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EUROMAINTENANCE JOURNAL 

Taking the pulse of European Maintenance... 

Top industry leaders on maintenance 

Behind the scenes of Renault Formula 1 

Complete conference guide & programme 

BRUSSELS EXPO, 8 - 10 APRIL 2008 WWW.EUROMAINTENANCE.ORG 

CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW 

ON ASSET MANAGEMENT & PRODUCTION RELIABILITY

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An initiative of 

Organised by 

Impressum 

Euromaintenance Journal 

January 2008 

Publisher 

Belgian Maintenance Association vzw/asbl 

(BEMAS) 

Diamant Building (5th fl oor) 

A. Reyerslaan 80 

B-1030 Brussels 

Belgium 

Phone +32 (0)2 706 85 41 

Fax +32 (0)2 706 85 42 

in co-operation with: 

easyFairs nv/sa 

Roderveldlaan 3 

B-2600 Berchem 

Belgium 

Phone +32 (0)3 280 53 00 

Fax +32 (0)3 280 53 53 

Publication Director 

Annelies Dedecker, easyFairs 

Prepress 

Mainpress nv 

Publisher of: 

Maintenance Magazine (Belgium) 

Print 

Roularta Media 

Resp. Publisher: 

Wim Vancauwenberghe 

Belgian Maintenance Association vzw/asbl 

Diamant Building 

Bd. A. Reyerslaan 80 

B-1030 Brussels 

Online Registration 

Euromaintenance 2008 

www.euromaintenance.org 

registration@euromaintenance.org 

PROFITABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY: 

THE FUTURE OF MAINTENANCE 

I am pleased to welcome you to 

Euromaintenance 2008. 

The 19th edition of this 

2 yearly maintenance 

conference & exhibition will 

focus on sustainable asset 

management & production 

reliability. 

To convince you to participate, we have 

invested our efforts in the quality of the 

sessions: 

§ Top speakers and best practice cases 

from around the world 

§ Focusing on different types of industry 

and covering all aspects of maintenance 

& reliability 

§ Presenting in depth information , ready 

to use “how to’ s”, and innovative concepts. 

You will learn from experts and world 

class maintenance managers how to 

develop and implement maintenance 

strategies using lean management tools, 

how to decrease total manufacturing cost 

by increasing production reliability, and 

Gold sponsors 

Silver sponsors 

Bronze sponsors 

Supporting companies 

how to set-up services and partnerships 

that really work. 

It doesn’t matter what level of experience 

you have with maintenance — there is 

something here for everyone and always 

more than you expect. 

Top companies already understand that 

Maintenance & Reliability are key drivers 

for Profi tability & Sustainability in a global 

market. That’s why we are convinced that 

Euromaintenance 2008 will contribute to 

the competitiveness of your company … 

I look forward to welcome you at Euromaintenance 

2008. I am sure you and 

your organization will benefi t a lot. Don’t 

miss this unique opportunity! 

Johan De Coster 

Conference President 

Honorary President of the 

European Federation of 

National Maintenance 

Societies (EFNMS) 

KEYNOTE 

Euromaintenance Journal, January 2008 

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INTERVIEW 

ABOUT THE EFNMS 

ROLE OF SIGNIFICANCE IN THE 

EUROPEAN MAINTENANCE COMMUNITY 

Maintenance is no longer the art of keeping the machine base 

operational. Today, maintenance is expected to keep the equipment in 

optimum condition, in order to achieve the company goals, i.e., maximum 

asset utilization, as well as the rigorous governmental and environmental 

requirements. To be able to play its role in this spectrum of developments, 

the European Federation of National Maintenance Societies – EFNMS - 

actively participates in a wide range of projects, either as an organisation 

or through its members. Euromaintenance is one of those activities. 

The EFNMS, which was founded in 

November 1970 as a non-profi t 

organisation and comprises today 

of 21 member countries, with the objective 

to promote effective and professional 

maintenance and provide future directions 

regarding technology , management 

and processes in maintenance. To 

this end, agreements are made to harmonise 

knowledge development, policy 

and regulations within Europe. This is not 

only in the interest of the industry and 

globalisation, but also in the interest of 

the employee’s active in the sector. “All 

projects organised by the EFNMS are 

aimed at better preparing maintenance 

personnel at all levels, organized in the 

national maintenance associations, for 

the above-mentioned tasks and responsibilities, 

now and in the long term. We 

organise not only projects within the EF- 

NMS, but also at European level in close 

collaboration with other organizations”, 

says Hans Klemme-Wolff, chairman of 

the European organisation. 

Objectives and developments 

New developments in (maintenance) 

technology and in statistical methods 

have resulted in a new approach. We 

have learned to measure the condition 

of a component during operation and to 

calculate the residual life time based on 

statistically calculated life histories of similar 

equipment. However, the fi rst question 

to be asked in this respect is: “What 

is good maintenance?” Hans Klemme- 

Wolff: We have seen a signifi cant development 

in the years behind us. It started 

with what is also known as ‘break down 

maintenance’, or repair what is broken, 

i.e. corrective maintenance. This subsequently 

evolved to preventive mainte- 

nance, and later to ‘condition-dependent 

maintenance’. Maintenance has thus 

become an activity that can be incorporated 

into the planning and is therefore 

no longer exclusively a cost item. For the 

maintenance professional this means that 

Hans Klemme-Wolff: “Euromaintenance 2008 

is a unique event at a truly European level” 

he is no longer a ‘necessary evil’ that 

only costs money, but instead becomes 

a valuable employee who has a high 

degree of expertise in his discipline. 

This expertise will be cherished by the 

management.” 

Both the national associations – members 

of the EFNMS – and the EFNMS itself 

aim to provide the maintenance professional 

with the knowledge and skills that 

will enable him to properly carry out the 

‘new’ tasks. Hans Klemme-Wolff: “Studies 

in the fi eld of maintenance management 

have and are being conducted, 

often in collaboration with other specialised 

institutions. This includes the investigation 

of the differences between European 

cultures and how these differences 

can reinforce each other. Other projects 

pursued at the European level are ‘Training 

and Certifi cation’ projects. EFNMS 

has developed a curriculum vitae for 

training programmes at various levels, 

to be applied within national training 

programmes. In addition, we organise 

exams for certifi cation as ‘Professional 

in Maintenance’, based on standards 

agreed at European level. This professional 

certifi cate is recognised in all European 

countries and beyond.” 

All these, and many other, programmes 

are developed and implemented by the 

member associations, not only on behalf 

of their own members, but on behalf of 

the European industry. Close collaboration 

with universities and other educational 

establishments is actively pursued 

and stimulated. The results of these efforts 

will be presented at the Euromaintenance 

conference. 

Euromaintenance 

Euromaintenance is an initiative of the 

EFNMS which was fi rst organised in 

1972. Since then, the event has grown 

to become the leading biennial maintenance 

conference in Europe. Euromaintenance 

2008 looks set to become the 

largest event in the sector. This year, 

too, a Euromaintenance Award will be 

awarded to the most successful Maintenance 

Manager, active in Europe. Hans 

Klemme-Wolff concludes: “Euromaintenance 

is a unique event in that it aims 

to be not only a conference with presentations 

of high technical and scientifi c 

quality, but also an exhibition at a truly 

European level, where all participants 

fi nd what they are looking for”.

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INTERVIEW 

EUROMAINTENANCE 2008 

THE LARGEST MAINTENANCE EVENT 

EVER IN EUROPE 

Bemas will together with easyFairs organise Euromaintenance 2008. 

Euromaintenance is an initiative of the EFNMS (European Federation 

of National Maintenance Societies) and has been the leading biennial 

European conference on maintenance since 1972. More than 500 

maintenance managers from across and outside Europe are expected to 

attend the event in Brussels from 8 to 10 April 2008. At the same time 

easyFairs will organise a European maintenance fair with an expected 

audience of 5000 attendees. 

The event is unique because of its 

scope and should therefore not 

only be of interest to the maintenance 

sector: International maintenance 

managers and specialists will 

address best practices, innovations, 

and trends in maintenance, Production 

Reliability and Asset Management. 

The 3-day event will welcome over 120 

speakers from more than 40 countries, 

who will share their visions in various 

sessions and workshops, in English or 

in French, based on case studies from 

the various industrial sectors. Together 

with the exhibition, Euromaintenance 

2008 will provide a unique opportunity 

to attend an international top conference 

on maintenance close to home. Various 

parallel sessions are planned, allowing 

participants to choose a personal programme 

in their industry or around a specifi 

c maintenance theme. Maintenance 

Magazine talked to Johan De Coster, 

chairman of the organising committee, 

and Wim Vancauwenberghe, Manager 

of Bemas. 

Recognition 

Since Bemas took on a new elan ten 

years ago it has come a long way in 

terms of growth – the organisation has 

already more than 520 members – recognition 

and professionalisation of the 

maintenance process. Examples include 

the organisation of various lectures and 

other seminars such as “Maintenance 

in the Boardroom”, the “Maintenance 

Day”, the “Maintenance Manager of the 

Year” award and many others. Johan De 

Coster: “The fact that the organisation of 

Euromaintenance 2008 – the European 

top event in the fi eld of industrial mainte- 

n Johan De Coster, chairman of the 

organising committee: “Euromaintenance 

2008 is the ideal opportunity for European 

maintenance & operations managers and 

other maintenance specialists to listen 

to experienced top speakers and other 

maintenance experts, and share their 

knowledge with them.” 

nance – has been entrusted to Belgium, 

and to Bemas in particular, in cooperation 

with easyFairs, is a sign of recognition. 

It is the crowning achievement of the 

work carried out thus far and a springboard 

for the further development of our 

organisation. For Belgian and other European 

maintenance specialists, Euromaintenance 

2008 is the ideal occasion to listen 

to various experienced top speakers 

and other maintenance specialists, and 

to share their knowledge with them. In a 

country where new investments are becoming 

the exception, and maintenance 

of the existing machine infrastructure and 

production capacities therefore increas- 

n Wim Vancauwenberghe, Manager of Bemas: 

“In the NYSE Euronext CEO report 2008, 

based on a survey of 240 of the world’s top 

business leaders, operational effi ciency is 

recognized as the most important internal 

factor leading to profi tability (79 percent). 

When we set up the Euromaintenance program, 

we resolutely opted for quality content 

that will help attendees in achieving operational 

excellence in maintenance.” 

ingly important, further professionalisation 

of the maintenance activity might 

contribute to make the Belgian industry 

more competitive at the international level. 

This depends not only on the labour 

cost, but also, and perhaps even more, 

on the productivity of a production facility, 

and this is where maintenance has 

a crucial role to play. Euromaintenance 

2008 may help to make this issue more 

prominent and visible”. The conference 

is divided into industrial sectors: processing 

and process industry, automotive, infrastructure, 

building management, transport, 

government, etc. Bemas presents 

an ambitious programme with a number 

of workshops and various international 

top speakers. The programme includes 

the latest concepts and practical case 

studies in the areas of maintenance, asset 

management and reliability. The main 

issues will be discussed for each industry 

sector, so the event is likely to appeal to 

both maintenance and operations decision 

makers. 


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INTERVIEW 

Organisation structure 

Johan De Coster: “The idea to organise 

the event in Belgium came from Wim 

Vancauwenberghe and Wout Theuws 

who as member of the Board of Directors 

and Maintenance Manager of 

Bosal, represents our organisation to the 

EFNMS. We were in competition with a 

number of Eastern European countries, 

but in the end we won thanks to our presentation, 

approach and organisational 

structure”. Wim Vancauwenberghe 

adds: “It may sound ambitious, but the 

organisers’ aim is to have at least one 

person of each production company attending 

a conference session or a workshop, 

as it may be a long time before Belgian 

maintenance managers are offered 

a similar opportunity in this country or in 

a neighbouring country. As said before, 

the themes to be discussed must cover different 

methodologies and industries. We 

resolutely go for content, with added value 

being provided by the international 

Maintenance exhibition organised concurrently 

by easyFairs. There is a clear 

and direct link between the conference 

and the exhibition – the exhibition fl oor is 

also used for the conference/workshops 

– and here too the focus is on content 

and not only on being a showroom for 

companies. “Choosing and fi nding the 

right guest speakers or the most appropriate 

keynote speaker(s) is less evident 

than it seems. Wim Vancauwenberghe: 

“We have already selected 120 top 

speakers and other maintenance gurus 

from the huge list of candidates, again 

on the basis of very stringent criteria. 

Although it can never be completely excluded, 

we have taken special care to 

properly co-ordinate the presentations, 

so that they do not overlap but complement 

each other, and are anything but 

commercial. The idea is for the participants 

to gather knowledge in order to 

perform their jobs even better and more 

professionally.” When we study the programme 

in detail, it is clear that the organisers 

do not want to waste any time 

with unnecessary frills. Day one starts 

at nine o’clock and goes directly to the 

heart of the matter. The same applies for 

days two and three. In other words, it is 

clear that the participants get their money’s 

worth. Johan De Coster: “Such an 

organisation is obviously an expensive 

undertaking, and the event would not be 

possible without our sponsors and the 

support of other professional organisations. 

We have nevertheless attempted 

8 Euromaintenance Journal, January 2008 

to keep participation fees as low as possible. 

That is why all participants can 

put together their own programme, and 

attend the sessions/workshops of interest 

to them”. A ticket to attend the complete 

conference programme costs €1,865. 

However, the sooner you re-gister, the 

less expensive the ticket. Those who reg- 

n Euromaintenance 2008 will be organised 

together with easyFairs Maintenance, 

which for the fi rst time take place not in 

Antwerp, but in Brussels. Very high targets 

have been set for both events. 

ister before 15 February 2008 receive a 

25% discount. The organisers have also 

struck a deal with SN Brussels. Foreign 

participants can save 25% when booking 

their fl ight through SN Brussels. 

Formula 1 and networking 

In addition to the large number of 

sessions/workshops, ample time will 

be reserved for networking. Johan De 

Coster: “Euromaintenance is not only an 

information-gathering event, but also an 

opportunity to get to know other people 

(better). This allows you to develop your 

personal network, so you can contact the 

right persons when you need them, for 

example, to solve specifi c questions or 

problems, or when facing a new challenge, 

etc. Networking is therefore an important 

element in our programme. The 

rather heavy but instructive conference 

programme also includes two nights for 

networking by the participants”. And 

Wim Vancauwenberghe concludes: 

“Participants will obviously have the 

opportunity to forge useful contacts 

with their (foreign) counterparts. Take 

the slightly academic-oriented opening 

night, which is expected to be attended 

by some thousand people from the sector, 

and which consists of two blocks: the 

offi cial opening session with, amongst 

others, the presentation of the “Euromaintenance 

Award”, followed by a debate 

on the economic signifi cance of industrial 

maintenance. On day two there is 

also the “Euromaintenance Event”. This is 

a more socially oriented night, for which 

an audience of about two thousand people 

is anticipated, and which combines 

the agreeable with the useful. On this occasion 

Renault’s technical director, Bob 

Bell, and a few other key members of 

the ING Renault F1 team will talk about 

the techniques and methods used to put 

down top performances. This exclusive 

look into the internal workings of a F1 

team will certainly be of interest to maintenance 

people. It is for a reason that a 

shutdown is often compared to a pitstop 

in Formula 1 racing.” 

Bemas certainly does not lack ambition. 

The organisation of Euromaintenance 

this year may well pave the way 

for further initiatives at other locations in 

Europe. What is clear, though, is that the 

informational value of the programme is 

of an exceptionally high level. Euromaintenance 

2008 will be a genuinely international 

event, and a must for anyone active 

in industrial maintenance. Make sure 

to mark 8 April 2008 in your agenda, 

for it is not often you get the chance to 

attend such an event in your own back 

garden.

HIGHLIGHTS 

SHUTDOWNS – TURNAROUNDS - OUTAGES 

READINESS REVIEW TO IDENTIFY AREAS 

OF RISK FOR TURNAROUND 

“The evaluation of turnaround preparations in order to reveal the 

differences between the current status of the work preparation process in 

comparison to PDM Best Practices”. This is the objective of the readiness 

reviews conducted by PDM during the preparation phase of planned, 

complex turnarounds with various renowned enterprises. Only in this 

way, we are able to identify risk areas for turnarounds may at an early 

stage. Recently, PDM conducted such a review for a major refi nery in 

Europe, that will be facing a substantial turnaround in 2008. 

Thanks to our many years of experience 

in this fi eld, some time ago, 

we received the order to conduct a 

readiness review for a famous refi nery 

in Europe, in preparation for a substantial 

turnaround in 2008. No less than 

1.3 million man hours were budgeted 

for the operation. It entailed performing 

maintenance and inspections as well as 

the realisation of improvement projects 

(including plant changes),” says Bas 

Broods, consultant with PDM. 

Approach 

Broods: “Upon the client’s request and together 

with the client’s peer-review team, 

we participated in a readiness review in 

May 2007 to identify potential risk areas 

in the preparatory phase for the prospec- 

tive turnaround. Moreover, we were invited 

to make short-term and long-term 

recommendations. The short-term recommendations 

are aimed at the prospective 

turnaround. The long-term recommendations 

relate to future turnarounds. 

Readiness reviews 

The bulk of the readiness review consisted 

of interviews held in conformity 

with the PDM readiness review system. 

These interviews were staged with the 

representatives of the various disciplines 

involved in the turnaround-organisation, 

such as planning, scheduling, cost control, 

engineering, maintenance and operations. 

Broods: “Based on the results 

of these interviews and PDM best practices, 

our consultants identifi ed the realistic 

risks for which corrective actions will be 

required. They presented their fi ndings 

and recommendations to the turnaround 

management team”. 

Reports 

Subsequently, we compiled the concluding 

report in close consultation with the 

PDM Turnaround Expert. The report contained 

all of the fi ndings as well as the 

short-term and long-term recommendations. 

The concluding report was submitted 

to the client’s peer-review team. 

Broods: “All in all, we may conclude that 

we have succeeded to identify all possible 

risk areas for the planned, substantial 

turnaround of 2008. This success was 

achieved thanks to the excellent cooperation 

between the client’s peer review 

team and PDM. Our report enables the 

client to take all of the necessary preventative 

measures on time. By doing so, 

he will reduce the risks to a minimum. 

All of this will result in a more optimal 

work preparation and execution of the 

turnaround”. 

The BASF Steamcracker 

turnaround 

Safety risks, maintenance costs, downtime 

losses. These three aspects must be 

closely monitored in case of a shutdown, 

since they have an immediate effect on 

the annual results and on the company’s 

image. A detailed project approach is vital 

if expansion projects must be carried 

out in addition to a ‘normal’ shutdown. 

Kris Bakelants, Technical Manager with 

Profs for Industry: “The assignment of 

BASF was to increase system capacity 

by 35%”. All of the required changes 

had to be carried out by the engineering 

fi rm who had constructed the system 14 

years ago. The assignment was substantial 

and complex. Also the production 

staff with all of their daily duties were 

not able to assist punching and precommissioning 

activities. Bakelants: “So our 

organisation was invited to offer support 

in this respect. Our support consisted of 

taking and punching new line systems, 

the creation of a general punch list as 


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well as the follow-up of the progress. In 

addition, we pre-commissioned new system 

components. 

Moreover, our people offered support with 

tie-ins and the implementation of adjustments 

to static equipment. They were also 

given the supervision in catalytic exchange 

and the cleanup work. In other words: we 

became a major link between production 

on the one hand and the global executing 

contractor on the other”. 

Punching 

The punching of new line systems has an 

administrative and a construction angle 

to it. Bakelants explains: “In the administrative 

punch, our specialists check issues 

such as the fl ow direction, the line’s 

gradient, the drainage and bleeding options, 

etc. They also check for errors: errors 

between the isometrics (+/- 4,000) 

and the P&ID (process- and instrumentation 

diagram). Moreover, we must check 

whether or not the lines are drawn according 

to the appropriate line specifi - 

cations.” The construction punch, or the 

actual acceptance, follows as soon as 

the administrative punch is completed. In 

this phase, the experts of Profs for Industry, 

together with those responsible for 

the production and the contractor, accept 

the various line parts prior to printing the 

line. A punch list with A, B and C items is 

drawn up after each acceptance. 

Pre-commissioning 

In order to make work manageable, 

Profs for Industry subdivided the abovementioned 

expansion project into 150 

packages of work. A folder was created 

for each work package. The folder 

contained a sketch of the location, the 

required PID schemes, the isometrics, 

the technical data sheets of the systems 

and the punch lists. “As Profs for Industry 

we were given the authority to rinse 

the line system, to check for cleanness 

and to subsequently sign for acceptance. 

Also, we had to supervise the assembly 

of the components which had been disassembled 

for the pre-commissioning.” 

“It is worth mentioning that both BASF as 

well as the global executing contractor 

were happy to use the work packages 

that our organisation had compiled,” 

says Bakelants. 

‘Tie ins’ 

Yet another substantial assignment consisted 

in producing the approx. 1,800 

so-called ‘tie ins’ during the maintenance 

stop. In order to make this happen in a 

structured manner, an expert of Profs for 

Industry was present at all meetings regarding 

the ‘tie ins’. During the meetings, 

a decision model was utilized to determine 

how the system had to be isolated 

in order to be able to rinse it. At these 

meetings, it was also decided whether 

they had to make hot or cold cuts. From 

each ‘tie in’, a separate meeting report 

was drawn up and included in the work 

result. All of the steps that were necessary 

within the Primavera maintenance 

system were included in this report. 

Through this approach, the engineering 

fi rm had to work according to the system 

of BASF. In preparation of the shutdown, 

Profs for Industry, therefore, created the 

job folders for the engineering fi rm with 

the total work preparation per ‘tie in’. 

n During major projects such as a shutdown, 

screening of personnel and cooperation 

is of critical importance. 

These work folders contained a P&ID, a 

photograph, isometrics, a fl ow diagram, 

etc. The job folders were extremely useful 

for the engineering fi rm as well as for our 

own specialists. For they had to monitor 

progress during the shutdown and check 

the safety, explains Bakelants. 

Personnel 

Although Profs for Industry is daily involved 

in the abovementioned fi eld, it 

remains important to screen the employees 

prior to the start of each project. 

“We screen our people, but so does the 

customer,” enunciates Bakelants. We 

mainly screen a person’s background 

and his/her team spirit. Cooperation 

during such projects is quite important. 

“In order to make certain that our employees 

stay current at all times, during 

HIGHLIGHTS 

each toolbox meeting their knowledge is 

refreshed with a specifi c weekly theme. 

We strive to familiarize our employees 

with their new environment. We do this 

by offering them as many courses and 

training sessions as possible, such an 

internship week for the operators of 

our department. The courses and training 

sessions also serve as a great opportunity 

for people to get to know one 

another.”

photo: Dann 

HIGHLIGHTS 

COMPETING WITH LOW LEVEL LABOUR COSTS 

WHY INCLUDE OPERATORS IN 

MAINTENANCE? 

Why include operators in maintenance? 

The main reasons why operators should 

be included in essential equipment care 

include: 

• The urgent need to increase competitiveness 

and productivity. 

• Preventive maintenance programs 

will be much more cost effective. 

• The partnership between operations 

and maintenance will improve. 

Increase competitiveness and 

productivity. 

This is obvious to most people, but not by 

everyone. You can still hear comments 

like; “This is not part of my job” or “We 

are not going to take the work from the 

maintenance employees”. 

In USA we compete with plants in countries 

with labor rates in the $1 - $3 per 

hour ratio, and these plants are in some 

cases very modern and reliable. If employees 

in a US plant are paid $25 per 

hour we have to be eight to twenty fi ve 

times more productive than these plants. 

That means we have to produce eight to 

twenty fi ve times more quality product 

throughput per hour worked just to keep 

up on a productivity comparison. I do not 

think we anymore can have the luxury 

of limiting work to traditional demarca- 

12 Euromaintenance Journal, january 2008 

tion lines. To include operators in more 

maintenance work is, in my opinion a 

minor change and very diffi cult to deny 

with common sense. 

Preventive maintenance 

programs 

If you avoid the common mistake of 

adding inspections to be done by operators 

to an existing program without 

optimizing the total preventive maintenance 

(PM) program, your mechanical 

PM program can become much better 

at the same time as it is reduced 

by 30 – 60%. 

Many basic equipment inspections require 

inspections to be done with a frequency 

of less than eight hours. It can not 

be justifi ed to have maintenance crafts 

people to do these inspections twice a 

day. If it makes sense, these inspections 

will be done by operators who combine 

them with process inspections they do 

anyway. 

To be able to optimize your PM activities 

effi ciently you need to us a route based 

PM program where you can see all PM 

activities (Basic Inspections, Predictive 

Maintenance, Lubrication etc) under 

each equipment number. The system 

must have the capability to sort inspec- 

By Christer Idhammar 

IDCON INC 

To include operators in essential 

care of equipment including 

preventive maintenance inspections 

is one of the reliability and 

maintenance improvement 

initiatives that can yield the 

best return on investment. The 

investment is low and results 

in increased reliability and 

lower maintenance costs can be 

substantial. Still, very few plants 

can claim that their operators are 

involved to a signifi cant extent in 

these activities. 

tions in a route. Unfortunately most of 

the bigger systems on the market today 

do not have this capability. 

I advise you to start implementing the system 

using a printed paper route and then 

evolve into handheld computers. You will 

save a lot of money in initial investment 

and maintenance of these devises if you 

wait until the system is up and running 

to enhance the system. 

An excellent tool to use to speed up 

training and implementation is existing 

Condition Monitoring Standards. These 

standards use color illustrations to show 

how a component works, how to inspect 

it and why you need to inspect it. 

The partnership between operations 

and maintenance will improve. 

This is one of the most important 

things you need to do to promote a 

better partnership between operations 

and maintenance. It also lays the groundwork 

for a future integrated operations 

and maintenance work system. 

Optimize your Preventive 

Maintenance 

Preventive maintenance (PM) is often 

set up in a very ineffi cient way in many 

plants. It is typical to see that the PM

program is work order driven instead 

of route driven. Many PM tasks are still 

done while equipment is down because 

this was how it was set up, and no one 

has ever questioned whether this is still 

needed, or guard design prohibits onthe-run 

inspections, etc. 

Because the system is work order driven, 

the execution of PM tasks is often very 

ineffective. For example, a PM system 

that was recently analyzed revealed 

that inspection of six limit switches on a 

sludge press took one hour for an electrician 

every week. This was because the 

PM system was work order driven and 

issued one work order per inspection, 

and the inspection included travel time. 

A good inspection of six limit switches 

on the run in a route-driven system should 

not take more than fi ve minutes, and it 

could be integrated with mechanical inspections 

of the sludge press or done by 

an operator. 

Of course, all big system suppliers will 

tell you that their system can handle PM 

routes very effi ciently, but that is very seldom 

true. The route must be set up in a 

work order combining many tasks, which 

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of PM tasks. Obviously, this will result in 

much unnecessary duplication of work. 

On top of this, it is common to add operator 

inspections without removing the 

inspections now done by operators for 

PM tasks included in existing mechanical, 

electrical, and instrumentation inspections. 

What you can do? 

You must use a system that will allow you 

to compile all PM activities under each 

equipment number and print and/or 

electronically display route-based PM 

activities. When you have done this, it 

will be easy to decide what PM tasks you 

are going to keep, change, or eliminate. 

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is better than in the above example but 

is still very ineffi cient for many reasons. 

It is also very common that separate 

PM systems are set up for mechanical, 

electrical, instrumentation, and lubrication 

inspections without any integration 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Christer Idhammar: “In many plants preventive 

maintenance is ineffi ciently set up” 

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and methodology to decide whether a 

PM task is valid or not, since it is sometimes 

more cost effective to operate until 

breakdown and prepare a corrective action 

when the breakdown occurs. When 

prioritizing “what” and “when” to per- 

form a PM task, I propose the following 

guidelines: 

• Do it while equipment is in normal 

operation. 

• If this is not possible, do it when 

equipment is shut down. 

If you follow this guide, more than 90% 

of all PM tasks can be done on the run, 

thus freeing up valuable hours during a 

shutdown. 

To determine who should perform a PM 

task, the following prioritization is suggested: 

• Operator 

• Maintenance area craftsperson 

• In-house maintenance specialist in, 

for example, vibration analysis 

• Outside expert in, for example, thermovision 

or X-ray. 

Following this principle will eliminate 

duplicate and unnecessary PM tasks. 

Total PM hours can be reduced by 50 

to 70%, and at the same time, you will 

improve your PM. 

When deciding how to do a PM task, 

you can easily overcomplicate it with 

an elaborate analysis. A better way 

of deciding is to use available standard 

documents describing what to do 

and why you do it. Using these standards 

can reduce the PM enhancement/ 

implementation and training time by 30 

to 70%.

TRENDS IN PROCESS INDUSTRY MAINTENANCE 

HERMAN BAETS (BASF) 

MANAGER TECHNICAL GOVERNANCE 

It is hard to ignore BASF in 

Antwerp: 600 ha with 54 chemical 

installations for the production 

of mineral fertilisers, plastics, 

synthetic fi bres, basic chemicals 

and specialties. Herman Baets is 

one of the Managers Technical 

Governance and as such an inhouse 

consultant in maintenance. 

The company’s annual maintenance 

budget amounts to one hundred 

million euros. This is not surprising, 

as the installations together account for 

over 40,000 mechanical equipment 

items and as many control loops that 

all need attending to. “We have around 

900 in-house maintenance staff. My 

four colleagues and I mainly work on 

the elaboration and implementation of 

maintenance strategies. This involves the 

translation into practice of Risk Based 

Maintenance in its broadest form. The 

two priorities in maintenance, alongside 

costs, are “License to operate”, where 

the focus is on safety and the environment, 

and reliability. “License to operate” 

is concerned with compliance with 

legal requirements, which are situated 

mainly in the area of process and personal 

safety. Process safety is about environmental 

safety and the infl uence on 

society of our production facilities and 

the related processes. Personal safety is 

less visible to the outside world, but no 

less important. Our facilities operate 24 

hours a day, so that maintenance often 

has to be carried out online, with the associated 

risks and safety procedures.” 

Reliability, the second factor, is critical 

to ensure the continuous operation of 

our production facilities. Outage costs 

are high: our maintenance is therefore 

a mix of preventive and corrective maintenance 

with the focus on minimisation 

of failures. 

Radical change 

A few years ago BASF implemented the 

basis for the “Fit for the future” strategy. 

This has resulted in a radical change of 

the organisational structure. Baets: “We 

n Favourite workshops of Herman Baets: 

The Manufacturing Game, and Strategic 

Asset Management Workshop. 

used to have a strict separation between 

technology and production, and the 

maintenance process was mainly technology-oriented. 

Today, under global 

competitive pressure, other things need 

to be taken into account such as speed, 

effi ciency, effectiveness, and costs. This 

has led to the integration of technology 

and production. Our slogan is “Do the 

right things right”. Maintenance must 

be exactly right, and therefore also customised. 

We have evolved from a function-oriented 

organisation to a processoriented 

organisation, with a fundamentally 

changed organisation structure. 

Maintenance operations are primarily 

process driven and carried out 

by employees who are directly involved 

in the process. The “art for art’s sake” 

technique has been replaced by a more 

functional approach. Against this background, 

Baets has lately been working 

on the rollout of the work preparation 

and planning which should be completed 

by 1 January 2008. Next year 

we will focus on the support of asset 

managers. To date, the emphasis has 

been mainly on process fl ows, but from 

now on attention will be directed to a 

more fundamental approach to asset 

management. This will be based on the 

introduction of state-of-the-art methods in 

the area of “risk based maintenance”, 

professionalisation of maintenance plans 

and spare parts management…) 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Learn from others 

Baets is looking forward to Euromaintenance 

and considers it a must for every 

professional. “When you are in this line 

of work, you have to look around you 

to discover new developments and learn 

from the way in which others work. Maintenance 

has become a genuine science, 

including the associated theory. This 

science is a process of which you are 

also a part. If you are aware of this, 

a cross-disciplinary approach becomes 

possible. The theory is valid for all companies, 

but the implementation will differ. 

There is, however, a lot you can learn 

from companies in other industries by attending 

the workshops and through networking. 

You learn not only by picking 

up new insights from others, but also by 

receiving confi rmation of what you are 

doing yourself.”

photo: Jansen Pharmaceutica 

HIGHLIGHTS 

MAINTENANCE IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY 

LUDO VAN EYNDE (JANSEN PHARMACEUTICA) 

SENIOR MAINTENANCE MANAGER 

Jansen Pharmaceutica is a leading 

international developer and 

producer of drugs. The company is 

part of Johnson & Johnson which 

has over 110,000 employees 

worldwide. In accurate processes 

such as the manufacture of drugs 

the exclusion of chance is vital. 

According to Senior Maintenance 

Manager Ludo van Eynde, this is 

one of the main priorities in his 

daily activities at the Beerse-based 

plant. 

n Jansen Pharmaceutica: availability with 

respect to balanced costs is a hot item in 

the pharmaceutical industries. 

Compose your personal 

Conference Program 

At Euromaintenance you are free to switch 

rooms. This allows you to attend the 

presentations that interest you most. In 

order to facilitate your choice, all conference 

presentations are identifi ed by type of industry 

and by background of the speaker. 

Topic concerning all industries 

Process Industry 

Manufacturing 

Heavy Duty 

Health & Food 

Infrastructure & Grids 

Power generation 

Facilities & Building maintenance 


company is subject to 

the GMP regulations of the 

“Our 

US Food and Drug Administration”, 

says Van Eynde. “They impose 

rigorous requirements in the area 

of maintenance and the controlled implementation 

of maintenance activities. 

Change management is crucial in this 

respect. Maintenance may lead to unwanted 

changes. Our employees need 

to bear this constantly in mind, and must 

not only exercise caution in the actual 

maintenance but also carefully document 

the work carried out.” 

Greater fl eixibility required 

The pharmaceutics industry has in recent 

years come under pressure because of 

expired patents and rising research 

budgets. Conversion costs continue to 

rise and affect maintenance. Van Eynde: 

“Availability with respect to balanced 

costs is a hot item. The sector 

is also evolving towards rapid market 

launches with more SKUs. This requires 

greater fl exibility and effi ciency from the 

company. This trend is also becoming 

apparent in maintenance. That is why 

we have a matrix organisation structure 

with the system owners on the vertical 

axis and the process owners on the horizontal 

axis. Together with maintenance 

teams in production, this results in maximum 

synergy between production and 

maintenance. This did, however, require 

a change in culture.” 

One of Van Eynde’s key activities is the 

continual fine-tuning of maintenance 

processes and competence management. 

“We attach great importance to 

knowledge management. That is important 

when looking at the future. The availability 

of qualifi ed staff is worsening and 

appropriate measures need to be taken. 

Ludo Van Eynde: Euromaintenance 2008 allows you 

to keep up-to-date in the business and discover new 

developments in just three days time. 

Also the equipment continues to change. 

The life cycle of a machine does not coincide 

with that of the associated control 

electronics. As a result, the maintenance 

team constantly has to familiarise itself 

with new techniques, and maintainability 

is becoming increasingly diffi cult. Both issues 

are major challenges for the future. 

The same applies for the further rollout of 

ERP systems on the shop fl oor.” 

Networking function 

Van Eynde is enthusiastic about Euromaintenance 

2008: “It allows you to keep upto-date 

in the business and discover new 

developments in just three days time. 

Moreover, you come across interesting 

proven technology that allows for time 

savings. Another important element is 

the networking function. Euromaintenance 

is not to be missed, and this time 

it has the added advantage that one can 

share knowledge and experience close to 

home. My short list includes mainly cases 

on competence management and avoidance 

of chance in systems. I am confi dent 

I will not be disappointed.

HIGHLIGHTS 

MAINTENANCE TRENDS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY 

ROLAND NYSSEN (KRAFT FOODS) 

MANAGER GLOBAL UTILITIES&MAINTENANCE 

For Roland Nyssen it is clear that 

no self-respecting maintenance 

manager can afford to miss 

Euromaintenance. “It offers 

an attractive programme of 

lectures and workshops on the 

latest maintenance trends and 

developments.” Roland Nyssen 

works for Kraft Foods in Namur 

as Manager Global Utilities & 

Maintenance for Western and 

Eastern Europe, the Middle East 

and Africa. 

Kraft Foods is known worldwide for 

its chocolate, biscuits, dairy products, 

snacks, and coffee, with leading 

brand names such as Lu, Toblerone, 

Philadelphia and Jacobs. The company 

is active in 150 countries, and employs 

over 94,000 people in 174 plants. “Food 

production is subject to rigorous requirements,” 

says Nyssen. “Food safety al- 

be resistant to moisture and heat.” 

Availability & Reliability 

Kraft’s market has signifi cantly changed 

in recent years. Nyssen: “The quality and 

the traceability of raw materials have 

grown in importance, and there is also a 

greater variety in products and packaging. 

Maintenance responds to this with 

techniques that ensure higher availability 

and reliability of the production lines. The 

issue has become so complex that it can 

no longer be solved locally. My job, too, 

has evolved to one that is fully integrated 

into a worldwide group of maintenance 

experts. Also the implementation of the 

maintenance activities has changed and 

is now part of the work of the production 

teams. The increased commitment 

of employees on the production line in 

production and maintenance is the result 

of an intensive consultation and training 

process. The outcome is that continual improvement 

has now become part of the 

natural behaviour of employees.” Nyssen 

is currently in charge of the European 

benchmarking team. Launched three 

years ago, the fi rst phase of the benchmarking 

process is now completed and 

has already generated savings of several 

million euros through best practices, organisational 

changes and accelerated 

implementation of maintenance projects. 

Energy savings and sustainability will be 

the major challenges for maintenance 

teams in the near future. More than ever 

the focus needs to be on continual improvement 

and analysis to ensure optimum 

availability of the production lines. 

A change in mindset is needed as well. 

Roland Nyssen: Participating ‘because there is 

still room for improvement in our company’ 

ways comes fi rst at Kraft. Strict hygiene 

standards must be observed during maintenance, 

and GMP and HACCP rules 

strictly adhered to. We are very selective 

in our choice of materials to ensure that 

they are fi t for use. Not only because of 

the health aspects, but they also need to 

Managers worldwide should see maintenance, 

not as a necessary evil, but as 

a prerequisite to improve the effi ciency 

of the production facility.” 

Room for improvement 

Nyssen is interested above all in the 

Euromaintenance workshops on benchmarking 

and lean maintenance. “I will 

certainly participate in those because I 

think there is still room for improvement 

in our company. There are, of course, 

many more interesting subjects. I think 

visitors will fi nd more of them than they 

can imagine. Euromaintenance is an excellent 

opportunity to listen thoroughly 

fi rst and then act accordingly in your 

day-to-day work”

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Tuesday 8 April 2008 

CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS 

Strategic Asset Management 

Room 1 Language: ENG Translation ENG-FR: Yes 09h00-17h15 

A Strategic Asset Management Model: Determination of Corporate Level Strategy for Physical Assets - Kari Komonen - Chief Research Scientist - VTT - Finland 

Value and Risk Based Asset Management - John S.Mitchell - Value Advocate - Meridium, Inc. - United States 

The Management of Technical Assets - Jan Frånlund - Managing Director - SAMI Europe AB - Sweden 

Maintenance Strategy Dynamics - Liliane Pintelon - Professor - KULeuven-CIB – Belgium and Kumar Pinjala - GroepT - Belgium 

Identifi cation of Optimal Maintenance Strategy Mixes for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) - Cord-Philipp Winter – Researcher - Research Institute for Operations 

Management – Germany and Bert Lorenz - Head of competence center maintenance management - Research Institute for Operations Management - Germany 

Future service concepts as a strategic choice for machinery manufacturer - Helena Kortelainen - Technology Manager - VTT - Finland 

Business Process Based Mapping Of Asset Management Maturity - Wayne Reed, SKF Reliability Systems, Cyprus 

Role of performance measurement in engineering asset management - Aditya Parida - Assistant professor - Luleå University of Technology - Sweden 

Asset Management: Some key aspects of knowledge management to improve asset management strategy - Jack Huggett - Principal consultant -The Woodhouse 

Partnership Ltd - UK 

A dynamic platform for e-maintenance upgrade within a three-layer operation integration - Aitor Arnaiz - Head of Unit. Researcher - Fundación Tekniker – Spain 

Erkki Jantunen - VTT – Finland 

A simulation model based decision support for spare parts policy defi nition in a multi-echelon structure - Macchi Marco - Researcher - Politechnico di Milan - Italy 

A maintenance management framework: a practical view - Adolfo Crespo Márquez - Associate Professor - School of Engineering, Sevilla University - Spain 

Condition Monitoring 

Room 2 Language: ENG Translation ENG-FR: Yes 09h00-12h30 

More information on p. 31 - Animated by Thomas J. Murphy - Chartered Engineer - Reliability Team Ltd - UK 

Education in Maintenance throughout the world 

Room 2 Language: ENG + FR Translation ENG-FR: Yes 13h45-17h15 

The maintenance education system in France - Claude Pichot - AFIM - France 

n Overview of the recognised professions and diplomas in maintenance 

n The number of graduating students and other statistics 

The Maintenance Education Consortium in the Netherlands - Speaker to be confi rmed 

n Set-up and objectives of the cooperation between the different schools, universities and training centres 

n How to create a better image for maintenance and attract more students? 

Education in Maintenance at the University of Toronto within the Centre for Maintenance Optimization and Reliability Engineering (C-MORE) - Prof. Andrew 

Jardine - University of Toronto - Canada 

n Undergraduate education course (Reliability and Maintainability Engineering) 

n Post graduate education courses (Engineering Maintenance Management and Reliability) 

n Industry Guided Real-World Research for Optimal Asset Management 

n Funding for research in maintenance from industry and government 

20 years experience with postgraduate off campus learning in maintenance and reliability engineering - Prof. Ray Beebe - Monash University - Australia 

n The content of the programme and subjects of study 

n The benefi ts to themselves and their company of formal postgraduate study in studying in maintenance and reliability engineering 

n Future developments in off campus learning 

Maintenance & Safety 

Room 3 Language: FR + ENG Translation ENG-FR: Yes 09h00-12h30 

Professional diseases and accidents in maintenance - Claude Pichot - Gérard Neyret - AFIM - France 

Detailed presentation of the statistics made by the AFIM since 1999. The analyses shows very concerning fi gures on the health and safety situation of maintenance people: 

n a 3 times higher frequency of accidents compared to the national average 

n a 6 times higher frequency of professional diseases 

n a 8 times higher frequency of mortality 

Best practices in Shut-down and Turnarround Safety - Georges Madessis - HSE & Manufacturing Excellence Manager - Ineos - Belgium 

Handling the human factor in Safety - Jop Groeneweg - Assistant professor and Project Manager Human Error at the Centre for Safety research - Leiden University - The Netherlands 

n How to eliminate the human factor in the accident causation process? 

n Tripod - Principled basis for accident prevention 

n Accident investigation tools 


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In command of the maintenance budget 

Room 3 Language: FR Translation FR - ENG: Yes 13h45-17h15 

Benchmark and Action Plan for the economic control of maintenance - Yves Lavina - Proconseil - France 

n Principles of assessment: respect of the maintenance basics 

n Method of the 12 ratios (Diagnostic) 

n Generation of the progress plan – Strategic data 

Industrial application of the method: Experiences of BAXTER and CATERPILLAR - Daniel Vandendaul - Engineering & Maintenance Manager – Baxter Lessines – Belgium and 

Pasquale Sinapi - Maintenance Manager (retired) – Caterpillar - Belgium 

n Key fi nancial ratios of maintenance organisations and signifi cant ratios 

n Progress plan and maintenance strategy derived from the benchmark 

n Evolution of attitudes and behaviour in relation to maintenance 

How to reduce maintenance budgets without additional risks? - Celso de Azevedo - Assetsman - France 

n How to quantify risks of failure and shutdown? 

n How to compare them with the costs necessary to avoid them? 

n How to transform them into economic indicators capable of demonstrating to Management that “what doesn’t cost much today could cost dearly tomorrow?” 

Operator Based Maintenance & Optimization of Preventive Maintenance 

Room 4 Language: ENG Translation ENG-FR: No 09h00-12h30 

More information on p. 12 - Animated by Christer Idhammar - President - IDCON, INC - United States 

Maintenance & Reliability Engineering Plant Optimization 

Room 4 Language: ENG Translation FR - ENG: No 13h45-17h15 

PMO - Plant Maintenance Optimization - Maintenance Analysis of the Future - Steve Turner - Professional engineer - OMCS International - Australia 

n How to escape from the vicious Cycle of Reactive Maintenance? 

n Reliability engineering – The 9 steps of the PM Optimisation methodology 

n Differences between PMO and RCM: when to apply PMO and when to apply RCM 

The logic of Reliability – How to set up an effective Predictive Maintenance Programme - Andy Page - Allied Reliability - US 

n How to start a successful PdM programme from scratch 

n How to improve your PdM programme and how to focus on the basic business aspect of PdM 

n The four essential questions that must be answered to drive continuous improvement 

VDM - the Value Driven Maintenance experience 


More information on p. 31 - Animated by Guy Delahay & Peter Heerwegh - Mainnovation – The Netherlands 

Lean Maintenance 


More information on p. 33 - Animated by Peter Willmott - Willmott Solutions – UK and Denis Mc Carthy - DAK Consulting - UK 

The Manufacturing Game 


More information on p. 32 - Animated by Andrew Fraser - Reliable Manufacturing - UK 

SMRP - EFNMS Benchmarking workshop 


More information on p. 34 - Facilitated by the SMRP Best Practice Committee and EFNMS Maintenance Benchmarking Committee – US/EU 

Real time data for Maintenance 


More information on p. 33 - Facilitated by the OPC foundation 

Shut-Down & Turnaround Management 


More information on p. 9 - Animated by Kris Bakelants - PDM-Profs for Industry – Belgium and Werner Van Acker – Stork Asset Management Solutions - Belgium 

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Wednesday 9 April 2008 

CONFERENCE PROGRAM 

Excellence in Maintenance and Asset Performance Room 1 

Time Presentation Speakers 

09h00-09h45 A Strategic Asset Management Model: A framework of a plant level model for strategic 

choices and actions 

n How to make plant level strategic analyses 

n Determination of strategic choices. 

n Guidelines to determine optimal asset performance and development actions including investments, 

modernisations, replacements and maintenance actions. 

09h45-10h30 Maintenance : from Cost Center to Profi t Center 

n How to align maintenance strategies to business objectives. 

n How to calculate the contribution of maintenance to EVA ( NPV and IRR of preventive maintenance ). 

n How to use fi eld data for weibull analysis and continuous improvement. 

11h00-11h45 Continuous improvement of the maintenance business process (original title: Developing 

and implementing preventive maintenance and inspection plans through TPM, RBI and 

RCM) 

n How to implement TPM philosophy in chemical industry. 

n How to defi ne and measure OEE in chemical industry. 

n How to use RBI and RCM to defi ne maintenance and inspection plans. 

11h45-12h30 Strategic Asset Management, contributing to a sustainable future 

n How to prompte maintenance as a contributor to profi tability. 

n How to ensure maintenance is considered by senior managers. 

n How to develop a Strategy that is appropiate and cost effective. 

13h45-14h30 How to set up a zero based maintenance budget 

n Which are the different aspects of maintenance costs. the indirect versus the direct maintenance cost. 

n Which cost structure can we use in maintenance as base for a found maintenance budget. 

n How to budget zero based the maintenance cost? A practical step by step method. 

14h30-15h15 Finally grip on Maintenance performance 

n If you think World Class Maintenance or Lean Maintenance is the answer, what is actually the question? 

n How to derive a maintenance strategy that is really adding value to your company’s business? 

n How to determine what core competencies have to be improved, how are they linked to the strategy and your 

KPIs? How to achieve continuous improvement in Maintenance? 

15h45-16h30 Piloting maintenance towards excellence in a multiple site environment 

n How to make agree an organisation spread in a lot of different sites on a common strategy 

n How to determine a global vision on maintenance in order to set priorities 

n How to direct a maintenance organisation towards excellence 

16h30-17h15 The Future of Asset Management 

n Overview of different idea’s and scenario’s of the future for maintenance development. 

n Get an insight into the challenges we will face in the future. 

n A number of no-regret development options. 

Kari Komonen - Chief research scientist, PhD 

- VTT - Finland 

Stefan Snokx - Maintenance manager - Hansen 

Transmissions international - Belgium 

Johan Luyck - Maintenance Manager Limburg 

Sites - Tessenderlo Group - Belgium 

John P. Coleman - Maintenance Engineer 

- Aughinish Alumina Ltd - Ireland 

Koen Kennis - Managing Director - Stork Asset 

Management Solutions - Belgium 

Boosting Performance of Maintenance people Room 2 

(Skills development, Training, Knowledge Management, Safety, Health, ...) 

Time Presentation Speakers 

09h00-09h45 Reliability – Beyond the Power of the Workforce 

n The top 6 obstacles to reliability. 

n 14 points to ensure a sustainable reliability improvement program. 

n This presentation will provide a higher level view and change the way you think about your maintenance and 

reliability improvement programs. 

09h45-10h30 Building an effective Reliability- or Maintenance Engineering Function 

n How to fi ll in the role of an effective R&ME function. 

n How to select a reliability or maintenance engineer with maximum chance of success. 

n How to make sure your reliability or maintenance engineer will really create value for your organisation. 

11h00-11h45 Managing Human Error in Maintenance. 

n Why Human error is increasingly becoming the single most important challenge facing Maintenance Managers. 

n The physiological and psychological factors that lead to human error, and why human error is inevitable. 

n Person, Team, Task, and Organisational measures for reducing the risks of human error. 

Guy Delahay - Managing Partner - Mainnovation 

- Netherlands 

Bertrand Bernard - Maintenance Manager - Air 

Liquide - France 

Harry Van Breen - Risk Manager - Continuon 

- Netherlands 

Terrence OHanlon - CMRP - Reliabilityweb.com 

- United States 

Ron Vonk - Worldwide Maintenance Practice 

Leader - Kepner-Tregoe - Netherlands 

Alexander (Sandy) Dunn - Director - Assetivity Pty 

Ltd - Australia 

Consultancy Production site Research or Academic institution (Maintenance) Services (Maintenance) Supplies Organisation 

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Boosting Performance of Maintenance people Room 2 

(Skills development, Training, Knowledge Management, Safety, Health, ...) 

When Presentation Speakers 

11h45-12h30 How to boost people performance and become a leader in Maintenance reliability 

n How to boost people performance and become a leader in Maintenance reliability. 

n How skill development can boost the performance in Maintenance? 

n How knowledge management systems contribute to world class Maintenance? 

13h45-14h30 How to Fight the Maintenance Crisis 

n How to overcome the stigma of the maintenance profession. 

n How to get more support from company leadership. 

n How to leverage community and business support organizations to advance maintenance performance. 

14h30-15h15 How to manage and maintain the competence of technical staff. 

n Design and practical implementation of an (individualized) competence management system. 

n How to meet a company’s resource and expertise requirements taking into account the expectations of 

individuals so as to assure and improve the quality of the expected service. 

n One example of investment in human capital. 

15h45-16h30 Solving the People Puzzle in Asset Reliability Improvement 

n Overview of the Systematic Approach to Training (SAT Model). 

n Assessment of the current level of knowledge and skills for new hires, incumbent workers, and contract 

maintenance and operations personnel. 

n Case histories with the tremendous progress several companies have made. 

16h30-17h15 Validate your competence in maintenance 

n How to validate the competence in maintenance. 

n How to being able to achieve the EFNMS Certifi cate for maintenance professionals. 

n How to use the cost effective computerised system for validation of maintenance competence. 



Process Industry Manufacturing Heavy Duty Health & Food Infrastructure & Grids 

Herman Aerts - Plant Availability & QC & CDT 

Manager - Borealis Belgium - Belgium 

Joel Leonard - Maintenance Evangelist - MPACT 

Learning Center - United States 

Rudi De Keer - HR Business Partner - Elia System 

Operator - Belgium 

Michael Snider - CEO - Universal Technologies 

Compagnies - United States 

Jan Franlund - Chairman of EFNMS ECC - UTEK 

- Sweden 

Contracting & Outsourcing Room 3 


09h00-09h45 Selecting the right outsourcing strategy 

n How to select the right mix of outsourcing strategies. 

n The importance of having clear goals and KPI’s in outsourcing. 

n Avoiding the bears on the road to outsourcing. 

09h45-10h30 The contracting & outsourcing process 

n Ways to succesfull outsourcing. 

n Key topics in contracts. 

n Internal and external management. 

11h00-11h45 Partnering for improved electric motor reliability 

n In order to increase reliability and reduce TCO you have to defi ne your reliability expectations. 

n You have to assure yourself that your electric motor rewind shop can meet those expectations. 

n A change of behavior is necessary and possible. 

11h45-12h30 Optimization and replacement of material handling fl eet at SKODA AUTO 

n How to deal with the optimization of handling equipment fl eet. 

n How to set up replacement system of large fl eet. 

n How to cut cost of handling equipment maintenance. 

13h45-14h30 The maintenance outsourcing market in France: evolution and prospects… …from 

subcontracting to partnership 

n How supply should pull demand - How should providers guarantee the quality requirements - How to choose 

from competitive offers. 

n How to defi ne and achieve common goals. How to measure and monitor the required performance. 

n How to draft a maintenance contract with respect to the possible choices: obligations of means and/or 

obligations of result? 

14h30-15h15 The actual developments in the supply chain of Maintenance Services in the Netherlands 

n What the differences and similarities are comparing your own situation with the Netherlands. 

n How to improve the organisation of the service supply chain in your region or country. 

n How to address the Critical Success Factors. 

15h45-16h30 Boliden Harjavalta Copper: Networking to Improve Financial and Operational Metrics 

n Prerequisites for successful partnership. 

n How to achieve common goals in Production & Maintenance. 

n Transition Management & Culture Change - Best Practices in Maintenance - Strategic Targets & KPI’s 

Martin Van den Hout - Sr. Managing Consultant 

- Egemin Vadeo - Netherlands 

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Fredrik Fränding - Business development manager 

- SKF - United States 

Mark Zawadzki - Corporate Reliability Engineer 

Motors & Drives - International Paper 

Tomas Hladik - Project Manager - Logio - Czech 

Republic - Martin Kment - Partner - LOGIO 

Jean-Claude Francastel - Retired - Now : AFIM’s 

delegate (volunteer activity) - AFIM (Association 

Française des Ingénieurs et responsables de 

Maintenance) - France 

Herbert Daan - Chairman - SUTO (NVDO Section) 

- Netherlands 

Pertti Kukkola - Senior Consultant - ABB Oy, 

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16h30-17h15 A maintenance joint venture: The winning approach 

n How to set up a maintenance joint-venture? 

n What are the differences of a maintenance joint venture compared to outsourcing? 

n Why is this set up attractive for both partners? 


Contracting & Outsourcing Room 3 


Peter Decaigny - Maintenance Manager - Siemens 

- Belgium 

Reliability Engineering & Condition Monitoring Room 4 

(6 Sigma, RCM, Design out maintenance, PDM, Ultrasound analysis, 

Oil analyses, Vibration analyses, Infra Red analyses, NDA, ...) 


09h00-09h45 The RCM route to world class maintenance - a case study 

n How to use the RCM approach in a very effective way that minimises the time and overhead required to carry 

out the analysis. 

n How to use the results of the RCM study as the key to the selection of the most appropriate maintenance 

approach for a particular asset and to ensure the most cost-effective use of maintenance resources. 

n How to identify the assets and components that justify the application of condition monitoring techniques so 

that they can be applied at minimal cost with maximum benefi t. 

09h45-10h30 Managing a successful condition monitoring program 

n How to start a new condition monitoring program; deciding which machines to monitoring and which 

technologies to implement 

n How to improve an existing condition monitoring program. 

n How to document the benefi ts of your condition monitoring program to ensure its longevity. 

11h00-11h45 Strategies for an Effective Airborne Ultrasound Program 

n How to goal set and measure results while understanding the keys to an effective ultrasound strategy. 

n How to ... select the right people to champion the program and ensure long term success. 

n Where to ... use ultrasound testing to achieve the most profi t from the technology and program. 

11h45-12h30 Maintenance optimisation by executing a well designed vibration analysis program - Case 

De lijn (Tram & Trolleybus) 

n How to fi nd the best practice in maintenance in order to reduce the total maintenance costs and to keep the 

trams in services by knowing their condition. 

n The manufacturer of the machinery is not responsible for the maintenance costs. He will propose a 

recommendation based on his viewpoint. Check this recommendation. 

n How to fi nd the best tools in order to get a reliable vibration analysis. 

Royston Davis - Director - MPI Limited - United 

Kingdom 

Mike Deakin - Director - Proviso Systems Limited 

Jason Tranter - Managing Director - Mobius 

Institute - Australia 

Allan Rienstra - General Manager - SDT North 

America - Canada 

Patrick Debeuf - Manager tram & trolleybus - De 

Lijn - Belgium 

Ruben Simoens - Maintenance Consultant 

- Coservices 

Pump & Compressor Maintenance Room 4 


13h45-14h30 Optimising maintenance of centrifugal pumps using condition monitoring 

n How to use expedient methods of fl ow and pressure measurement. 

n How to use several methods of performance condition monitoring. 

n How to optimise overhaul based on minimising wasted energy and greenhouse emissions (free software 

application will be provided). 

14h30-15h15 Mission impossible: repair an exploded centrifugal compressor 

n Is it possible to weld a cast iron casing that was ripped apart by an explosion? 

n How sharing knowledges between customers OEM’s and maintenance companies can force a innovative 

breaktrough. 

n How to improve availability and decrease maintenance cost of Heavy Duty equipment. 

15h45-16h30 MTBR improvement of rotating equipment 

n People will learn with real examples/ cases how MTBR of rotating equipment can be improved. 

n With some of the reliability fi gures they can do some bench marking with their own company. 

n The possibilities of some new technologies of mechanical seals will be presented. 

16h30-17h15 Sharing of experience in maintenance of turbine machinery 

n Fault detection, repair technologies, retro-fi tting and traceability 

n Revamping of a AEG Kanis turbine 

n Maintenance of a Solar Centaur gas turbine : major defaults ans repairs 

Ray Beebe - Senior Lecturer/Postgrad coordinator 

- Monash University - Australia 

Wim Schelfaut - Chief Operationg Offi cer 

- Maintenance Partners nv - Belgium 

Jan Elen - Regional Alliances Coordinator - 

Flowserve - Netherlands 

Jacques Demeuleneire - Commercial manager 

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Best Practices in Planning and Scheduling Shutdowns & Turnarounds Room 4 


09h00-09h45 Optimizing turnarounds to optimize plant performance 

n How to defi ne the plant presmises for a turnaround. 

n How to follow up premises - scoping- preparation- contracting and execution of turnarounds. 

n Other lessons learned. 

09h45-10h30 Planning and scheduling a shut down in SAP R3 

n How to work out a correct planning of a job in SAP, what is the basic concept of a good planning. How to 

schedule in SAP and how to prepare your permits in SAP. 

n How cockpits are the key of succes to work out a detailled workplanning and scheduling in SAP. How you can 

save time with the help of cockpits. 

n What are tips and trics to work out a planning of a shutdown of a chemical plant directly into SAP, including 

permits. 

11h00-11h45 Integration of new projects during a maintenance shut down 

n How to integrate projects in a shutdownplanning. 

n How to make workpreparations for Tie In activities. 

n How to follow up Tie Ins during a shut down. 

11h45-12h30 Experiences from the planning and implementation of a shutdown in the UNIPETROL, a.s. 

group 

n How to coordinate preparation activities. 

n Manage risks of shutdown. 

n Coordinate scheduling of contractors and best practices. 




Jac Weggen - Manager Turnarounds - Essent 

- Netherlands 

Marc De Kerf - Maintenance Manager - BASF 

Antwerp - Belgium 

Kris Bakelants - Technical Manager - PDM-Profs 

for Industry - Belgium 

Jiri Poloucek - project manager - UNIPETROL, .a.s. 

- Czech Republic 

Risk Based Maintenance Strategies & Concepts Room 5 


13h45-14h30 Management of the FAC riks for the fossil fi red power plants at Electrabel 

n What is FAC? Can we avoid or minimize it? 

n What can we do to monitor the situation in plants? 

n What is done within the organisation to improve safety and reliability? 

14h30-15h15 Maintenance process related to Risks Management and/or Competitiveness Enhancement 

n How various types of maintenance tasks make it possible to act on the maintenance objectives. 

n How to distinguish between offensive approaches to increase the competitiveness,and defensive approaches to 

ensure safety and to control environmental risks. 

n A classifi cation of maintenance methods according to their effects on risks and/or competitiveness. 

15h45-16h30 A risk based approach to electricity distribution system asset management 

n Challenges related to different aspects of risk in electricity distribution systems. 

n How risk assessment can be used when establishing maintenance and reinvestment strategies. 

n Methods used to get insight into how maintenance and reinvestment strategies affect company risk exposure. 

16h30-17h15 Variation of Results when Using Risk-based Principles for Decision-making in Maintenance 

n How to apply risk-based techniques in maintenance. 

n Learn the benefi ts of using risk-based methodologies in maintenance. 

n What are the benefi ts and disadvantages of using a risk-based approach in maintenance. 

Charles Laire - Technology Manager - Laborelec 

- Belgium 

Antoine Despujols - Senior Research Engineer 

- Electricité de France (EDF) - France 

Dag Eirik Nordgaard - Research Scientist and 

currently a Phd candidate - SINTEF Energy 

Research and Norwegian University of Science 

and Technology (NTNU) - Norway 

Jacobus Visser - Professor - University of Pretoria 

- South Africa - Dennis Fisher - Engineer - Sasol 

E-maintenance (EAM, CMMS, software tools, Room 6 

hardware solutions, remote maintenance) 


09h00-09h45 From Implementation to Go Live – eliminating paper in the pharmaceutical industry. 

(Implementation and validation of a compliant fully electronic Computerised Calibration 

and Maintenance Management System in a heavily regulated environment.) 

n How to identify the critical risks associated with going live with an electronic system in a heavily regulated 

industry. 

n How to validate a CMMS for the pharma world. 

n The diffi culties and opportunities using a fully electronic CMMS. 

09h45-10h30 Data driven continuous improvement of maintenance processes 

n How to manage large amounts of master and/or transactional data. 

n Use data to look for points of improvement. 

n Use data to report/support the improvement. 

Catherine Sheehy - Maintenance Systems 

Engineer - GE Healthcare - Ireland 

Bart Segers - Information coordinator - Janssen 

Pharmaceutica - Belgium 

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11h00-11h45 CMMS, a TPM coaching tool 

n How to engage, involve and better coordinate maintenance and production departments on the basis of 

common TPM indicators. 

n How to enhance the operation of a CMMS with complementary modules such as TPM. 

n How can the maintenance department contribute to the production improvement process through TPM 

monitored on the CMMS. 

11h45-12h30 Challenges Implementation of integrated Operations in the offshore industry 

n How to use modern information and communication technologies to exploit real time data to optimise 

operations? 

n The large income/cost savings potential of Integrated Operations 

n The technical, human and organisational challenges in realising the full potential of integrated operations. 

13h45-14h30 Implementation of a Global Maintenance System in all sites of General Motors 

n What have we done to roll out a standard CMMS and why? 

n How did we approach it and where are we now? 

n What are we going to do and what have we learned? 

14h30-15h15 A dynamic platform for e-maintenance upgrade within a three-layer operation integration. 

n How to integrate technologies with existing legacy systems. 

n How to leverage the maintenance management with CBM and PdM strategies. 

n What technologies will likely be fully incorporated in few years into the maintenance bussiness. 

15h45-16h30 Using Variable Speed Drive data for Condition Monitoring 

n How to improve diagnostic capability with drive-supplied data. 

n What information can be gained without any hardware investments. 

n How the additional data can be analyzed. 


E-maintenance (EAM, CMMS, software tools, Room 6 

hardware solutions, remote maintenance) 


16h30-17h15 Wireless Condition Monitoring 

n How to make use of new technology that enables data acquisition and sharing of real-time information. 

Ubiquitous, low-cost sensors operating over a plant-wide wireless network representing a step change for 

condition monitoring systems. 

n How to reduce the cost of installation. 

n How to make use of data reduction techniques. 

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Eric Maniez - Responsable méthodes maintenance 

- Valeo - France 

Cesari Jean Philippe - Responsable commercial 

- CARL International 

Gjermund Våge - Principal consultant - Det Norske 

Veritas AS - Norway 

Leendert Kuypers - European Coordinator 

Maintenance - General Motors Belgium N.V. 

- Belgium 

Aitor Arnaiz - Head of Unit. Researcher - 

Fundación Tekniker - Spain 

Michal Orkisz - Principal Scientist - ABB Sp. z 

o.o. - Poland 

Stuart Courtney - Senior Applications Engineer 

- SKF Reliability Systems - United States 

Stefan Svensson - Project Manager Wireless & 

Mobility research coordination - ABB 

Best practices in Maintenance Execution, Planning & Scheduling Room 1 


09h00-09h45 Moving from a Repair-focused to a Reliability-focused Culture 

n The challenges in moving from a repair-focused to a reliability-focused organisation. 

n Five areas to focus on in order to increase the chances of success in changing organisational culture. 

n What can YOU do to assist the transition to a reliability-focused organisation. 

09h45-10h30 How to construct an effective maintenance plan 

n How to convert maintenance analysis results into a workable maintenance plan for an equipment system. 

n How to streamline maintenance activities over the short and long-term horizon to balance workload, resources 

and production requirements. 

n How to use shop fl oor feedback to sustain the effectiveness and integrity of the maintenance plan in a robust 

manner. 

11h00-11h45 Best practices for improving the Maintenance Management Effi ciency by the use of SAP cockpits 

n How to get the maximum return out of your SAP R3 investment project 

n How to save money by simplifying the use of SAP for a large user community with different functions within 

the cockpit network best practice tool 

n How you can improve the effi ciency of your maintenance work order processes at large production sites 

11h45-12h30 When do I change from centralized- to de-centralized maintenance or visa versa and how 

do I calculate the necessary manpower? 

n Facts and Figures are the guidelines to the right decision. 

n When is the time right to reorganise your maintenance organisation. 

n Improve the relationship between Production and Maintenance. 



Dave Porrill - Engineering Consultant - Eli Lilly and 

Company Ltd - United Kingdom 

Michel Philippe - Technical Governance - BASF 

Antwerp - Belgium 

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13h45-14h30 A 10 Years Journey Introducing RCM within Hydro Power. A Case Study at Vattenfall 

Vattenkraft 

n Signifi cant results from introducing RCM, with a focus on a hydro power environment (with characteristics as 

geographical spread plants and maintenance groups, and different systems between the plants). 

n Knowledge about how to manage an RCM introduction, to avoid extended time plans and increase costs during 

the project. 

n Knowledge about the necesary advantedges with introducing and applying RCM principles, i.e. the connection 

between reliability/availability and maintenance performance. 

14h30-15h15 Maintenance challenges in a bagasse based Paper Mill 

n Understand how to optimize the resources proactively. 

n Witness the trends and challenges of technology absorption. 

n Knows the meaning and the purpose of value engineering and visualize the importance of strategic enablers to 

maintenance mangement. 

15h45-16h30 Pitstop strategies to reduce downtime for maintenance 

n Basics, not necessary world class principles, can make brakethroughs. 

n The importance of really challenging targets. 

n Results give back the energy for the next improvements. 

16h30-17h15 Experiences with Pit Stop Maintenance in Hydropower Plants 

n Challenges in maintenance of hydropower plants. 

n Principles for and application of pit stop maintenance. 

n Benefi ts and pitfalls of the method. 




Fredrik Backlund - Researcher - Centre for 

Maintenance and Industrial Services, Luleå 

University of Technology - Sweden 

Rikard Holmberg - Maintenance development 

- Vattenfall Vattenkraf 

Kulandaipaian Thangaraju - Manager (Paper) 

Sengodan Nandagopal - Deputy Manager 

(Mechanical) 

Balan Mahesh - Deputy Manager (Mechanical) 

Tamilnadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd. - India 

Ad Sleenhoff - Manager Methods & Techniques 

- DAF Trucks (Eindhoven/Westerloo) - Belgium 

Eivind Solvang - Senior Research Scientist 

- SINTEF Energy Research - Norway 

Per Schjølberg - Associate Professor and Scientifi c 

Advisor, Co-ordinator of Maintenance -Norwegian 

University of Science and Technology (NTNU) 

and SINTEF Technology and Society, Safety and 

Reliability 

Integrating Operations & Maintenance Room 2 

(Lean Manufacturing, Lean Maintenance & TPM,...) 


09h00-09h45 The integration of maintenance, production and capital purchases 

n How to achieve integration of R&D, production, engineering and capital purchasing. 

n How to bring your production/maintenance organization to world-class levels in asset design & replacement 

and capital procurement. 

n How to partner with equipment suppliers to achieve design for reliability, manufacturability and high OEE and 

achieve capital procurement lead time reductions in a lean production environment. 

09h45-10h30 The Partnership Organization, how to close the gaps between Operations, Maintenance 

and Engineering 

n How to change your management work system to a partnership. 

n What are the work practices you need to change? 

n To agree to and document a partnership vision and mission statement. 

11h00-11h45 LEAN in Maintenance: achieving a 50% improvement by learning to see through your 

LEAN glasses. 

n How to implement LEAN tools in your Maintenance environment. 

n How to spot the most important barriers to become world class. 

n How to overcome these barriers and prepare for succes. 

11h45-12h30 The Myths and Realities of Implementing Sustainable TPM 

n How to adapt TPM to your Industry, Business Situation and Cultural Environment. 

n Engage the Hearts and Minds of all Stakeholders. 

n Avoid the Pitfalls by Robust Management and Employee Involvement. 

13h45-14h30 Operator maintenance in a TPM production-plant 

n A tool that will help you to involve operators in maintenance 

n Reducing MTTR on short-stops and reducing analysing time for a disturbance 

n How to create a “visual” factory 

14h30-15h15 The deployment of Lean Maintenance at Mars 

n How to build a Lean Maintenance project. 

n What exactly is implemented in Lean Maintenance. 

n What can be expected from a Lean Maintenance project. 

Gerard Poolman - Worldwide Director, 

Manufacturing Equipment - Johnson & Johnson 


Christer Idhammar - President - IDCON, INC 


Jan Willem Vernhout - Senior Consultant - Kepner- 

Tregoe - United Kingdom 

Peter Willmott - Owner - Willmott Solutions 

- United Kingdom 

Marc Begijn - Maintenance Manager - Volvo Cars 

Gent - Belgium 

Christophe Siegfriedt - European Maintenance 

Coordinator - Mars PF France - France 

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15h45-16h30 Delivering world-class asset care in a 250 years old brewery 

n How to deliver change. 

n Practical steps taken in a traditional brewery. 

n Culture change programme using best practice; ensuring robust processes and ongoping improvements. 

16h30-17h15 Maintenance Function Deployment (MFD) for Cost-effective & Continuous Improvement of 

Company’s Business; Using Total Quality Maintenance (TQMain) 

n How to present maintenance as a profi t-centre. 

n How to integrate maintenance role with plant’s other activities. 

n How to assess maintenance role in company’s profi t and competitiveness. 

Richard Jones - Managing Director - MCP 

Management Consultants - United Kingdom 

Tom Dorney - Maintenance Manager - Diageo 

Brewery Dublin 

Al-Najjar Basim - Professor, Head of the division of 

Terotechnology - Växjö University - Sweden 

Stock Optimization & Warehouse Management Room 3 


09h00-09h45 Optimizing your spare parts warehouse 

n Your Maintenance strategy determines your materials management strategy. 

n Stock Optimizing leads to higher OEE. 

n Stock Optimizing leads to substantial stock reduction and better service level. 

09h45-10h30 A review of industry practice and performance of the spare part management function 

within the power and oil and gas industries - suggestions for improvements 

n What is considered state of the art within spare part management. 

n Main challenges and practices in power- and oil and gas industry. 

n Recommendations for improving spare part managament at industrial plants, including KPI, work processes and 

management. 

11h00-11h45 How to apply the theories for stock opimization in practice under infl uence of an ever 

changing conditions. 

n How to transform the stock warehouse from a disturbing factor to a reliable partner of maintenance & 

production. 

n How to eliminate obsolete stock. 

n How to optimise stock levels. 

Hans Timmerman - Senior Maintenance 

Consultant - Stork Asset Management Solutions 

- Belgium 

Atle Stokke - Consultant - Det Norske Veritas AS 

- Norway 

Christian Klöppner - Principal consultant - Det 

Norske Veritas AS 

Raymond Vangeneugden - Manager Central 

Warehouse & Replenishment - ArcelorMittal Genk 

Stainless Europe - Belgium 

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13h45-14h30 Reliability Centered Stock Management (RCSM) and its Role in Optimizing Plant 

Performance 

n How to ensure Availability of MRO Materials at Optimum Cost without sacrifi cing the Required Service Level. 

n Deciding on MRO Materials Stock holding based on Likelihood of FailuresOccurence and Consequences of 

Failures. 

n Minimize Equipment Out Of Service and its Consequences towards Environment, Safety and Production Loss. 

14h30-15h15 A new spare parts stocking classify mode based on equipment criticality 

n A new spare parts stock mode. 

n how to control stockpile budget of spare parts with the precondition of guaranteeing maintenance needs to the 

most extend. 

n How to implement the new mode. 

15h45-16h30 Optimization of strategic spare parts stocks from the project phase via a Risk/Cost type 

approach 

n Gathering of experience feedback data. 

n Defi nition of the optimum stock level by simulator. 

n Modern decision methods for the best Risk/Cost compromise. 

16h30-17h15 Electronic spare parts catalogues: ec@t-npmi, the community portal for maintenance 

n Discover the advantages of using a multilingual community catalogue. 

n Measure the economic issues linked to the use of the international ecl@ass product description system. 

n Assess the effi ciency gains for internal business processes. 

Krishnamurthy Venkata Ramani - Assets and 

Resources Management Advisor - Alliance 

Industrial Management Services [AIMS] - India 

Li Baowen - Professor - The Institute of Plant 

Engineering & Industrial Engineering, Guangzhou 

University, China 

Sébastien Moine - Ingénieur Consultant - 

Assetsman S.A.S. - France 

Gérard Quoidbach - Senior Consultant - Tractebel 

Engineering 

Claude Pichot - President - AFIM: Association 

française des ingénieurs et responsables de 

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Reliability and Asset Performance Benchmarking Room 4 


09h00-09h45 Optimizing Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) Decisions. 

n How to accurately predict equipment breakdown. 

n Identify condition monitoring measurements correlated to different failure modes. 

n How to blend economic consequences with measurements to provide an optimal CBM decision. 

09h45-10h30 No-Nonsense PDM - A Model For Getting Results, Not Lip Service From Your In-House 

PDM Program 

n How to set up a results oreintated PDM program. 

n Select the proper PDM technician skillset. 

n Take the complication out of PDM technician. 

11h00-11h45 Predictive Benchmarked Reliability and Maintenance Management Information 

n How to focus on long term World Class performance. 

n How to make best use of Reliability and Maintenance Support. 

n How to integrate Reliability and Maintenance Effectiveness into overall Plant performance Strategy. 

11h45-12h30 Create and execute a common Maintenance Strategy for CCE Europe (New centralized 

European Supply Chain) 

n Evaluate your maintenance maturity profi le. 

n Developping a business case for implementing a defi ned maintenance strategy. 

n Creating a maintenance strategy for a multi site organisation. 

13h45-14h30 KPIs? What KPIs? 

n How to select Key Performance Indicators that motivate behavioural change and drive performance 

improvement. 

n How to engage and motivate personnel through the process of selecting and implementing Key Performance 

Indicators. 

n Common traps that inhibit the effective use of KPIs. 

14h30-15h15 Developing Reliability, Maintenance Management and Practice Scorecards to reinforce 

corporate business strategy 

n Scorecard development, use and types ranging from abbreviated to comprehensive and balanced scorecards 

n Selection of scorecard elements, KPI’s and benchmarks to align with and demonstrate value contribution to 

business and operating requirements 

n The three tier scorecard: Executive Managerial results - Program defi nition and effectiveness - Implementation details 

15h45-16h30 EFNMS-SMRP Maintenance and Reliability Indicator Harmonization Project 

n How many and which indicators are common between the SMRP and EN15341. 

n How to use global maintenance and reliability indicators to maximize plant performance. 

n How two organizations can work together harmoniously to achieve a common goal. 

16h30-17h15 Results of Quantitative Measurement of Maintenance Performance in the Mining Industry 

n How to apply performance management in maintenance. 

n How to develop a set of key performance indicators for maintenance of a mine. 

n What is the relationship between maintenance and organisation performance. 




Andrew Jardine - Professor - University of Toronto 

- Canada 

Wayde Esplin - Senior Reliability Supervisor 

- Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc. - United States 

Michael Hernu - Project Manager - Solomon 

Associates - United States 

Koen Van Loon - Maintenance Manager Europe 

- Coca Cola Enterprises - Belgium 



John S. Mitchell - Value Advocate - Meridium 

- USA 

Tom Svantesson - Senior Consultant - TSMC 

Production & Maintenance Consultants, ApS 

- Denmark 

Olver Richard - Senior Asset Reliability Specialist 

- Agrium Inc. 

Jacobus Visser - Professor - University of Pretoria 

- South Africa 

Hermann Hollhumer - Mechanisation Engineer 

- Anglo Platinum 





09h00-09h45 Aiming for 100% Reliability 

n Is 100% reliability achievable? 

n What engineering methods & techniques can be used for making new and existing equipment more reliable? 

n How the calculate the cost effectiveness of reliability improvement? 

09h45-10h30 How to integrate the operation and the maintenance in the design of a large and complex 

powering system : The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Power Converters ? 

n How to include the maintenance and operation in the design process of high precision and large power system 

(MTBF optimization)? 

n How to design and develop remote diagnostic tools to allow remote restart of the equipment or to prepare the 

underground intervention (MTTR reduction)? 

n How to defi ne an operation strategy to minimize the MTTR (spare part management, traceability of 

equipments,…). 

Jim Kennedy - National Chair - Asset Management 

Council and Maintenance Engineering Society of 

Australia - Australia 

Frédérick Bordry - Group Leader (Power Converter 

Group) - CERN - European Organization for 

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11h00-11h45 Simple critical point assessment method 

n How to organize and set-up a weak point assessment for new (or existing) equipment. 

n How to identify, evaluate and score weak points, cause of potential failures, and to overcome them. 

n How to exploit assessment results to build your preventive maintenance and inspection plan, your training 

needs and critical spare parts requirements. 

11h45-12h30 The 10 commandments of RCM 

n How to successfully set up a RCM program? 

n What mistakes to avoid? 

n How to folluw-up a RCM process and what are the expected results? 

Roland Nyssen - Mgr. Global Maintenance EU / 

EEMA - Kraft Foods International - Belgium 

Santiago Sotuyo Blanco - presidente COPIMAN 

- UPADI - Ellmann, Sueiro y Asociados - Uruguay 

Lubrication Management Room 5 


13h45-14h30 Who wants to be a millionaire ? - Best practices in lubrication management and Oil 

Analysis 

n How lubrifi cation affects reliability and how small changes makes big improvments. 

n How to choose the right oil analysis for the right machine. 

n How to justify oil analysis to the plant management. 

14h30-15h15 Novel method for lube quality statis assessment based on visible spectrometric analysis 

n How to control lubes on line. 

n How degradation affects fl uids. 

n How to establish drain interval. 

15h45-16h30 Pro-active Maintenance Evolution and Lubrication management in the corrugating industry 

n How to setup a reliability system for there machinery. 

n How to implemate the PME concept after an assessment. 

n What they can save in costs as a result of a higher uptime. 

16h30-17h15 Upcoming international standards on Condition Monitoring, Oil Analysis & Machinery 

Lubrication 

n What is being standardized in the area of Condition Monitoring by ISO TC108/SC5. 

n Syllabus and requirements for training and certifi cation of oil analysis and lubrication personnel. 

n How to participate in the development of these standards. 

Fabrice Brion - Director - I-care - Belgium E 

Jesus Terradillos - laboratory manager - Fundation 

Tekniker - Spain 

Aitor Arnaiz - UNIT MANAGER - Fundacion 

Tekniker 

Rob Teijgeman - Maintenance Manager - Smurfi t 

Kappa - Netherlands - Ian Knight - Director 

- Enluse BV 

Suzy Jamieson - Executive Director - International 

Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) - United 

States 

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09h00-09h45 Plant Reliability can help save the environment and deliver real bottom line savings 

n How to Question historical facts – improving equipment effi ciency results in reliability and fi nancial savings. 

n How to Think Lubrication not Lubricants – a superior lubricant will not remove or overcome basic problems, but 

with the basics right they will deliver long life. 

n How Superior Lubricants need to be cared for as an investment to get the best output. 

09h45-10h30 Sustainable Development Summons Green Maintenance 

n How to comprehend green maintenance, and know its connotation? 

n How to design the equipment green maintainability, select the green maintenance materials? 

n What do the key technologies of green maintenance include, how to apply these technologies to equipment 

maintenance? 

11h00-11h45 DSEM: Demand Side Energy Management 

n How an energy reduction program can be structured. The relation between the energy awareness of the [Den 

Haese, Dirk] company and the energy saving potential of a site. 

n Why every step [Den Haese, Dirk] of out process is important to realize a long term, sustainable effect. 

n Real case examples. 

11h45-12h30 Energy savings solutions on motor applications 

n How to look for energy saving solutions in my operations. 

n Where to look for energy savings in my operations how to execute energy savings on pump & fun appliaction. 

n where to select MV and LV solutions. 

Philip Grellier - Innovation manager for Industrial 

Solutions - Dow Corning Molykote - United 

Kingdom 

Robbie Broekhuize - Team manager Lubricants, 

Building & Moldmaking - Mavom 

Professor Ma Shining & Sun Xiaofeng - Surface 

Engineering Institute of CMES (China Mechanical 

Engineering Society) - China 

Dirk Den Haese - Sales manager - Siemens 

- Belgium 

Bart Van De Velde - Business leader Power control 

- Rockwell Automation - Belgium 


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13h45-14h30 Creating and maintaining and effective air leak detection program 

n How to convince management that compressed air leaks are a waste that can save company money if fi xed. 

n How to start the program, select the equipment, address training needs, evaluate the success, set short and 

long term goals for their leak survey program. 

n How to go into the plant and actually fi nd the leaks - step by step procedure. 

14h30-15h15 A new technology to clean power plant elements quickly and effectively to keep the 

boiler’s effi ciency high 

n A new techology for power plant elements cleaning. 

n Importance of clean heat exchange elements for the overall power plant effi ciency. 

n Real cases of power plant elements cleaning. 

15h45-16h30 Improved energy effi ciency through plant Maintenance and energy housekeeping 

n Implementation of Energy management involves the whole organisation, with a key role for the maintenance 

department. 

n Operational Excellence is key to obtain world class energy effi ciency. 

n Findings from recent turnaround plant modifi cations for Kallo Dehydrogenation unit. 

16h30-17h15 Optimising the operational cost for clean air handling system 

n How to lower the energy consumption in existing systems in a quick manner. 

n What to look for when selecting the right solution. 

n How can we optimise the energy consumption by air fi lter life performance analyse. 




Allan Rienstra - General Manager - SDT North 

America - Canada 

Timo Jalkanen - Area Manager - TEKE - Finland 

Esa Moilanen - Managing Director -Teke 

Lieven Stalmans - Energy Manager - Borealis 

- Belgium 

Richard Cousaert - Sr. Process Engineer - Borealis 

Belgium 

Ulf Johansson - RnD cordinator - Camfi l Farr 

- Sweden 

Certifi cation in Maintenance Room 7 


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9h15-9h55 

9h55-10h35 

11h00-11h45 

11h45-12h30 

The Euromaint project: Professional Skills for Maintenance Managers and Maintenance 

Engineers 

Evening Events 

Tuesday 8 April 2008 

When Event Where 

18h30-20h30 Euromaintenance Opening Night with the proclamation of the Euromaintenance Incentive Award and a debate with top 

industry Leaders - Coctail & Fingerfood (More info on page 35) 

Wednesday 9 April 2008 


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18h30-20h30 Euromaintenance Conference Event: Behind the scenes of the ING Renault F1 Team - Walking Dinner (More info on page 37) auditorium 2000 

Thursday 10 April 2008 

Alan Wilson - EFNMS Project Euromaint - EU E 

The Maintenance Management Professional certifi cation program in Canada Marco Horselenberg - PEMAC - Canada E 

The Certifi cation and Training Program in Brasil Athayde Ribeiro & José Eduardo Lobato - 

ABRAMAN - Brasil 

The SMRP certifi cation program Rick Baldridge - SMRP - US E 

The EFNMS Certifi cation of Maintenance Professionals in Europe Jan Franlund - EFNMS Certifi cation Committee 

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– presentation by the winner, Closing address) 

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CONDITION MONITORING 

DO YOU CONTROL YOUR MACHINERY 

OR DOES IT CONTROL YOU? 

On Tuesday April 8 th you can 

attend to a wide-ranging 1⁄2-day 

workshop that goes through the 

subject of reliability improvement 

from failures to successes. 

Starting off is the most diffi cult thing 

to do. Everybody knows where 

they want to be and what results 

they are looking to achieve from improving 

reliability. But, like reading a map, 

you can’t get to where you want to be 

if you don’t know where you are. Establishing 

your starting position is therefore 

vital. Why buy tools to fi x problems you 

only think you have? The presentation offers 

a seamless path and integration of 

the techniques and technologies which 

will make reliability improvements an inevitability. 

This is not a theoretical presentation. 

It will be supported throughout 

with case histories. 

Practical involvement 

Depending upon the number of attendees, 

some number of groups will be formed 

and approximately 1 hour of the workshop 

will be devoted to group application 

of their own and their new knowledge to 

real life problems. Each group will present 

their proposals for their problem and the 

remainder of the audience will be encouraged 

to comment and contribute so that a 

stimulating discussion will develop – even 

beyond the confi nes of the workshop. 

Workshop facilitator 

is Thomas J. Murphy C.Eng., Reliability 

Team Limited. Tom Murphy is a Chartered 

Engineer with a degree in Electroacoustics 

and 25 years of experience in the 

fi eld of condition monitoring using ultrasound, 

thermography and vibration 

measurement. Tom’s consultancy clients 

are in a variety of industries from food 

production to printing. His work currently 

involves putting the traditional and more 

novel Predictive Maintenance tools into 

less traditional industrial environments 

where simplicity, understanding and expense 

are big issues.


adding activities, best practices and decision 

making. Isn’t that what Lean Maintenance 

should be all about? 

Like real life 

This dedicated maintenance game has 

been played on maintenance events all 

over the world so there is a record performance 

to beat. It is dynamic like real 

life. Strategy and decisions of all the 

teams are entered in a simulation tool, 

so your competitors will affect your situation. 

The team that creates the most economic 

value after a number of playing 

rounds wins the prestigious VDM award. 

Needless to say it is fun to play! And we 

all know, learning by doing is more effective 

than just listening to a presentation. 

Actually the game is also perfectly 

suitable for in-company events to gain 

understanding why a way of working 

Reliable Manufacturing Limited 

presents a one day workshop: 

‘The Manufacturing Game ® ’, 

a highly interactive learning 

experience which demonstrates 

how to achieve benchmark 

levels of performance in your 

Organisation. 


must be improved, or to change the 

way Production or Financial Management 

thinks about Maintenance. 

Building a coherent structure 

To be able to play a simulation like 

this, there must be a strong (planning 

and control) methodology behind it. 

But that’s the case in real life maintenance 

improvement too. Or like Bengt 

Svensson, Maintenance Manager Volvo 

Cars Sweden, puts it: ‘Basically, VDM 

is to maintenance what Windows is to 

the computer, an operating system. The 

concept is built on a coherent structure 

that effectively interconnects a number 

of different working practices, processes 

and technologies. The basic idea is that 

maintenance must add value”. VDM is 

not only about calculating the value po- 

inated by frontline driven action teams in 

less than 90 days for little or no expense, 

with a potentially huge fi nancial return for 

the Organisation. The cumulative effect of 

defect elimination deep in the Organisation 

helps to accelerate change in the Operation 

and, more importantly, in the culture of the 

Organisation. 

What You Will Learn 

By attending this workshop you will gain an 

understanding and experience of : 

- The value of balancing a top down project 

approach to performance improvement 

with a proactive bottom up focus on defect 

elimination 

- How to engage your frontline operations 

and maintenance teams and give them 

the vision for their role in improving operational 

effi ciency 

tential of your maintenance situation to 

convince your Board. It also delivers the 

full toolset to implement the changes that 

will deliver the added value and monitor 

your improvements. From year to year, 

along the journey to World Class Maintenance. 

So, if you fi nally want to get 

a grip on your maintenance performance, 

visit us at Euromaintenance 2008 

or www.mainnovation.com.

CREATING SUSTAINABLE VALUE 

LEAN MAINTENANCE… 

THE MISSING LINK? 

The workshop provides practical 

guidance from experienced 

practitioners on issues such 

as how to create the time to 

transform the Maintenance 

role, stay in control of costs and 

raise the competence of your 

maintenance team to meet the 

challenge. 

The workshop will use case studies to 

show how the 4 milestones of the Lean 

TPM route map guide the transformation 

of the maintenance role. 

During Milestones 1 and 2, the maintenance 

role is one of performance stabilisation. 

The workshop will set out the 

practical steps to progress towards zero 

breakdowns, highlight what gets in the 

way of this goal and how to overcome 

these challenges. 

Delivery of the zero breakdowns goal 

releases maintenance, management and 

specialist resource from routine day to 

day fi refi ghting. The workshop includes 

advice on how to achieve this whilst assuring 

the quality of maintenance. 

Progress through milestones 3 and 4 depends 

on process optimisation to reduce 

quality defects whilst delivering the capability 

to support smaller batch sizes, 

frequent start ups and the rapid delivery 

of new products and capital projects. 

The workshop explains the key role that 

Maintenance plays in delivering this customer 

winning capability.


MAINTENANCE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 

THE WORLD’S FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE 

SMRP - EFNMS HARMONISED INDICATORS 

Many companies use KPI’s in 

maintenance to compare the 

current maintenance performance 

with that of others, to communicate 

maintenance performance 

improvement to management and 

maintenance staff and to support 

their business strategies with predefi 

ned goals. 

Euromaintenance has programmed 

a full day workshop, that will provide 

training and practice in the 

calculation and understanding of the 

indicators for measuring maintenance, 

reliability and availability performance. 

The workshop will be the premiere of the 

Harmonised indicators, set up by SMRP 

(the Society for Maintenance and Reliability 

Professionals) and the EFNMS 

(the European Federation of National 

Maintenance Societies). The trick in 

benchmarking is to clearly defi ne what 

is included in the different components of 

the KPI’s. That is why the workshop will 

n Table 1: the SMRP – EFNMS harmonized indicators. 


be based on the harmonized indicators 

from the standard EN 15341 “Maintenance 

Key Performance Indicators”, and 

the metrics from the SMRP Best Practices 

Committee. By using this predefi ned indicators 

and metrics you will be able 

to do benchmarking and comparative 

analysis with other companies inside our 

outside the group. At the workshop, you 

will have the opportunity to calculate a 

number of key fi gures for maintenance 

SMRP Name EN 15341 Name 

5.5.33 Stock outs O26 Number of spare parts supplied by the warehouse as requested * 100 / Total number of spare 

parts required by maintenance 

1.4 Stores value/Replacement Asset Value E7 Average inventory value of maintenance materials * 100 / Asset Replacement Value 

1.5 Annual maintenance cost per Replacement 

Asset Value 

E1 Total maintenance cost * 100 / Asset Replacement Value 

3.5.1 MTBF T17 Total operating time / Number of failures 

3.5.2 MTTR T21 Total time to restoration / Number of failures 

4.2.1 Maintenance training costs E21 Cost of training for maintenance / Number of maintenance personnel 

4.2.2 Maintenance Training hours O23 Number of maintenance internal personnel man hours for training * 100 / Total internal maintenance 

man hours 

5.4.1 Reactive work 017 Immediate Corrective maintenance man-hours x 100 / Total maintenance man-hours 

5.4.2 Proactive Work O18 Preventive maintenance man hours x 100 / Total maintenance man hours 

5.7.1 Continious improvement hours O8 Man-hours used for continuous improvement x 100 / Total maintenance personnel man-hours 

5.5.71 Contractor maintenance cost E10 Total contractor cost x 100 / Total maintenance cost 

5.5.8 Overtime maintenance hours O21 Overtime internal maintenance man hours x 100 / Total internal maintenance man hours 

5.1.1 Corrective maintenance cost E15 Corrective maintenance cost x 100 / Total Maintenance Cost 

5.1.2 Corrective maintenance hours O16 Corrective maintenance man hours x 100 / Total maintenance man hours 

5.4.4 Work orders performed as scheduled O22 Number of work orders performed as scheduled x 100 / Total number of scheduled work 

orders 

5.5.6 Craft workers on shift ratio O10 Direct maintenance personnel on shift x 100 / Total direct maintenance personnel 

5.5.31 Stores Inventory Turns E12 Total cost of maintenance materials x 100 / Average inventory value of Maintenance materials 

Warehouse turnover 

cost, maintenance man hours and availability 

performance. The calculations will 

be made on two case-study companies: 

The “European Factory for Natural Molecular 

Systems” and the “Speedy Mac 

Reliable Products”. Participants will be 

divided into cross business groups at the 

workshop.

EUROMAINTENANCE OPENING NIGHT: 

TOP INDUSTRY LEADERS ON MAINTENANCE 

After the workshops on 

Tuesday evening, April 8th, the 

Euromaintenance opening night 

will feature the announcement of 

the prestigious Euromaintenance 

Incentive Award winner and a 

debate with some of the world’s 

top industry leaders. 

nance and reliability are the keys to sustainable 

industrial activity. 

Programme 

• Welcome by the president of Bemas 

and the chairman and honorary president 

of the EFNMS 

• Proclamation by the president of the 

Salvetti Foundation and presentation by the 

winner of the prestigious Euromaintenance 

The debate will focus on sustainable incentive award 

industrial activity in Europe, with em- • Debate with top Industry leaders: 

phasis on the role of maintenance and Volker Knabe, President Engineering & 

asset management. Global economy has Maintenance of BASF Worldwide, Max 

made equipment reliability a strategic issue. Bataille, Vice President Manufacturing Eu- 

Properly leveraging asset up-time is one of rope Baxter, Patrick De Groote, CEO Ko- 

a company’s few opportunities to increase ramic Industries and President of Bemas, Joel 

income in ever-tightening markets with high Leonard, Maintenance Evangelist, Wijnand 

demands and price pressures, by increasing Moonen, General Manager Asset Manage- 

production capacity at the lowest possible ment EMEA, Lloyd’s Register, Dan Bradley, 

manufacturing cost. Furthermore, high reli- President SKF Reliabiliy Services, Jan Brugability 

increases customer satisfaction (fewer genthijs, President Stork Industry Services, 

supply delays) and ensures compliance with Didier Herbert, Head of Unit Sustainable 

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EVENING EVENTS 

• We conclude the event with the offi cial 

opening of the easyFairs Maintenance 

trade show, after which you are invited 

for an appetising Cocktail and walking 

Fingerfood. 

Practical info 

Besides the conference participants, top-industry 

leaders, CEOs, plant managers, high-level 

maintenance managers and (inter-)national policy 

makers are invited to this event. Euromaintenance 

is set to welcome 1,000 participants. 

When & Where: 

Tuesday April 8th 2008 at 18h30 

reception from 17h30 

Auditorium 2000, Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium 

Participation fee: 

• €100 + 21% VAT for people NOT participating 

at the Euromaintenance conference 

• FREE for participants of the Euromaintenance 

2008 conference (on April 8th, April 9th or at the 

complete programme) – registration required 

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CONFERENCE EVENT: 

BEHIND THE SCENES OF 

THE ING RENAULT F1 TEAM ! 

Technology concepts and compelling peoplemanagement 

aspects of F1 have inspired industry 

to introduce “pit stop strategies” in maintenance. 

So, in cooperation with the ING Renault F1 team, 

Euromaintenance offers you an exclusive view behind 

the scenes of F1, featuring on-stage interviews and 

fi lmed reports with management and key technical 

staff on how to drive team and technology to top 

performance. 

During an animated and spectacular event you will learn about 

the F1 insights on: 

• What approaches and methods are used to maximise performance 

and reliability of a F1 car? 

• How are Pitstops planned, prepared and trained? 

• What safety measures are taken on and off track? 

On stage interviews and debate with: 

• Mr. Bob Bell, Technical Director of the ING Renault F1 

Team 

• Mr. Bas Leinders, F1 test driver 

• Mr. Roland Bruynseraede, former F1 course director 

Hosted by Mr. Peter Windsor, 

renowned F1 Pit lane/grid reporter. 

This rare, behind–the-scenes look at an F1 racing team promises 

to be a great highlight of Euromaintenance 2008. Technology 

concepts and compelling people-management aspects 

of F1 have inspired industry to introduce “pit stop strategies” 

in maintenance. So, in cooperation with the ING Renault F1 

team, Euromaintenance offers you an exclusive view behind 

the scenes of F1, featuring on-stage interviews and fi lmed reports 

with management and key technical staff on how to drive 

team and technology to top performance. 

Participants will also be able to take a free ride in 

the close to reality F1 Race Simulator. 

Practical info 

When & Where: 

Wednesday April 9th 2008 at 18h30 

reception from 17h30 

Auditorium 2000, Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium 

Participation fee: 

• €125 + 21% VAT for people NOT participating at the Euromaintenance conference 

• FREE for participants of the Euromaintenance 2008 conference (on April 9th, 

April 10th or at the complete programme) – registration required 

Registration via the form at the back or www.euromaintenance.org 

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THE EASYFAIRS ® MAINTENANCE TRADE SHOW 

EUROMAINTENANCE 2008 OFFERS 

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO TRADE SHOW 

The easyFairs ® MAINTENANCE 

trade show will exceptionally 

take place in Brussels Expo on 

9-10 April 2008. Organised in 

combination with the European 

conference on industrial 

maintenance, Euromaintenance 

2008, the trade show looks set 

to become a unique international 

platform for managers, decision 

makers, academics and other 

specialists in the area of industrial 

maintenance. Philippe Willegems, 

Country Manager Belgium and 

Helen Mortier, Sales & Event 

Manager of easyFairs explain why 

the 2008 edition offers such unique 

opportunities. n Philippe Willegems, Country Manager n Helen Mortier, Sales & Event Manager 

As already known within the sector, 

the EFNMS (European Federation 

of National Maintenance Societies) 

has decided to entrust the organisation 

of the 19th edition of Euromaintenance 

2008 to Bemas, the Belgian 

maintenance association. The Euromaintenance 

conference is an ambitious threeday 

conference in the fi eld of production 

reliability and asset management, where 

international maintenance specialists will 

explore the latest trends and techniques 

in maintenance. For logistics support, 

Bemas called upon easyFairs, a rapidly 

growing trade show organiser that has 

both the expertise and the international 

structure - via its sales offi ces - to stage 

such a large-scale event. 

“With this synergetic cooperation we 

want to present the conference and 

the trade show as a unity to the outside 

world,” says Philippe Willegems, Country 

Manager Belgium of easyFairs, “and 

the large-scale approach has resulted in 

an event that is unique for Europe, offering 

both local and international 

companies a communication platform 

to present their services, products and 

systems to a professional audience. This 

international dimension is also the reason 

why the conference and the show 

Belgium: “easyFairs MAINTENANCE is 

not an image-driven trade show. Today’s 

exhibitors want to see results.” 

will exceptionally be organised at the 

Heysel in Brussels on 8, 9 and 10 April 

2008. We take it this move will be a 

one-off operation, as Antwerp will remain 

our home base. The 2008 edition 

will therefore have a special character, 

featuring various foreign pavilions, such 

as Brazil, China, US and other foreign 

suppliers.” 

International dimension 

The question is, of course, whether the 

time is ripe for the organisation of a 

maintenance event on a European scale. 

Brussels, the ‘capital of Europe’, will host 

the event has a suffi cient international 

framework to ensure the accommodation 

of a large number of international visitors. 

On the other hand, the industry has 

become aware of the need for effi cient 

maintenance, and maintenance departments 

have become increasingly professionalised 

over the last two decades. 

Helen Mortier, Sales & Event Manager 

of easyFairs: “We are confi dent that the 

market will positively respond to Euromaintenance 

and the associated trade 

show. Belgium may be a small country, 

but the industrial maintenance sector has 

of easyFairs: “Our primary strength is our 

comprehensive programme which enables us 

to represent the entire maintenance sector. 

undergone a massive expansion in the 

past few years. This also implies that 

the show will not be focused exclusively 

on Belgian practices. A special pole of 

attraction will be the various foreign 

companies. Only in this way can we introduce 

interested visitors to European 

developments and market data related to 

maintenance management. This means 

that we have opted for an international 

and diverse programme. Drive maintenance, 

lubrication and sealing, control 

equipment maintenance, installation technique, 

contracting, diagnostic systems, 

measurement and control engineering, 

automation, mechanical engineering, 

maintenance management, tools, contract 

maintenance and industrial cleaning, 

MRO tools, maintenance software, 

building maintenance, subcontracting 

are just some of the elements of the extensive 

exhibition programme. Visitors 

who are looking for a specifi c application 

in their area of expertise will not be 

disappointed. And that is precisely what 

the organisers of the show had in mind, 

and in which, in our opinion, they have 

also succeeded. It is up to the exhibitors 

and the visitors to prove it”. 


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The place to be 

This year over 250 companies from 

various countries will represent the complete 

maintenance market on an area 

of 10,000m². Last year there were 215 

companies on an area of 7,000m², 

which clearly shows that interest in 

this maintenance fair is still growing. A 

total of over fi ve thousand visitors are 

expected, which is also more than in 

previous years. 

Philippe Willegems: “The fundamental 

principle of a trade show is that it brings 

together suppliers and interested parties 

in order to do business. easyFairs ® 

MAINTENANCE is not an image-driven 

event, but a to-the-point trade show. The 

days when a company participated in a 

fair for the sake of prestige or because 

its rivals also happened to be present, 

belong to the past. Today, an exhibitor 

who hires a stand for a few days to get 

into contact with his target audience, 

wants to see a return on his investment. 

As organisers it is our duty to make sure 

that exhibitors can in fact establish a 

maximum number of business contacts. 

I am convinced that the essential task of 

a trade show organiser is not to draw as 

many people as possible to a two-day 

event. The sheer quantity of visitors is irrelevant 

if they are of limited use to the 

exhibitor. What they need are people 

with whom they can actually do business. 

This means they also have to put 

in an effort, so that the visitor is satisfi ed 

with what he has seen at the show. He 

can see more of the products than just 

the technical specifi cations which he can 

also fi nd on the internet, and he can also 

have face-to-face contact with other managers 

and not only with familiar faces. 

In other words, the visitor should have 

an idea of what potential suppliers can 

offer him. That is why we try to convince 

exhibitors that their stand actually refl ects 

what their company stands for. That is 

why they can also contact us for all possible 

promotional and other support. It is 

our ambition to make easyFairs ® MAIN- 

TENANCE 2008 the absolute ‘place to 

be’ for companies that represent an added 

value for the maintenance sector”. 

Quality event 

In this fast-changing industrial world, 

trade show organisers need to respond 

swiftly and effectively. They must take 

into account trends and business developments 

and be receptive to the requirements 

of exhibitors. And they must ensure 

n The international dimension of easyFairs 

MAINTENANCE 2008 with various foreign 

pavilions. 

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ates a large professional and motivated 

group of visitors. In addition to the indispensable 

personal invitations based on 

our extensive database, we devise many 

other ways to contact the target group. 

The “learnshops”, which take place on 

the actual exhibition fl oor, also play a 

role in visitor promotion. Not only do 

they perfectly meet the demands of the 

visitor, they can also complement the 

parallel Euromaintenance 2008 conference. 

Judging by the large audiences 

and positive reactions at previous editions, 

it is clear that these learnshops are 

an added value. Presenting a speaker, in 

consultation with the organisers, allows 

an exhibitor to position his company 

even better as a specialist in his particular 

fi eld of expertise. All these ingredients 

ensure that the type of visitors will be just 

as differentiated as the concept of Total 

Maintenance.” 

Innovative forces 

Our interlocutors conclude: “Our aim is 

to bring the trade show to a higher level, 

both in breadth and depth. 

For visitors, the exhibition programme is 

more comprehensive and complete than 

ever. The show is clearly a platform in 

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that visitors professionally benefi t from 

their visit. easyFairs aims to do just that 

with its maintenance show. 

Helen Mortier: “Our primary strength 

is that our comprehensive programme 

enables us to represent the entire maintenance 

sector, now perhaps even 

more than before. But that of course is 

not enough for a show to be really successful. 

That is why we also pay special 

attention to communication, as witness 

by our targeted invitations and our communication 

with exhibitors and (potential) 

visitors. We aim to profi le the show 

in all respects as a high-quality meeting 

platform for exhibitors and visitors. An 

ingenious promotion campaign gener- 

terms of know-how, high-tech processes 

and services in the area of industrial 

maintenance. That is also the appeal for 

the professional visitors, who are assured 

to fi nd the latest effi cient and cost-effective 

systems, techniques and equipment. 

And that is what a visit to a trade show 

is all about, alongside the networking 

aspect of course”.

FLOOR PLAN 


MEET INTERNATIONA 

01dB-Metravib 2200 

2rent 1401 

2 sign & safe 1001 

5Straining.eu 1308 

Abaris Blower Repair 1601 

ABB 1609 

ABC Industrial Parts 1900 

Abraman 1921 

Acess 2209 

A.C.R. 2019 

ACT’L 2404 

Aggreko 1511 

Agilitec 2402 

Airvision 1800 

Allfi tt Flowtechnology 1018 

Allied Reliability 2201 

All-Test Pro 2201 

Almeco 1213 

Alpha Reel 2407 

Alstom Belgium Power Service 1604 

Altya 2003 

Angst + Pfi ster 1703 

Antwerp Lion Oil Works 1809 

API PRO 2400 

Applus RTD 1714 

ARC 1222 

Argo-Hytos 2405 

Articom 1013 

ARMS Australia 2201 

Assetsman 1921 

Ateliers Electrique 

de Walferdange (AEW) 1520 

Automation 1319 

Axima services 2213 

AZ Hollink 1220 

BakerCorp 1501 

Baron Technologie 2003 

BASF IT Services 1620 

Baudoin 1820 

Bega Special Tools 1114 

Bemas 2411 

Bird Control Solutions 2420 

Bondis 1707 

Boplan safety 1519 

Bosch Rexroth 1024 

B.P.B. Chemicals 2416 

Brady 2403 

Brenntag 1016 

Breva 1820 

Brotec 1223 

Brush-HMA 1718 

Buchen – Filtratec - Remondis 2123 

Camka System 1608 

Carl International 2308 

Castolin Benelux 1300 

Castolin Eutectic 1300 

CCI International – 

CRCI Nord pas de Calais 2003 

Cegelec 2406 

Cetim 1105 

Chaintec Operational Solutions 1807 

Cisa Consulting 1702 

Clice Maintenance 2410 

Comatec Industries 1011 

Commtest Incorporated 2201 

Coolworld Rentals 2219

L MAINTENANCE SUPPLIERS 

Coservices 1706 

CTAC 1216 

CMS 1919 

CMS Condition Monitoring Systems 1021 

De Groote Kraanverhuur 1101 

Delta Heat Services 1120 

De Meyer service 2306 

Design Maintenance Systems – DMSI 2201 

D’Haene 1206 

DIRAC Industries 1618 

Direct News 1224 

Dutch Industrial Fasteners 1117 

Dyson Airblade 2220 

Eaton electric 2115 

EFC 1318 

EFNMS 2411 

Egemin 2001 

Electro cirkel 2105 

EME 1918 

EMS 1103 

Emerson Process Management 1607 

Endress + Hauser 2120 

Energyst Rental Solutions 1815 

Enluse 2023 

Ensival Moret 1210 

Eriks 1820 

Eureka 1121 

European Filter Corporation 1318 

Euro View Services 2202 

Excelsum Industrial & Marine Services 2418 

Fabricom GTI 2213 

Festo Training and Consulting 1321 

Filter-Technics bvba 1801 

Flanders Air Technic 2413 

Flanders Investment & Trade 1208 

Fluitec International 1803 

Fluke 1010 

Fr. Oedenkoven 1908 

Franckaert-Group 1503 

Gandafl uid 2101 

Gea EcoServe 1922 

GE Energy 1419 

GEFRAN 1418 

Gesco 1111 

Geysen H.O. 1301 

Grand Repair 1115 

H2O Products 2021 

Hansen Transmissions 2310 

Hansford Sensors 2122 

HCM² 1008 

Henkel Technologies 2000 

H&V Chemicals 1019 

Hydrauliek Morreels 1305 

Hydroserv 2104 

Hy-Pro Filtration 1320 

IBM 2207 

I-CARE 1509 

Idhammar Systems 2320 

IGE-XAO 1201 

HIS 1303 

Impuls 1600 

Indic 1214 

Industrial Press 1421 

Infor Global Solutions 1716 

Insel Ingenieursselecties 2018 

Inspiring Software 2202 

Instrurent 2415 

International Council for Machinery 

Lubrication ICML 2411 

ISS Facility Services 1207 

Ivara Corporation 2201 

Kap Evolution 1901 

Kolmer Elektromotoren 1623 

Lapp Benelux 1113 

Laurenty 2100 

Lawson 1615 

Lighthouse 1001 

Lloyd’s register emea 1118 

Logi-technic 2107 

Lord Corporation 2201 

Lubron Belgium 1109 

Lysair 1712 

Macs 1813 

Mainnovation 1209 

Mainpress 1902 

Maintec Trade Show 1108 

Maintenance Partners 2111 

Mano 1323 

MAVOM 2206 

MaxGrip ‘Engineering Maintenance’ 1513 

MEA 1218 

Mechempro 2318 

Mees Van Den Brink 1505 

Meridium 2201 

Messer Eutectic Castolin Swiss 1300 

Metallisation Nord Industrie 1119 

MGH2002 2002 

Mitraco 1903 

Mobius ilearnvibration 1022 

Molen 1006 

Mont-Ele 1718 

Nalco 2223 

Narvifl ex 1617 

Nilfi sk 1203 

Nilfi sk-CFM 1302 

NMF Techniek 1002 

Novatio 1020 

NSI IT Software & Services 1009 

Numac 1523 

Nussbaumer 2022 

NVDO 2408 

Oelcheck 1017 

Olympus Industrial 1521 

OMCS International 2201 

One 1007 

Optimus 2204 

PAMAS 1819 

PARAT-Werk 2214 

Parker – Hannifi n 1420 

PdMA Corp 2201 

PDM Group 1817 

Phibo Industries 1522 

Pirtek 2101 

Plasmajet Technologies 1102 

Primavera Nederland 1704 

Progalva Net et 9 1124 

Psicon 1920 

Power Solutions 2217 

Prüftechnik 1507 

RAE Benelux 2121 

Rapid Torc 1621 

Ravebo 1400 

EXHIBITORS LIST 

Reliabilityweb.com 2201 

REM.B Hydraulics 1906 

Richard Wolf Endoscopie 1205 

Rockwell Automation 2113 

Rösler 1100 

Roxtec 1104 

S&G en Partners 1806 

Santon Holland 1106 

SCM / SISC 2003 

SDT 1912 

Sensor Partners 1905 

Service-Hydro 1310 

SEW Caron-Vector 1215 

Siemens 1701 

SKF 1515 

Smit Transformatoren 1718 

SMSM 2003 

Sobetra 2414 

Sogelub 1012 

SPIE 1805 

Spirax Sarco 2109 

Spirotech 2409 

SPM Instrument 1312 

Steamloc 2112 

Stolk Transmission Services 1211 

Stork ACOM 1518 

Stork 1713 

Stork Gears and Services 1709 

Stork Intermes 1518 

Straaltechniek International 1212 

SynComICT 1404 

TCI Cleaning 1619 

TDO 1000 

TD Williamson 2221 

Technifutur 2410 

Technolec 1718 

Thermo Clean 1202 

Teleson 1219 

Tesin Vision 1423 

Testo 1612+1613 

Texaco, a Chevron company Brand 2201 

TianJin XiangYue Sealing Materials 1402 

Timken Company 2201 

Tradcom 1820 

UE Systems 1821 

Ultimo Belgium 2422 

UNIS Group 1605 

V.A.C. MACHINES 1107 

Van Loock Motoren 1014 

Van Meeuwen Special Lubricants 2020 

Van Os – Duracoat 1221 

VIBA 1004 

VGC Services 1126 

Vigotec 1003 

Vroman 1603 

Wavin 1606 

Wearcheck Lubservice.com 1322 

Wolff Publishing 2417 

WPA-Mobile 1304 

WVT Industries 1811 

XENUM 1700 

Z-Group 2117+2119 


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MECHANICAL • ELECTRICAL • HYDRAULIC & PNEUMATIC MAINTENANCE

IS THERE A “MAINTENANCE CRISIS”? 

EUROMAINTENANCE 2008 IS ABOUT 

‘ELEVATING THE PROFESSION’ 

What is the “maintenance crisis”? We’re entering a time when we’ll 

have no one to fi x equipment because the majority of skilled workers are 

retiring – and few people are entering the fi eld. Equipment is already 

becoming so sophisticated that it requires more attention and a higher 

level of support. As existing equipment and infrastructure continue to 

age and require more repair, corporate top leaders focus on the short 

term fi nancial results and put off maintenance. Therefore, the list of 

deferred maintenance needs is reaching chronic levels. Despite the chance 

to earn a nice living, future generations are not pursuing maintenance 

and engineering career paths due to the social stigma associated with 

maintenance jobs. 

It is hard to imagine an industry with a 

worse reputation that the maintenance 

and facilities engineering function. 

When most unenlightened members of 

our society hear the term maintenance 

professional they think that term is an 

oxymoron. They view maintenance workers 

as janitors, or landscapers and walk 

around with grease covered hands and 

exposed posterior cleavage using duct 

tape and hammers. Many view it as a 

job you do, if you cannot do anything 

else. 

Wanted: skilled technicians 

However the reality is that this image 

could not be further from the truth. Today 

in order to be more competitive companies 

are implementing increasingly sophisticated 

automation technology. As 

a result, maintenance staffs are not just 

workers but actually technicians. They 

need to be skilled in mechanical, electrical, 

hydraulic, pneumatic, electronic 

technologies. They need to be able to 

troubleshoot, program and maintain 

programmable logic controllers. They 

need to be able pull information and 

document activities into a computerized 

maintenance management system. 

In order to help maintenance workers 

adjust to all of the new technologies, 

learn new effective processes, share 

best practices with colleagues and 

elevate the maintenance profession 

by creating and raising performance 

standards, the 2008 Euromaintenance 

Conference will be held April 8th -10th 

in Brussels, Belgium. Euromaintenance 

organizers have invited the top interna- 

tional practitioners, engineers, managers, 

educators and industrial consultants 

from throughout the world to contribute 

to this very unique event. 

Euromaintenance: right on time! 

This event could not have occurred at 

a more critical juncture in time. Never 

before have there been more transitions 

and changes in the world economies. 

New technologies are being implemented 

at a very rapid rate that requires a 

higher level skill set to manage and 

repair. The baby boomer workforce is 

entering retirement age. Existing equipment 

continues to age thus requiring 

more maintenance. Meanwhile future 

HIGHLIGHTS 

By Joel Leonard, 

the Maintenance Evangelist 

generations are reluctant to develop 

necessary skill sets to qualify for the millions 

of available positions in this sector 

due to the negative stigma. Compounded 

with that, companies have been deferring 

maintenance to the point where 

it is now entering chronic levels. 

Companies who want to develop their 

talent and see the best results in their operation 

will invest in sending their technicians 

to Euromaintenance. There is no 

n A a result of the emergence of ever more sophisticated automation technology, maintenance 

staffs have to be populated by technicians, skilled in a wide array of competences. 


photo: Siemens 

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HIGHLIGHTS 

event that offers this unique experience of learning World Class 

practices from the best resources worldwide. That is why I am 

delighted to support Euromaintenance and will be interviewing 

selected participants for future episodes of SKILL TV.

PARTICIPATION FEES 

All rates mentioned do not include 21% VAT. 

Packages Before 

15/02/2008 

Complete Conference (1 day conference 

workshop + 2 days conference + 

Opening Night April 8th + 

Conference Event April 9th) 

Conference Workshops - April 8th 

- Full day Workshop (or 2 x 1/2 day 

workshops) + Opening Night April 8th 

- Half a day Workshop + Opening 

Night April 8th 

Conference - April 9th, all day + 

Conference event April 9th 

Conference - April 10th, all day + 

Conference event April 9th 

Spouse program 

- April 8th: Antwerp 

- April 9th: Bruges 

- April 10th: Brussels 

Opening Night, with cocktail & fi nger 

food - April 8th, 17.30h - 22.30h 

Conference Event, including a walking 

dinner - April 9th, 17.30h - 23.00h 

Normal 

fee 

€ 1480 € 1865 

€ 645 

€ 325 

€ 820 

€ 435 

€ 545 € 725 

€ 545 € 725 

€ 200 

€ 180 

€ 200 

€ 200 

€ 180 

€ 200 

€ 100 € 100 

€ 125 € 125 

> Special offer for academic personnel & students: 

Students, researchers, teachers and other staff working at a university 

or (technical) school can apply for a 50% reduction scholarship. The 

number of scholarships is limited to 10 per 150 normal paying participants 

at Euromaintenance. Euromaintenance aims to grant at least 20 

scholarships. 

> How to apply? 

- fi ll in the application form (available on www.euromaintenance.org) and 

fax it back to +32 3 280 53 53. 

- All entered applications will be revised by the Steering Committee. The 

decision of acceptance or refusal will be communicated on the 10th of 

the month following the application date. 

- All decisions of the steering committee are fi nal and do not need to be 

motivated. 

Lunch & digital copy of the handouts are included. On the opening 

night on April 8th and the Conference event on April 9th, dinner is also 

included. Participants have full and free access to the exhibition. Travel 

and accommodation are not included. 

> Terms of payment: 

Full payment for Euromaintenance 2008 must be received within 2 weeks 

after the date of the invoice. This payment must be received before the 

start of the event to guarantee your participation. Participants from whom 

we have not received payment prior Euromaintenance 2008 will be 

asked to pay cash at the registration desk before being allowed access 

the conference. For payment by credit card: after receival of this registration 

form, we will send you a special credit card form to fi ll in and 

PRACTICAL INFORMATION 

fax back. For payment by bank transfer use the following details: Bank: 

Fortis | Head Offi ce: Fortis Brussels, Warandeberg 3, 1000 Brussel | 

Local offi ce: Fortis Antwerpen – Pestalozzi, Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 258, 

2020 Antwerpen | Payments within Belgium: Account number: 001- 

3795346-06 | International payments: IBAN: BE 85 0013 7953 4606 

– SWIFT/BIC: GEBABEBB. 

Registration modifi cations and/or cancellations must be made in writing 

and directed to the registration department (registration@euromaintena 

nce.org). If cancellation is received before 8 March 2008, the amount 

paid will be refunded minus 10% for the administration fee. Cancellations 

received after 8 March 2008 will not be entitled to a refund, but 

a substitution by another person is possible. Refunds will be processed 

after the congress. Please note that refund rates do not apply to any bank 

or administration fees. 

The invoice will include 21% VAT. The VAT can be reclaimed from the Belgian 

tax authorities. Cashback Benelux can reclaim that VAT for you (this is 

a paying service). For more information, visit www.cashbackbenelux.com 

or you can directly contact Rose O’Sullivan: osullivan@cashbackbenel 

ux.com. 

HOW TO REGISTER 

Please go to www.euromaintenance.org to complete your registration. 

Or fi ll in the registration form on the back cover and fax it back to +32 

3 280 53 53. 

For more information about the registration procedure, please send an 

e-mail to: registration@euromaintenance.org 

WHEN / WHERE 

Euromaintenance 2008 takes place from Tuesday April 8th 

till Thursday April 10th 2008. 

Tuesday, April 8th 2008: Conference Workshops 

• Reception of the participants from 7h30 

• 9h00-17h30: 13 Workshops (complete day or half day) 

• 18h30: Opening Night with debate ‘Top industry leaders on Maintenance’, 

opening of the maintenance trade show and Cocktail & 

Fingerfood 

Wednesday April 9th: Conference 


• 9h00-17h30: 6 parallel sessions with 8 x 45 minute presentations 

• 10h00-19h00: easyFairs MAINTENANCE exhibition 

• 18h30: Euromaintenance event ‘Behind the scenes of the ING Renault 

F1 Team’ and Walking Dinner 

Thursday April 10th 2008: Conference 


• 9h00: 6 parallel sessions with 8 x 45 minute presentations 

• 10h00-18h00: easyFairs MAINTENANCE exhibition 

• 17h30: Closing Ceremony 

Brussels is both the heart of Europe and the European Union. Brussels 

Expo also enjoys a central location; it is truly easy to get there by car, 

train or plane. And Brussels International airport is only a few minutes 

away from the city center as well as Brussels Expo. 

Venue address: 

Brussels Expo: Belgiëplein 1 – Place de Belgique 1, 1020 Brussels, Belgium. 

The conference and exhibition are in hall 11. The evening events are in Auditorium 2000. 


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HOW TO / TRAVEL 

By airplane 

Attendees of Euromaintenance 2008, can benefi t from a 25% 

reduction on the normal fee for European fl ights between April 4th and 

April 14th 2008. This reduction is not applicable on the ‘b-light’ class 

and on fl ight series SN4000-5999 and SN8000-8999. 

Go to www.brusselsairlines.com/specialfares to make bookings and 

introduce your PROMOCODE : 16090706. 

You can also reserve your fl ights via the Brussels Airlines Customer 

Contact Center by phone +32 2.723.23.16. Access Code 301 049 

to be mentioned. 

For more information on the Brussels Airport, timetables and an overview 

of other airlines serving Brussels, visit www.brusselsairport.be. 

From the airport you can go to the Brussels Expo conference center 

by taxi (20-40 minutes depending on traffi c) or by public transport. 

The airport train station is located below the terminal (basement level 

-1). Up to 4 trains per hour connect the airport to the Brussels Central 

Station. In the Brussels Central Station (‘Bruxelles Central / Brussel 

Centraal’), you can then take the metro line 1A direction ‘Roi Baudoin’ 

to the exhibition centre (station ‘Heysel / Heizel’). Travel time by public 

transport from the airport: 45 minutes in total. 

By train 

Brussels is easily accessed by high speed trains: Eurostar (from London) 

and Thalys (from Paris, Amsterdam or Cologne) both stop at the Gare 

du Midi. 

By metro 

Due to a vast network of the public system of tram, bus, and underground railway, Brussels Expo is within easy reach from every section of the 

city. Both the MIVB and De Lijn busses stop within a radius of 200m from the entrance to the exhibition halls. Take the train to Brussels Central. Take 

Metro line 1 in the direction of Boudewijn/ Baudouin direct from Brussels Central Station (“Bruxelles Central / Brussel Centraal”) to the Exhibition 

Centre (station Heysel / Heizel). The one-way ticket costs you € 1,50. All info can be found at www.stib.irisnet.be. (see also map below) 


By car 

Thanks to the highly effi cient road network throughout Belgium, Brussels 

Expo is easy to get to by car, regardless of where you set off from. 

Once you are on the Brussels ring road, take exit 7bis or 8 and follow 

the signs marked ‘EXPO’. Brussels Expo has the largest car park in the 

country: Car park C contains over 10,000 spaces.

By taxi 

Taxis (metered) are available outside the station. The fare from the 

station to Brussels Expo is normally around € 25. Licensed taxis can 

be identifi ed by the yellow and blue license emblem. ALWAYS AVOID 

UNLICENSED TAXIS! 

HOTEL ACCOMODATION 

Find a list of selected hotels (from €65 pp., with special Euromaintenance 

reduction) on www.advancedfair.com/euromaintenance. E-mail: 

hotel@advancedfair.com – phone: +32 2 773 50 24. 

LOCATION 

Brussels, a lively city with many attractions. 

There’s always plenty to do in a city as cosmopolitan and rich historical 

as Brussels. The capital of Europe has a multitude of monuments, theatres, 

museums, cinemas and - not to be missed - cafés and restaurants 

to suit all tastes. For useful hints and call Brussels Tourist Information Offi 

ce on (+32) 2 513 89 40. www.bruxelles.irisnet.be 

VISA TO TRAVEL TO BELGIUM 

This depends from the country you are traveling from. In general you 

are likely to need a visa if you come from outside the European Union. 

To check if you need a visa visit http://www.diplomatie.be/en/travel/ 

visa/visumNodig.asp. 

To apply for a visa for a short stay (up to 90 days) in Belgium, 

you must submit the following documents to the 

embassy or consulate responsible for your place of residence: 

1. A valid travel document (e.g. national passport) 

2. A visa application form correctly fi lled in and signed together with 

two recent passport photos bearing a true likeness to the applicant. 

You can download the visa application form here: http:// 

www.diplomatie.be/en/pdf/visa.pdf 

3. A letter of invitation. Please send an e-mail requesting an invitation 

letter to registration@euromaintenance.org . Please clearly indicate 

your full name, company and occupation (also from other persons 

accompanying you to Belgium). We will then send you the invitation 

letter. 

4. Documents proving that you have suffi cient means of subsistence, 

covering both the duration of your stay and your return journey 

(e.g. hotel reservation, cash, cheques and credit cards accepted in 

Belgium) 

5. Proof that you are the holder of a valid travel insurance policy, either 

individual or group, covering the cost of repatriation on medical 

grounds, urgent medical treatment and/or urgent hospital treatment. 

6. Proof of transport arrangements (return ticket): as soon as your visa 

application has been approved, you must submit a return ticket (in 

your name and non-transferable) in order for the visa to be issued. 

In some cases, the visa application procedure may take a long time 

so you should submit your application as early as possible. For a short 

stay, you should normally apply for your visa three to four weeks prior 

to departure. The handling fee for a short-stay visa (stay not exceeding 

90 days) is 60 EUR. The amount is to be paid in local currency at the 

Embassy or Consulate where the visa application was made. 

CONTACT 

Euromaintenance 2008 contact information: 

info@euromaintenance.org - Phone : +32 2 706 85 41 



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SPOUSE PROGRAM 

THE SPOUSE PROGRAM 

This program is specifically designed for the partners of delegates visiting the conference & trade show. 

Registration: www.euromaintenance.org or fax back the registration form on the back cover. 

Brughes - Tuesday. April 8th 2008 

Bruges is one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. Its rich collection of museums 

gives an impressive image of the history of the city. The heart of 

Bruges with its twisting streets and its canals can make you think of a 

medieval village, that’s one of the reasons why the whole city centre 

is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO since 2000. 

>> Walking tour 

The historical heart of Bruges, a unique experience for thousands of 

visitors every year. This is the best walking tour for a fi rst exploration 

of the city. This tour includes the Beguinage, the Lake of Love, the 

Church of Our Lady, Burg and Markt. 

>> Choco-Story 

Choco-Story, the Chocolate Museum is a source of data and historical, 

geographical and botanical information as well as recipes for 

chocolate lovers ! 

>> Program 

08.45 Gathering entrance hall Brussels Central station 

09.00 - 10.02 Departure from Brussels Central station to Bruges 

10.00 - 12.00 Walking tour 

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch 

13.00 - 15.30 Choco-Story or free visit Bruges 

15. 30 Gathering in front of the Belfry at the Big Square 

15.58 – 17.00 Departure from Bruges station to Brussels Central 

>> Budget 

No participation fee. Participants pay only the direct costs: transport 

€ 15 pp. + lunch € 15 pp. (drinks not included) + museum € 6 pp. 

+ guide € 5 pp. (prices 21% VAT included) 

Antwerp - Wednesday April 9th 2008 

Antwerp is the real urban deal, a refreshingly down-to-earth yet vivacious 

cosmopolitan habitat blessed with magnifi cent architecture, 

fashionable shop fronts, beer-washed pubs, dazzling monuments, and 

restaurants. Antwerp, home of the Flemish Baroque master Rubens, 

not only has a wealth of outstanding museums, picturesque galleries, 

sculpted streets and beautiful architecture, but is also laced with refreshing 

greenery and urban haunts. Its culture, history, vibrant nightlife 

and world class shopping are within easy reach, thanks to excellent 

access by air, train, motorway and even water. 

“Toerisme Antwerpen” “Toerisme Brugge” © Danïel de Kievith DURING THE CONGRESS: 



To stroll through Antwerp’s historical city centre is to enjoy eight centuries 

of history. The journey leads through a maze of alleyways, squares 

and streets. Along the way you come across majestic classics such as 

the Cathedral of Our Lady, the Brabo statue and the town hall. But the 

modest simplicity of the Vlaeykensgang also has its charms. 

>> Diamond Museum 

As the world centre of diamond trade, Antwerp has a specifi c area 

known as the ‘diamond district’. As you walk along its narrow streets, 

you will fi nd out how it all started and developed. And we round off 

the walk at the futuristic interactive diamond museum 

>> Program 

09.00 Gathering entrance hall Brussels Central station 

09.19 - 09.57 Departure from Brussels Central station to 

Antwerp Central station 


12.00 - 13.00 Lunch 

13.00 - 16.00 Diamond Museum or free visit Antwerp 

16.00 Gathering in the entrance hall Antwerp Central station 

16.20 – 17.03 Departure from Antwerp Central station to Brussels 

Central 

>> Budget 


€ 15 pp. – lunch € 15 pp. (drinks not included) – museum € 6 pp. 

– guide €5 pp. 

Brussels – Thursday, April 10th 2008 

Brussels has two faces: that of a contemporary and historical metropolis 

on one hand, and that of a personal, friendly city on the other. If you 

think of Brussels, you think of Art Nouveau and Victor Horta, the Grand- 

Place, the Atomium … the city abounds in architectural monuments, 

from the Renaissance to modern times, and discovering this heritage 

is full of surprises for both tourists and the people of Brussels! 


From the Grand-Place, a lively alleyway takes you to the Galleries 

Saint-Hubert (shopping arcades) and its discovery tour ‘Brussels on 

Stage’. Providing, as it does, a summary of the city’s history and characteristics, 

this visit promises some pleasant surprises to all. On the 

other side of the Grand-Place you’ll want to pay a visit to the mischievous 

Manneken-Pis. Then, in search of a little serenity and grandeur, 

cross Place des Martyrs and go up towards the Cathedral of Saints 

Michel and Gudule. 

>> Maison Horta 

The Horta Museum is established in the private house and studio of 

the famous architect, Victor Horta. Built between 1898 and 1901, the 

two buildings are characteristic of Art Nouveau at its peak. The house 

has kept intact most of its interior decors: mosaics, stained-glass windows, 

furniture, paintings and murals form a collection whose every 

detail evokes harmony and sophistication. 

>> Program 

09.30 Gathering entrance hall hotel Carrefour de 

l’ Europe at Grasmarkt 


12.30 - 13.30 Lunch 

14.00 - 17.00 Horta Museum and free visit Brussels 

>> Budget 


€ 3 pp. – lunch € 15 pp. (drinks not included) – museum € 7 pp. 

– guide € 5 pp.

Maintenance Partners Benelux is a market leader 

in the Benelux for the maintenance, repair and 

reconditioning of electrical and mechanical 

rotating machines. 

We specialize in the reconditioning of duty rotating 

equipment as well as complete overhauls, repairs, 

reconditioning, upgrades, revamps and relocations of 

heavy duty machinery. 

To ensure the optimum life cycle cost of your rotating 

machinery we provide a complete monitoring 

program, allowing a permanent evaluation of the 

condition of each rotating machine. 

All our activities are supported by a selected team 

of more than three hundred reliable employees 

and are performed on site or in one of our nine 

workshops. Our workshops have a total workfloor 

capacity of 25.000 m² and a total lifting capacity 

of 100 tonnes. 

The combination of our experience, enthusiasm and 

high-quality service makes Maintenance Partners 

your service partner. 

EXPERTISE 

FLEXIBILITY 

CONTINUITY 

INNOVATION 

EAGERNESS 

DYNAMISM 

www.maintenancepartners.com 

info@maintenancepartners.com 

• ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL MACHINES 

• DUTY AND HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT 

• CONDITION MONITORING 

• SPARE PARTS SUPPLY 

• FIELD SERVICE 

• MARINE & OFFSHORE SERVICE 

• INTELLIGENT TOOLS 

• PARTNERSHIP CONCEPTS

BRUSSELS EXPO, 8 - 10 APRIL 2008 

To register for Euromaintenance 2008, please copy 

and then complete the following form: 

COMPANY DETAILS DELEGATE DETAILS 

Company name: 

Address: 

Postal code: City: 

Country: 

Invoice details 

Billing address: 

Postal code: City: 

Country: 

VAT: Bank account: 

Payment: Credit card Bank transfer 

Person responsible for registration (if different from delegate 1) 

Name: 

Direct phone: Mr Mrs 

E-mail: 

CHOICE OF REGISTRATION PACKAGE Please tick 

All rates mentioned do not include 21% VAT. 

Complete Conference (1 day conference workshop + 2 days conference + 

Opening Night April 8 th + Conference Event April 9 th ) 

Conference Workshops - April 8 th 

- Full day Workshop (or 2 x 1⁄2 day workshops) + Opening Night April 8 th 

- Half a day Workshop + Opening Night April 8 th 

1 day conference - April 9 th or 10 th , all day + Conference event April 9 th 

2 days conference - April 9 th + 10 th , all day + Conference event April 9 th 

Spouse program 

- April 8th : Antwerp 

- April 9th : Bruges 

- April 10th : Brussels 

Opening Night, with cocktail & finger food - April 8th , 17.30 - 22.30 

Conference Event, including a walking dinner - April 9th , 17.30 - 23.00 

Travel: 

by car by train by plane 

TERMS OF PAYMENT 

Purchase order number or other reference to be mentioned on the invoice: 

Date: Name: 

Signature: 

DELEGATE 1 

Before 

15/02/2008 

1480 

645 

325 

545 

1040 

200 

185 

200 

100 

125 

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Normal fee 

1865 

820 

435 

725 

1370 

200 

185 

200 

100 

125 

WWW.EUROMAINTENANCE.ORG 

Registration Helpdesk 

Please return your registration to : 

easyFairs NV/SA, Roderveldlaan 3, 2600 Berchem, Belgium. 

Phone: +32 3 280 53 72 – Fax: +32 3 280 53 53 

E-mail: registration@euromaintenance.org 

DELEGATE 1 DELEGATE 2 DELEGATE 3 

Full payment for Euromaintenance 2008 must be received within 2 weeks after the date of the invoice. This payment must be received before the start of the event 

to guarantee your participation. Participants from whom we have not received payment prior Euromaintenance 2008 will be asked to pay cash at the registration desk before being 

allowed access the conference. For payment by credit card: after receival of this registration form, we will send you a special credit card form to fill in and fax back. 

For payment by bank transfer use the following details: Bank: Fortis | Head Office: Fortis Brussels, Warandeberg 3, 1000 Brussel | Local office: Fortis Antwerpen – Pestalozzi, Jan Van 

Rijswijcklaan 258, 2020 Antwerpen | Payments within Belgium: Account number: 001-3795346-06 | International payments: IBAN: BE 85 0013 7953 4606 – SWIFT/BIC: GEBABEBB 

Registration modifications and/or cancellations must be made in writing and directed to the registration department (registration@euromaintenance.org). If cancellation is 

received before 8 March 2008, the amount paid will be refunded minus 10% for the administration fee. Cancellations received after 8 March 2008 will not be entitled to a refund, but a 

substitution by another person is possible. Refunds will be processed after the congress. Please note that refund rates do not apply to any bank or administration fees. 

The invoice will include 21% VAT. The VAT can be reclaimed from the Belgian tax authorities. Cashback Benelux can reclaim that VAT for you (this is a paying service). 

For more information, visit www.cashbackbenelux.com or you can directly contact Rose O’Sullivan: osullivan@cashbackbenelux.com. 

I want to apply for a 10% extra reduction, we are a member of (PLEASE UNDERLINE): 

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• AEM • AFIM • AIMAN • APMI • BEMAS • CSPU • DDV • DOTS • DVS • GFIN • 

HDO • IAM • KPY • MEETA • MFA • MFS • NFPV • NVDO • PNTTE • SSU • UTEK 

Name: 

Job title: 

E-mail: 

Direct phone: 

DELEGATE 2 

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Direct phone: 

DELEGATE 3 

Name: 

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