Austrian technical-scientific association for maintenance and plant management
The Austrian Technical and Scientific Association for Maintenance and Plant Management (ÖVIA) was founded in May 1989 because of the increasing importance of plant maintenance due to constantly increasing plant complexity, innovation speed, market dynamics, scarcity of resources and competitive pressure.
Tasks, activities
For this reason, the ÖVIA concentrates on the solution of branch-specific problems, the further development of the plant management as well as maintenance over and on the promotion of the subject area as a whole.
The association's tasks include coordinating the activities decided on in committees, communication between industry and technical-scientific associations, maintaining contact with international institutions and exchanging knowledge in working groups.
The activities of the ÖVIA are:
- Form and moderate working groups to deal with specific problems and to exchange ideas.
- Organize training courses, specialist conferences and seminars.
- Award for the most excellent plant management in Austria in the course of the "Maintenance Award Austria".
- Carry out research tasks in the field of basic research and applied research.
- Communication and cooperation with institutions with the same or similar objectives at home and abroad.
- Practically try out innovations in the field of plant management and maintenance.
Research institutes / partners of ÖVIA
- Forum Vision Maintenance
- Center of Excellence for TPM
- Institute for International Research
- Research Institute for Rationalization
- German Maintenance Committee
- Slovenian Maintenance Society
Maintenance Award Austria
The Maintenance Award Austria (MA²) comprises two prizes. On the one hand, the main prize is awarded to the most excellent maintenance and plant management in Austria. On the other hand, the innovation award recognizes the implementation of innovative projects or products in plant management.
The award ceremony for 2016 takes place in cooperation with the industrial magazine and is supported by the Styrian Chamber of Commerce ( WKO ), the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology ( bmvit ) and the Styrian Industrial Association (iv).
| Award ceremony winner - MA² | ||
|---|---|---|
| year | Grand Prize | Innovation award |
| 2015 | Eaton Industries GmbH | Klüber Lubrication Austria GmbH |
| 2014 | Wien Energie GmbH | Line Metrics GmbH |
| 2013 | Miba Frictec GmbH | KNAPP AG / JCL Logistics |
| 2012 | SKF Austria AG | BOOM Software AG /
Innsbrucker Kommunalbetriebe AG |
Publications
- Series of publications "Practical Knowledge for Engineers", 29 forum volumes
- Series of publications "Techno-Economic Research and Practice" 18 editions
- "ÖVIA manual"
- Further publications:
- Master's thesis: Analysis of the certification requirements according to ISO 55001 Asset Management (2015)
- Sustainability-oriented corporate management (2009)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ÖVIA - site. Retrieved May 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Information folder 2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 3, 2016 ; Retrieved May 3, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Publications. Retrieved May 3, 2016 .
