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MILAN, 04 May 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

     - Maire Tecnimont's Unique Expertise in Process Engineering and Maintenance

Services combine with AVEVA's competencies as A Digital Transformation Leader

to Address Customer's Industrial Challenges

     Maire Tecnimont Group [https://www.mairetecnimont.com/en/home], a leader

in the global natural resource processing industry, through its subsidiary

Tecnimont, its main Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor,

has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AVEVA

[https://www.aveva.com/], a global leader in industrial software, driving

digital transformation and sustainability, to create new digital predictive and

prescriptive maintenance services that drive enhanced business outcomes.

    This partnership will extend usage of AVEVA's Asset Performance Management

[https://www.aveva.com/en/solutions/performance/asset-performance-management/](A

PM) solutions across the Maire Tecnimont Group, globally, enhancing plant

operability and lowering maintenance costs. This will in turn deliver increased

information availability empowering better, more informed decision-making, and

ultimately improving overall business performance. As part of the agreement,

the two companies will work together over a twelve-month period on a defined

number of customer projects to promote the application of predictive

maintenance technology for critical plant assets.

    "Digital transformation is one of the technology drivers most needed to

give our industry a much-needed boost. This MoU with AVEVA aligns seamlessly

with Maire Tecnimont's strategy for digital transformation: it complements our

value proposition which focuses on NextPlant, our new digital services and

solutions portfolio that has been designed to fully meet customer's needs,

while simultaneously improving our operational model through the creation of

digital enablers," commented Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO, Maire Tecnimont Group.

    "AVEVA's Asset Performance Management suite is well positioned to advance

industrial operations of the future. By enabling companies to predict failures

before they occur, we are helping to reduce unplanned downtime as well as drive

efficiency and safety throughout plant operations. We are excited about the

partnership with Maire Tecnimont and look forward to supporting our joint

customers in overcoming today's industrial challenges by leveraging human

experience with artificial intelligence," commented Kim Custeau, Vice

President, Asset Performance Management, AVEVA.

    As an EPC contractor and global leader in the transformation of natural

resources, Maire Tecnimont will leverage its unique process, automation, and

maintenance competencies to supply plant owners with perfectly customized

digital products and solutions that are tailor-made for their maintenance

needs. The combination of Maire Tecnimont's proven market experience and

AVEVA's leadership as an industrial technology provider will deliver improved

analytics which in turn will help to reduce inefficiencies, optimize

operations, and improve our customer's profitability. With this MoU, Maire

Tecnimont Group has reached a new milestone in its digital transformation

journey, with the activation of a new technology-enabled value stream which is

a crucial part of its roadmap. To achieve its drive to become the 'contractor

of the future', Maire Tecnimont is enhancing overall value for plant owners

through a suite of advanced digital products and services geared towards EPC

customers.

    Maire Tecnimont S.p.A.

    Maire Tecnimont S.p.A., listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, heads an

industrial group which leads the global natural resource conversion market

(downstream oil & gas plant engineering, with technological and execution

expertise). Its subsidiary NextChem operates in the field of green chemistry

and technologies in support of the energy transition. The Maire Tecnimont Group

operates in approx. 45 countries, though approx. 50 operative companies and

about 9,000 people. For more information please see: www.mairetecnimont.com.

    Group Media Relations

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    Source: Maire Tecnimont S.p.A.