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Mondi
Supplier of the year Award
After being awarded supplier of the
year in 2004 (Intermediate Category) due to the phenomenal savings on water
and downtime on rotating equipment (see below), AESSEAL was proud to receive,
yet again, the Mondi Supplier of the Year Award for 2005.
With their philosophy on shared risk and unprecedented support, AESSEAL has
set a new benchmark in the industry over our competition in the South African
market. With well over 300 sealing systems throughout the Merebank, Piet Retief
and Richard Bay Mills and over R5m savings in water alone, excluding product
and production costs, AESSEAL have set the precedent for guaranteed increase
in MTBF, coupled with on site support - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
AESSEAL’s mandate has been to continually drive down the cost of sealing on an annual basis, while increasing MTBF. Generating more efficient and productive pieces of rotating equipment within the pulp and paper industry is essential in ensuring the partnerships success.
In accordance with Mondi South Africa that all suppliers conform to their requirements, AESSEAL embarked upon and achieved their ISO 9001 and 14001 status in 2002, being the first mechanical seal company in SA to do so. In 2004 AESSEAL embarked on the process of becoming BEE compliant in the true sense of the word, with many previously disadvantaged people now in various departments of responsibility.
Still the fastest ORGANICALLY growing seal company world wide, AESSEAL continues to save Mondi and industry money and unpredicted downtime by literally “serving the customer to death”.
We wish to thank Mondi for your trust and support, and we look forward to
a positive future ahead together. AESSEAL realise that exceptional service
during 2005 will be the only deciding factor in attempting to secure the hat
trick.
At a spectacular banquet held at the premier venue of the Sandton Sun Hotel in Johannesburg, AESSEAL® were presented with the Mondi Supplier of the year Award in the Intermediate Category.
A total of three awards were given out amongst thirteen finalists, namely
in the development, medium and large company categories. The ceremony was
well attended by members from the Mondi Group and their supplier base.
Rob Adam from AESSEAL® accepted the award from Mr Thompson the Chairman
and CEO of Mondi South Africa. In his acceptance speech Mr Adam placed strong
emphasis on the fact that teamwork went a long way to securing this accolade.
One of the deciding factors in evaluation of the finalist was the exceptional service carried out at the Piet Retief Mill by AESSEAL’s Mr Ryan Smith and the unprecedented cost savings generated at the Merebank Mill through the hard work of AESSEAL’s Mr Don van Rooyen and his team.
Above: From left to right, Luke Longmore - Technical Representative, Ryan
Smith - Technical Representative, Rob Waites - Managing Director, Rob Adam
- Divisional Director, Don Van Rooyen - Technical Representative.
Environmental performance, particularly with regard to the saving and correct utilization of water resources, has been a strong driving force behind AESSEAL’s success in South Africa. The need to carefully and aggressively manage this resource has been identified by the Mondi group and constitutes a component of their environmental policy.
AESSEAL® has successfully dovetailed into Mondi’s water saving initiative by installing equipment that eliminates water consumption into stuffing box glands, saving billions of litres of water over the past six years.
In this single application:
WATER SAVINGS
2,689,194 litres per year / 710,410 galls (US) per year
WATER COST SAVINGS
£833.65 per year / €1,250.48 per year / $1,500.57 per year
TOTAL COST SAVINGS
£11,245.73 in the first year / €16,868.69 in the first year / $20,242.31
in the first year
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