SwedPaper finds that new Infor EAM system from Prevas that was installed after it took over PM No. 2 at BillerudKorsnäs's paper mill near Gävle, Sweden, is better and cheaper than prior IBM system, says Swedish consortium's managing director

Debra Garcia

June 12, 2014 (Esmerk News) – When private consortium Swedpaper had taken over Billerud Korsnäs' paper mill outside Gävle in 2012, a new maintenance system for the paper machine was installed. By the summer of 2013, the new Infor EAM system from Prevas was taken into operation. The system is both better and cheaper than the IBM-Maximo system that was used before, according to Managing Director and partner of the consortium Lars-Åke Brännström. It can be run on all web-based platforms, also smartphones.


Industry Intelligence Inc. editor's note: Since August 2013, SwedPaper has onwed PM No. 2 at the BillerudKorsnäs mill in Gävle, Sweden. The new owner together with the existing organization of PM No. 2 will continue to develop the business for bleached white kraft and sackpaper with the aim to serve the international packaging industry, according to SwedPaper's website.

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