Turnaround at SABIC’s Teeside ethylene liquefaction plant, following intensive reliabilit program

20-Jun-13

After nearly 20 years of under-investment, SABIC UK Petrochemical’s ethylene liquefaction plant on Teesside has witnessed a dramatic turnaround and is on track to make productivity gains of more than £ 10 million a year, following an intensive reliability program with change management specialists, Reliable Manufacturing, as per ArabNews. 18 months after embarking on its manufacturing excellence program with Reliable Manufacturing, plant breakdowns and performance issues have been dramatically reduced. Communication between the plant’s two sites has improved, saving the company more than £1 million a year; asset care improvement teams have uncovered issues making great efficiency savings, which on just one propylene dryer is estimated to be in excess of £400k a year. And the plant has set a precedent for the rest of SABIC.