE®, the intuitive LevelMeter App, the broadband BS40 sensor and the software for the management of predictive maintenance tasks DataSuite helps to achieve excellence in an ultrasound condition monitoring program. This holistic ultrasonic solution helps the maintenance team to ensure that manufacturing processes in the industrial facility are running smoothly. Lubrication decisions can be made based on the acoustic feedback of bearings. Furthermore, companies are able to act in advance when bearings replacements become imminent as an early intervention can help to omit significant issues. It is now easy to recognize bearing damage early and optimize their lubrication with ultrasonic testing devices developed and manufactured in Germany.    

To learn how SONOTEC can help you, please visit www.sonotec.eu

A customer contacted us who was experiencing issues with their vane pump handling a new blend of adhesive consisting of 3 parts -Solvent, Resin and Ceramic. They were experiencing high levels of wear with their vane pump with the mechanical seal repeatedly failing, allowing air ingress into the pump, hazardous flammable liquid would leak from the casing, and end product would fail to meet quality standards. 

At each breakdown not only did wearing parts have to be replaced, but the casing and any small parts would require a full clean using hazardous chemicals to remove any product set. When the seal leaked, product would ingress into the bearings, quickly rendering them useless. Maintenance required at least two people, and the downtime that the factory was experiencing was annualised at over £200,000 of lost product output per year.

The Vane pump was feeding a batching line which would batch fill containers on an assembly line before bottles were packaged, and dispatched for delivery. Having to repeatedly disassemble the vane pump, change the seal, bearings and vanes meant repeated stoppages which the plant could no longer accept.

The capacity of the existing unit was between 5-15L/min with a discharge pressure of 4 bar. The glue had a viscosity similar to Ketchup (1000cps) but Various pump technologies were studied before finalising our specification for an ATEX(UKCA EX) roller Peristaltic pump controllable via Variable Frequency Drive. This design of pump which contains a single wearing part – a hose eliminating any chance of mechanical seal failure, and more importantly air ingress contaminating product. 

Our Low Maintenance Solution

Hose pumps are of non clog design meaning there was no chance of blockages forming within the pump. They are of positive displacement design meaning the pressure will be constant, and flow rate proportionate to speed. This meant that the speed of dispensing and bottling could be altered according to line speed.

As solvent can attack cast iron the unit was coated in Halar. Halar is a type of plastic coating highly resistant to temperature fluctuations, chemicals and corrosion, protectingthe pump in case of spillage or liquid escapement should the hose fail.

The ATEX (UKCA EX) Peristaltic pump was supplied with a motor suitable for operation via external variable frequency drive. The customer had existing 1¼ inch NPT fittings which we had fitted to the pump to enable plug and play operation. 

The main difference in output flow from the Peristaltic to the vane pump is that vane pumps do not have a pulsating flow. To ensure accuracy within their liquid filling packaging machinery we supplied the pump complete with an inlinepulsation dampener which eliminates up to 98% of pulsations during operation, meaning the customer receives a smooth linear flow important for flowmeter accuracy during dispensing, and that containers are not over or underfilled as an unintended consequence.

Process Improvements, Payback Period, & Outcome

The customer received the pump within 3 weeks of order and is set to save over £200,000 in lost output with a payback period of less than 1 month. 

Maintenance is far simpler requiring only one person with the pump kept in situ. As there is only one wearing part – the hose, when this approaches the end of its useful life, it is removed from service, sent for disposal and replaced without any cleaning of parts using hazardous chemicals and added risk to personnel. 

Furthermore as the plant had experienced some restructuring with team members who had expertise in pump overhaul and maintenance leaving the business, having such a simple to maintain solution accelerated training and meant outside expertise was not required. 

If you are experiencing frequent pump downtime, repeated maintenance or seal replacement speak to us on 01773 302 660 or visit www.northridgepumps.com to see how we can help.

Prevas, a well-known service provider of maintenance systems and asset management in the Nordic market, has entered a partnership with IFS Ultimo. IFS Ultimo has expanded its global footprint rapidly over the past years through a growing network of channel partners. This partnership adds another solution to Prevas’ portfolio, enabling the company to offer even more customers attractive and cost-effective solutions for proactive and predictive maintenance.  

Ylva Amrén, Region Manager West at Prevas, commented: “Our partnership with IFS Ultimo will make a difference for organizations looking to streamline their operations with cost-effective asset management solutions. Prevas’ vast customer base, covering various industries, testifies that we understand our customers and their needs. Asset Management is a prominent area of focus for Prevas; in recent years, we have doubled our delivery capacity and have around 40 employees focusing primarily on Asset Management.”

“The IFS Ultimo platform is intuitive, customized for all Nordic languages, cost-effective, and enables fast implementation,” she continued. “We already have two projects underway where the customers have been waiting for a locally represented partner with a solid competence in combination with a scalable and comprehensive product to secure their assets.” 

Marcel Leeflang, Head of Channel Sales at IFS Ultimo, added: “Prevas is a well-recognized service provider of maintenance systems and asset management in the Nordic market. That makes me very enthusiastic about this cooperation. By entering this partnership, we will be presented by a powerful partner that acts as an IFS Ultimo solution provider and manages IFS Ultimo-related projects and implementations. Prevas employees are locally represented in sales, projects, and subsequent management services, all of which we know are highly valued by our joint customers. By adding IFS Ultimo to the Prevas portfolio, we offer asset-intensive customers in the mid-sized market in the Nordics an attractive and cost-effective solution for proactive and predictive maintenance.” 

The partnership stems from the benefits it delivers to both companies, but the cooperation was further accelerated by the acquisition of Ultimo Software Solutions by IFS in July 2022. Prevas and IFS have been partners since 2019, and for Prevas, this cooperation is a natural extension of the existing partnership. 

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