Demag Service for all German sites of the SMS group

• Complete order for maintenance for nine production sites of the SMS group

• Maintenance of 560 crane installations/hoist units

• Impressive overall concept

Demag Service is to take over maintenance of cranes and hoist units at the German production sites of the SMS group. The machinery and plant builder has for the first time awarded the contract for the service work at its nine German plants to one company.

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The SMS group consists of a group of international companies in the plant and machinery
construction sector for processing steel and non-ferrous metals. At the production sites in Germany, the group uses approximately 560 crane installations/hoist units that have load capacities ranging from 125 kg to 250 t for many lifting and transport jobs. In addition to its plants in Hilchenbach and Mönchengladbach, the SMS group has seven other production sites.

As part of its planned efficiency improvements, the SMS group has awarded the contract for mainte-nance of its entire lifting equipment to Demag Service. Besides carrying out maintenance at the legally specified annual intervals, the scope of work also includes assessment of risks, electrical safety in-spections and 24 h on-call standby.

Carolin Paulus, Vice President Global Services & Marketing, at Terex Material Handling: “We are delighted to be able to support our customer SMS group with our expertise over the next five years. Based on a comprehensive overall concept, our experienced Demag service spe-cialists will guarantee high availability of the crane installations. Our customer SMS group thus also benefits from high safety standards and can focus fully on its core business.”