Case Study: SSAB (global steel manufacturer) reduces downtime and boosts asset management with Accruent's Maintenance Connection

How a CMMS helps keep assets fully managed, improve equipment lifespan, increase preventive maintenance, eliminate downtime, and lower costs

SSAB, a Stockholm‑based global steel manufacturer of advanced high‑strength steels with production sites in Sweden, Finland and the U.S., needed a rock‑solid asset management strategy to keep production running and meet customer demand. The company struggled to track asset health, organize equipment details, and lacked comprehensive preventive maintenance—creating risk of downtime, delayed schedules and lower customer satisfaction.

By implementing Maintenance Connection, SSAB established asset hierarchy trees, quick access to specifications and manuals, financial reporting, breakdown tracking, and planned preventive maintenance across multiple sites so technicians can locate and service assets before failures occur. The outcome was increased transparency across global plants, longer equipment lifespan, faster response times, reduced downtime and lower maintenance costs, with clearer visibility into maintenance spending.

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Don Berry

IT Business Area Manager