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Maintenance performed on an installation in Norway
January 2008: Improvus has carried out maintenance on one of Linde’s process plants, installed at a paper mill in Norway.

EU directive - analysis of product portfolio
January 2008: Improvus has been entrusted to analyze a client’s product portfolio to investigate whether or not their products fall within the framework of the directives 2002/96/EC, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE), as well as the 2002/95/EC, Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (RoHS).

Presentation GMP demands vs ISO9000
December 2007: During December Improvus held a presentation with the primary objective of comparing GMP demands with guidelines from a quality system according to ISO9000. The audience needed to understand the regulatory demands put on their end-customers (GMP) as compared with how they themselves work (ISO9000).

Process system upgrade
20 November 2007: This involves inspecting and testing an earlier process system. The work encompasses repairing and/or replacing electronics as well as mechanical components. It also includes securing, verifying, and upgrading technical documentation.

Process plant outside Europe
October 2007: Improvus has started up the process plant for a paper mill that we earlier were commissioned (by Linde Gas 8 Dec, 2006) to plan, develop, and put into operation.

Onsite trouble-shooting
15 August 2007: Improvus has been commissioned to conduct trouble-shooting for an automated process plant in the field of environment technology. Corrective measures encompassing the areas of mechanical and automatic control are to be subsequently carried out onsite and tested. This is then to be documented and finally reported to the end-user of the plant.

Home page translated into English
31 May 2007: We have translated our home page into English.

Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) training course
March 2007: Improvus is to carry out PED training for a number of European companies that belong to global corporations. This training will take place in Tallinn.

Marketing material for process system
01 Feb. 2007: Improvus has been given the task of producing printed material for the marketing of a patented process system.

Improvus gets new website
15 Jan. 2007: Things are going well for Improvus. This is why a new and improved website is included in our upgraded ambitions. Please visit our FAQ page, where you will find a Quick Guide to common questions and answers that turn up daily.

Marika new employee at Improvus
01 Jan. 2007: Improvus continues to expand: Marika Norström has been hired as a consultant. She holds a graduate engineering degree from the Royal Institute of Technology with a major in chemical technology. Marika has experience in project management in the field of process-system development applicable to the pharmaceutical industry. She has also worked with verification and validation.

Process plants outside Europe
08 Dec. 2006: Improvus has been given a mandate by Linde Gas to provide its customers with project management, development, and the startup of process plants for the paper industry.

The world's largest gas company turns to Improvus for new projects
01 Dec. 2006: The Linde Gas Group—which became the world’s largest gas company on the 6th of September this year following a fusion with British Oxygen—continues to entrust Improvus with new projects. The latest is to lead the development of a process system for the production of sterile media intended for applications in the pharmaceutical industry.

EU directive studied
15 Oct. 2006: The study is to evaluate how companies are to apply the directives regarding production systems/machines (RoHS, WEEE). Read more about these directives here.

Training to handle gas safely
20 Jan. 2006: The course includes the training of personnel in a pharmaceutical company how to handle gas safely.

Development project for sterile production
02 Jan. 2006: The customer has turned to Improvus for the planning, carrying-out, and testing of a technical system for sterile production—and for administering follow-up. This project also includes the production of sales material and the documentation of customer material such as operator manuals.

Improvus employees Petra Grönwall
01 Jan. 2006: Improvus is happy to have recruited Petra Grönwall as a new consultant. Petra is a graduate engineer from the Royal Institute of Technology, with a major in chemical technology and industrial environmental protection. Petra will be carrying out ongoing tests and verification at our customers’ sites.

Commercializing service products
30 Oct. 2005: Improvus is to develop a concept for sale support for chemical process systems with regard to the various qualification processes of our pharmaceutical customers. This will include a market study, proposals for determining prices, the production of training material, and materials for market communications.

Standardizing and modularization
15 Aug. 2005: Improvus is to work as project manager in a development project for a customer in the paper industry. The project encompasses the standardization and modularization of a process plant. The project is to provide answers concerning the best way to coordinate and match customer-needs/customer-demands on the various markets to price/performance. Quality assurance and how to meet applicable EU directives is also part of this project.

Upgrading process systems in the environmental-technology sector
28 Jun. 2005: Improvus is given the task of upgrading the control system (PLC and HMI) in an environmental plant operated by a petrochemistry customer. The project includes project management, operative specifications, testing, and documentation. The programming work (Siemens S7 and iFIX) will be done in collaboration with our partner in the process-automation sector.

Delivery of chemical process plant to foreign customer
20 May 2005: The project comprises project management, the rebuilding and startup of a process plant—including the [PLC and PC/HMI] control system—the drafting of a process design, specifications, risk analysis, specification testing, customer documentation, and technical registration. The adherence to applicable EU directives (MD, PED, LVD, EMC) is also included.