In 2011, Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Kft. was looking for a qualified and experienced maintenance partner who would ensure the functioning and availability of the paint shop equipment at its new plant in Kecskemét in the form of a maintenance partnership. Main requirements were the implementation of a maintenance management system in order to professionally carry out and further improve inspections as well as corrective and preventive maintenance activities. A further key requirement was the optimization of the spare parts management.

With the Integral Plant Maintenance concept, Siemens provided a customized solution, which ensures the optimized execution of all electrical and mechanical maintenance activities. The Siemens Integral Plant Maintenance concept was tailored to the precise needs of the Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Kft. plant.

Above all, this involved meeting the requirement for high plant availability by ensuring professional and effective maintenance management. Precisely planned preventive maintenance activities reduce for example production line downtimes and utilize scheduled downtimes to carry out necessary maintenance work. Other services such as...

• regular inspections
• condition-based maintenance
• optimized spare parts supply and storage concepts

...likewise help to ensure the required plant availability.

The maintenance experts from Siemens work in multi-shift operation in line with the customer's requirements.

More than 40 employees work in a four-shift operation to maintain the paint shop 365/24. Work in the assembly shop as well as in the central vehicle body sorter is executed in a 3 shift operation by more than 30 employees.

Siemens was selected by Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Kft. to be the maintenance partner for its plant in Kecskemét/Hungary. Around 750 vehicles – mainly the new CLA and CLA Shooting Break generation of Mercedes compact cars – roll off the production line here every day. As part of a performance-based contract, Siemens is responsible for the maintenance of the paint shop, the central vehicle body sorter and conveyor technology in the assembly hall.