15 January / 2025
How strategic maintenance strengthens industry
Behind every well-functioning industry lies a strategic maintenance programme, yet maintenance itself is rarely in the spotlight. And according to Maria Stockefors, CEO of Svenskt Underhåll, the Swedish Maintenance Association, it’s time to give maintenance the place it deserves.
- Maintenance is the key to both sustainability and profitability, Maria says.
With a strong focus on bringin...
21 October / 2024
Double Swedish success: Maria and Camilla Europe’s best in maintenance!
Swedish maintenance is world class.
This was made abundantly clear on 16 September, when Maria Ryytty was named European Maintenance Manager of the Year (EMMA), at the industry’s European congress in Rimini.
And that's not all. On the same occasion, another Swede, Camilla Munther, received the EFNMS Excellence PhD Thesis Award.
This year’s EuroMaintenance Congress, 16-18 ...
19 March / 2024
The sustainability theme at Underhållsmässan 2024 was a big hit!
Significant increases in both visitors and exhibitors – and three fully booked conferences. The Swedish Maintenance Fair’s thematic focus on sustainability and smart solutions for a sustainable industry generated a huge response.
- It feels like we hit the nail on the head, says Anders Persson, business manager for the Maintenance Fair.
After four intense days, Underhållsmässan, Europ...
21 February / 2024
Maintenance 5.0: AI revolutionises maintenance work
Industry is undergoing a transformation to Industry 5.0, and maintenance work must follow suit. Professor Ramin Karim at Luleå University of Technology sees AI as a key factor in this shift, with the potential to automate, forecast and optimise maintenance processes.
- We’re now seeing a clear shift from AI for decision support to AI for decision making. With better fact-based analyses, w...
21 February / 2024
LKAB paves the way for the future of mining
LKAB has been a pillar of Swedish industry since 1890. The company is now undergoing a digital transformation journey, on which new standards are being defined. Not only for technical management, but also in terms of core issues such as maintenance, safety and effective teamwork.
In her role as Strategic Maintenance Manager at LKAB, Maria Ryytty is ultimately responsible for creating the con...
10 February / 2024
“It is imperative to make sustainability a non-negotiable aspect in the development and implementation of technologies”
Hello, Mélanie Despeisse, Associate Professor in Sustainable Digitalized Production at Chalmers University of Technology, and speaker at the Additive Intelligence 4.0 conference in March.
You are part of a panel discussion on the topic: “Additive manufacturing contributes to sustainability - myth or reality?” How will you tackle the subject?
"I will talk about how additive manufactur...
10 February / 2024
The Swedish Maintenance Fair’s new initiative: test sustainable production hands-on!
Visitors to the 2024 edition of Underhållsmässan will experience a completely new concept. The Sustainability Circle think tank, one of the fair’s partners, is organising a live programme on sustainable production and invites visitors to try out activities at its interactive stand.
- We want to make it as real as possible, says Henric Widén, CEO.
The Sustainability Circle has around...
23 January / 2024
The Swedish Transport Administration: “We can be much better with a digital approach”
The transport system faces major challenges: the overall maintenance backlog is growing, accelerated by increased traffic and climate change.
- We have recently seen several examples of how this has led to major problems. To meet the challenges, we need to digitise our operations to a much greater extent, says Anders Aabakken of the Swedish Transport Administration, who will take part in the M...
10 January / 2024
Volvo Cars integrates additive manufacturing in the maintenance chain
Volvo Cars is actively working to create more sustainable solutions. Now they are exploring additive manufacturing (AM) and integrating it as a significant part of the maintenance process.
Additive manufacturing, more commonly known as 3D printing, creates opportunities for a decentralised manufacturing process and electronic inventory systems. Products can now be manufactured on demand, whi...
A whole new approach to maintenance is behind this astonishing journey:
- In a couple of years we have gone from firefighting to effective preventive maintenance, says Anders Sandberg, who is responsible for maintenance development and investments at Fortum Recycling & Waste.
At the Maintenance Strategy conference in March, he will explain how it was done.
Taking place on 12-15 March a...
18 December / 2023
Billerud focuses on the green transition
Billerud is visiting Underhållsmässan 2024, the Swedish Maintenance Fair, and hopes to have rewarding meetings and exchanges of knowledge with industry colleagues, generating innovative solutions for the industry’s future challenges.
- The great value for us is the networking that the Maintenance Fair offers. It is a broad spectrum from small to large companies and spans many industries ...
“There are episodes for everyone no matter what level you are at in maintenance.”
In collaboration with the Swedish Maintenance Fair and Plantvision, the Beyond Tomorrow podcast will broadcast live on all four days of the fair, with exciting content on topics such as predictive maintenance, plant documentation, digital twins and AI, to name a few. Experts will take maintenance to new heigh...
22 November / 2023
Maintenance in the battery industry – an industrial revolution
With battery production becoming the next major Swedish industry, doors are opening to challenges and opportunities. The new establishments require expertise and, not least, a maintenance strategy. Jon Bokrantz, a researcher at Chalmers University, says that the latter is a key function because the factories must never stand still.
With support from Sweden’s innovation agency Vinnova and i...
22 November / 2023
The Bridge between Vatten 2023 and Underhållsmässan 2024
The maintenance backlog in water and wastewater was the big topic at Vatten2023 and hence we are taking the issue further with the water industry at Underhållsmässan on 12-15 March 2024, when the maintenance specialists will be there as suppliers, academics and contractors.
On 24-26 October, Vatten2023 took place at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre. Politicians, civil servants,...
Volvo Cars is getting involved in Underhållsmässan, the 2024 Maintenance Fair, and highlighting the needs it sees.
-The fair means a lot to our entire team. Above all, we’re looking forward to a learning event, relevant for everyone who works with maintenance," says Daniel Gustavsson, maintenance manager at Volvo Cars.
Underhållsmässan 2024, which takes place from 12 to 15 March at th...
Underhållsmässan, the Swedish Maintenance Fair, is the meeting place that brings the industry together under the same roof and around the same important issues. Just like industry in general, the maintenance industry is characterised by major challenges linked to both sustainability and expertise. One of the companies exhibiting at Underhållsmässan 2024 is Jernbro. “Maintenance has long b...