AMI invests EUR 24 million in extensive modernization during major plant shutdown
The maintenance work at Europe's leading melamine and fertilizer producer, AMI, which will take about eight weeks, will continue until mid-July. In the course of this five-year audit shutdown, not only is the company workforce involved in extensive repairs and servicing, but also up to 800 employees from external firms.
This year, AMI is spending around EUR 24 million on its large-scale, plant shutdown. This investment will bring plant systems up to the state-of-the-art with regard to both safety and technology and also allow the completion of essential repairs.
The special feature of this current standstill is its scale. May saw the simultaneous shutdown of the nitrogen and ammonium plants, one urea and two melamine plants. In June, four other production units followed. The resulting drop in output capacity was covered in advance by surplus production.
According to AMI Board spokesman, Hubert Puchner, "This major shutdown and the related investments in safety and state-of-the-art technology will result in a sustained improvement in production and product quality. Indeed, safety is the number one priority in such a massive undertaking."
The end of the start-up phase of the plants subject to overhaul is scheduled for the end of July.
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