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Metso Outotec wins SA platinum filter order

Finland’s Metso Outotec has signed a 3-year Life Cycle Services (LCS) contract with one of an unnamed platinum producer based in South Africa.

 Deal focuses on filter servicing

Deal focuses on filter servicing

Metso Outotec said the LCS, the customer's critical assets will achieve enhanced availability and higher production. The performance-based agreement provides among all a Reliability Centered Maintenance application that focuses on preventive maintenance, which will improve machine life. 

The value of the order is approximately €16 million (US$16 million) and it covers 12 filters across five customer sites. The first part of the contract has been booked in Minerals' third-quarter orders received.

"We are very pleased to have been chosen as the key supplier of filter services for our customer's sites. Our service approach will improve the safety, overall filter reliability, and performance in line with customer's throughput targets," said Vivian Pillay, director, Global Key Account Management in Metso Outotec.

Metso Outotec's Life Cycle Services offering covers its after-market portfolio, including process support and optimisation, sustainable wears, spares, and service solutions. Core service elements in the LCS packages for filters are spare parts, repairs, maintenance, reliability, connected equipment, and process optimisation.

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