Plant Consolidation
A major consumer products company closed two facilities and relocated the manufacturing capabilities to three existing facility. This consolidation required extensive equipment relocation and machine upgrades to increase throughput and efficiency.
Challenges:
- Data gathering was necessary prior to the plant closure announcements.
- Equipment relocations and start ups had to meet a tight schedule while maintaining production capability during the duration of the project.
- Relocated equipment had to be shoe horned into existing facilities with minimal available floor space.
Benefits:
- Reduced overhead and labor.
- Increased throughput.
- Reduced cost per unit.
- Allowed divestiture of old facilities in need of major capital improvements.
Project Included:
- Major process equipment; tanks, mixers, valves and pumps.
- Packaging equipment including conveyors, fillers/loaders, accumulators, labelers, wrappers, cartoners, packers and palletizers.
- Electrical and control systems including cabinets and field devices.
- Designed building additions, footings, catwalks and mezzanines.
- Incorporated additional state-of-the-art packaging and processing equipment into the existing facility.
- Program Management on behalf of the client to manage the schedule, vendors, construction contractors, risk and procurement.
