PFIZER AND CHAUDFONTAINE ARE BELGIUM’S TECHNICAL TEAMS OF THE YEAR

Each year, BEMAS, the Belgian Maintenance Association, wants to honour technical teams that provide great added value for their company thanks to their achievements and approach in the field of maintenance and management of technical assets. Last month, Chaudfontaine was declared the winner of Wallonia, the French speaking region. Pfizer won the award in Flanders.

Chaudfontaine: swift recovery after severe flooding

In the summer of 2021, the south of Belgium was hit by severe flooding. The Chaudfontaine - Coca-Cola Europacific Partners was able to get production back on track quickly. In just 5 weeks, they were able to restart the 2 most important production lines, without losing sight of safety and quality. The commitment of the staff and the mastery of crisis management made this feat possible, illustrating the importance of maintaining close-knit maintenance teams capable of reacting in the face of adversity. That’s why the jury prize in Wallonia went to Chaudfontaine.

The audience chose Galler as the winner. Their efficient organisation made it possible to achieve a remarkable level of performance for an SME.

Jury president Pierre Dehombreux with the winning team of Chaudfontaine

Pfizer: proven track record of the technical department

We have all come to know Pfizer through the production of the corona vaccine. The rapid conversion of production is largely due to the technical department. The project was given the flashy name 'Project Lightspeed'. Appropriate, because in just a few months they turned the entire production around. For the Flemish jury, this was a clear winner: “At Pfizer we see a clear interweaving between engineering, production and maintenance. It is not a top-down story, but a real collaboration. They already had a very solid system for working together pre-Corona, which paid off during Project Lightspeed.”

DP World told the story of their switch from a reactive to a proactive maintenance organisation in just 3 years. The audience was charmed by their presentation and voted them the audience’s favourite.

The technical team of Pfizer, winner of the Flanders Technical Team of the Year.

THANK YOU TO ALL PARTICIPANTS

BEMAS would like to thank all participants of this year’s edition: Chaudfontaine, Galler and EQUANS in Wallonia, and BASF, Borealis, Chevron Phillips Chemical, DP World, Pfizer and Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Flanders.

Do you also want to put your technical team in the spotlight? Sign up for next year’s edition on the BEMAS website: www.bemas.org.