Prevas's objective is always to help its clients by offering expertise and
improvements in long-term partnerships. Together with the maintenance
organisation for Coca Cola Enterprises in Norway, Prevas has successfully turned
the factory in Lørenskog into the most efficient in the Europe Group. One energy
monitoring project saved millions.
2012 was a year of significant changes at Coca Cola. The entire factory was
rebuilt as part of the transition from reusable bottles to recyclable bottles –
a move that also required new production equipment. Using information from
suppliers and internal calculations, the new production lines in the factory
were expected to increase the energy consumption by approximately 12 per cent.
Coca Cola and Prevas jointly decided to begin an energy monitoring project to
see if they could find ways of lowering the energy consumption. Early on, it
turned out that we could focus on simple measurements and actions to achieve
results by systematically collecting data and analysing it using a special tool.
Four months after the project was initiated, the increased energy consumption
for the new production facility had fallen from 12 per cent to just 4 per cent,
corresponding to an annual saving worth millions for Coca Cola.
"This is a very exciting project and the work is not over yet. Efforts to find
new improvements are continuing. We also know that there is tremendous potential
to achieve gains for our clients by adding a greater focus on energy monitoring
and we look forward to many exciting projects in future," says Einar Alexander
Andersen at Prevas.
For more information and follow up:
Tord Svanqvist, Center of Excellence EAM Prevas AB
E-mail: tord.svanqvist@prevas.se, Mobile: +46 (0)733 75 70 68
Einar Alexander Andersen, Sales EAM, Prevas AS
E-mail: einar.alexander.andersen@prevas.no, Mobile: +47 (0) 4153 7313
About Prevas
With cutting edge expertise in embedded systems and industrial IT, Prevas
contributes by providing innovative solutions that create growth. Prevas was
founded in 1985, and the company is the main supplier and development partner to
leading companies in industries such as life science, telecommunications,
vehicle, defense, energy and engineering. Offices are located in Sweden,
Denmark, Norway and India. The company has approximately 600 employees. Prevas
has been listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm since 1998.
For more information, see www.prevas.com.
