ABB Wins Five-Year Full Service Contract at Oman Aluminum Plant

ABB has announced a contract worth US$9 million from Oman Aluminum Rolling Company (OARC) to develop, implement and execute all maintenance activities at the company's rolling mill plant in Sohar, Oman.

The Greenfield aluminum rolling mill will produce flat sheet and aluminum foil with a capacity of 140,000 tonnes per annum and will primarily serve the Middle East and European markets. The projected completion of the build is expected during Q3 2013 when the plant will commence operations.

Through the ABB Full Service concept, ABB will manage, develop, implement and execute the entire maintenance function at the plant including all mechanical and electrical maintenance regimes, shutdown management, planning and scheduling and reliability maintenance. The agreement involves 55 ABB employees and will start in June 2012 and continue for a minimum five year period.

“We look forward to having ABB as a partner in the new rolling facility. ABB brings experience in Oman and gives us access to their global rolling capabilities of ABB for maintenance services and rolling technology support.  

“The agreement is performance based and provides both parties incentives for success.  OARC and ABB will work jointly to provide a high rate of Omanization within the maintenance work force which is in the interest of our shareholders,” says Buddy Stemple, chief executive officer of Oman Aluminium Rolling Company.

“This Full Service agreement highlights ABB's capabilities in providing comprehensive service solutions for the industrial sector. Our innovative approach to performance-based services ensures improved production and equipment performance, energy efficiency and reliability for the entire facility,” noted Saeed Fahim, country manager for ABB in Oman.

ABB says it has around 100 similar Full Service agreements with customers in the paper, mining, chemicals and oil and gas industries globally. ABB best practices applied to maintenance operations aim to improve the performance and reliability of production assets, increasing plant efficiency and optimizing total maintenance cost.