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optimize every stage of a facility’ s lifecycle, Lifecycle360 supports innovation by helping teams develop, test, scale, and commercialize new ideas while strengthening employee knowledge and confidence.
“ One of the biggest things we’ ve heard is that customers want experts who can look holistically at their entire facility to identify bottlenecks, strengthen procedures and identify opportunities for improvement. From that feedback, we added Plant Operations as a dedicated part of Lifecycle360,” Kris says.
“ Plant Operations includes preventive maintenance planning, shutdown steam purge planning and support, debottlenecking, process safety management, and hazard analysis, operating procedures such as SOPs, start-ups, shutdowns, and clean-outs, virtual plant monitoring, smart operating controls improvements, KPI and ROI evaluation, reliability assessments, day-today project and maintenance planning, and risk assessments. Together, these services give customers a structured way to validate assumptions, uncover unseen gaps, quantify improvement opportunities, and move from assessment to execution with CPM | Crown as a coordinated partner.”
Global Innovation Center
At the same time, CPM | Crown continues to grow its Global Innovation Center in Minnesota.
“ The center is located at our headquarters in Blaine, Minnesota, and includes a 15,000-square-foot pilot plant, analytical lab, and training facility,” Alex says.“ Because we can replicate production environments while providing expert support, customers can move from early feasibility work to continuous pilotplant testing with data that’ s representative of commercial operations. We have systems for preparation, extraction and liquids refining,
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M & W Contractors is a full-service design-build general contractor serving the agricultural and chemical processing industries. We specialize in mechanical systems, including pipe fabrication and process equipment. We also self-perform many aspects of each project, including excavation, concrete, and steel erection.
It has been a pleasure working alongside CPM Crown Iron Works for over four decades, supporting their commitment to excellence. We look forward to continuing our strong partnership and delivering future success together.
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400 S. Stewart St. Creve Coeur, IL 61610 309 694 8220 www. mwcontractors. com
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