Prepared for startup or shutdown?

Prepared for Shutdown?

Shutdowns and turnarounds are integral parts of every process industries operation. Why are so few companies able to execute shutdowns & turnarounds effectively and efficiently?

A well organised plant shutdown or turnaround can be likened to a Formula 1 race. A perfect "pitstop", executed by a professional and dedicated team of mechanics is a key success factor. Saving valuable seconds in the pit makes or brakes the Formula 1 champion.

Aerial view of a plant The smooth running of a "pitstop" when a process plant goes into shutdown or turnaround is however not always a guaranteed success. It happens quite often that plants are scheduled to be onstream by a certain date. In practice delays in plant start-up of days or sometimes weeks is repeatedly seen throughout the industry. Imagine the lost revenues of Euros 1.000.000./- a day process plant!

Current estimates indicate that inefficient performed shutdowns cost the European process industry Euro 100 million annually.

This figure is attributed to delays, excessively long time schedules and high staffing cost etc. Much of the problem is caused by poorly trained teams, who are not familiar with plant and procedures as should be, along with operating companies failing to build-up the necessary experience. Many companies which used to have dedicated teams to shutdown and turnaround plant have long since disbanded these teams and outsourced much of this work to main or general contractors.

Do you recognise this in your organisation...?

We solve your problem!

SPX Shutdown & Project eXperts has developed its own "pitstop" organisation.

SPX is a company dedicated to perform highly efficient and cost effective (world class) shutdowns and turnarounds for the Oil & Gas, Refinery, Chemical, Petrochemical, Paper & Pulp, Steel, Glass, Food, Utility and other related process industries.

SPX has the mindset that the only way to execute a "Formula 1" shutdown is to organise all activities like a project with experts in the driving seat, supplied with state of the art management support tools. This way you focus on your business while SPX takes care of executing the shutdown on time, within the budget, to high quality standards, without lost-time accidents and minimum production losses.