IBA Group provides technical support for the IBM Maximo asset management system at Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant (ChelPipe), Russia. In 2011, ChelPipe, a leading Russian producer of welded and seamless steel tubes and pipes for the Russian oil & gas industry, implemented an automated system for asset management, maintenance, and repairs. Based on the IBM Maximo Asset Management platform, the system is designed to control procurement processes and the stock of spare parts. The system makes it possible to choose an optimum timing for a preventive equipment shutdown, to simplify the idle ...