July 27th, 2015.- Maximiliano Aqueveque, Industry Segment VP Mining & Minerals of Quant and General Manager of Quant in Chile, expects to grow more than double by 2020 in the operation under his management. Consequently, they are strongly working with a first level team to strength current mining and mineral contracts worldwide, upon an efficient maintenance management aimed at increasing productivity and at the same time taking assets to their best condition.
In December 2014, Nordic Capital purchased the Full Service business unit of ABB Group and in January 2015 Quant came into the market, maintaining same leadership of 25 years of
Maximiliano Aqueveque, Industry Segment VP Mining & Minerals in Quant
experience in industrial maintenance services with diligence, flexibility and specialization as the grounds to strengthen as an independent company with 2,500 employees, in 26 countries worldwide and responsible in managing more than 1 billion euros maintenance spend.
“Presence in various industries in the five continents allows us to be aware of their weaknesses, challenges and best practices in order to share this knowledge globally within our customers, thus remaining in the forefront of latest developments to accomplish an efficient maintenance with most strict safety standards. We fulfill an accurate maintenance in accordance with a strategic plan, to avoid over maintenance which turns into larger production hours without jeopardizing the plant condition”, Maximiliano Aqueveque Industry Segment VP Mining & Minerals at Quant explains.
He adds that the team is continuously evaluating opportunities to improve clients’ operation conditions beyond maintenance in order to implement plant performance improvement projects which turns into productivity increase and cost reduction, taking care of topics like energy efficiency or inventory reduction through criticality analysis. “Our model provides a guideline in what to do, but our people make the difference”, he says.
“The worldwide commodities price reduction has produced changes in the industry and the need to make their current operations more efficient. We have the capabilities to help our customers with a better assets management. By implementing best maintenance practices it is possible to increase productivity, reduce total maintenance costs and contribute with energy efficiency. For greenfield projects, we can manage equipment guarantee and take actions since their purchase or even consultancy in decision making and later build a maintenance strategy to change maintenance concept from a cost center to a benefit center from Day One”, he ensures.
About Quant:
For over 25 years Quant (formerly ABB Full Service) has been a global market leader in providing industrial maintenance services, maintaining and improving production and equipment performance at over 300 facilities around the world employing 2500 people. Quant is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. For further information about Quant, please visit our website www.quantservice.com, or subscribe to Quant plus magazine here.