BEMAS Award for Technical Team of the Year
BEMAS organises the Award for Technical Team of the Year to honour technical teams that provide great added value for their company thanks to their achievements and approach in the field of maintenance and management of technical assets.
Everything starts with a good basis. The same goes for maintenance and asset management. Optimal maintenance management starts with strong, well thought-out best practices, which can only be achieved by constant improvement and collaboration by an excellent technical team. Organisations that have taken a major step forward in the applied maintenance and asset management practices are given the opportunity to put their colleagues in the spotlight as Technical Team of the Year. In principle, all types of technical services are eligible, i.e. both maintenance services that work internally at an asset owner, as well as service providing technical services that are active at customers.
In 2025, the Symposium and Award Night take place during the Easyfairs Maintenance Fair in Antwerp Expo on 26 March (Flanders) and on 24 April 2025 during BEMAS Forum Maintenance in Marcinelle (Wallonia).
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Who can become Technical Team of the Year?
- All types of organisations that operate in an asset-intensive environment: maintenance services, project teams or asset management organisations in the industry or infrastructure world.
- Technical service providers can also take part in the competitions for the awards.
Why participate?
- Show that you are proud of the achievements of your organisation and the employees in your team.
- Increase the image of your technical department and/or your team and company.
- Improve the commitment and pride of your employees.
- Discover additional opportunities for improvement through interaction with the jury.
- Give a nice incentive to your technical team (see below).
- Limited amount of time to help you and your company move forward. Participation is free.
What can you win?
- A trophy for the winner and a certificate for the finalists.
- An incentive worth € 500, which you can use to pamper your winning team. The incentive will be decided by mutual agreement. This can range from T-shirts, over a drink or dinner, to gift vouchers that can be freely spent.
- Broad and positive media coverage in the trade press for you, your team, your company and the innovation or best practice that you apply.
Hall of Fame: Award for Technical Team of the Year
2024
DHL Aviation (Flanders Jury Award): Technological improvements, financial savings, fewer delivery errors, transition to in-house staff.
Unilin (Audience Award Flanders): Elimination of failures through asset performance management and root cause analysis.
Kabelwerk Eupen (Jury and audience award Wallonia): Recovery after the 2021 floods; dedication, collaboration, and factory rebuilding.
2023
Agristo (Flanders Jury Award): Implementation of an EAM system, standardization across multiple sites.
A&S Energie (Flanders Audience Award): Excellent availability of green energy plants.
Takeda (Wallonia Jury Award): Management of a fivefold increase in installations through teamwork.
GSK (Wallonia Audience Award): Extended maintenance intervals through RCM strategy and redesign of critical components.
2022
Pfizer (Flanders Jury prize): Indispensable technical service for maintaining manufacturing in Belgium.
DP World (Flanders Audience Award): Shift from reactive to proactive maintenance following a workplace accident.
Chaudfontaine (Wallonia Jury Award): Production lines back in operation within just five weeks after the 2021 floods.
Galler (Wallonia Audience Award): Production recovery after floods, with temporary production moved to Eeklo.
2020
ITIS (Honorable Mention): Innovations for safer and more efficient work, ideas implemented by management.
2019
Imec Maintenance Team: Imec Maintenance Team: New systems, in-house training, improved team spirit, and efficiency.
Hall of Fame: Award for Best Improvement in Maintenance and Asset Management
2020
Saudi Aramco: Success Journey -Reliability Enhancement Program through Effective Leadership
Saudi Aramco faced issues with plant availability due to frequent failures and therefore, high costs. With the support from upper management, Saudi Aramco succeeded in implementing a comprehensive Reliability System (TPRM), improved the maintenance culture and thus, cut the costs.
2019
Arlanxeo: Preventing unforeseen failures with the Motion Amplification camera
The main driver of this improvement project is the reliability of extruders in the finishing department. Thanks to a combination of Root Cause Analysis and the Motion Amplification Camera, Arlanxeo can now get to the roots of unpredictable failures.
Hall of Fame: Maintenance Manager of the Year
2017 – Maxine Frimpong en Ann Van Look - BASF
2016 - Bert Pieters - Pepsico Veurne
2015 - A. Azzin et P. Corin - GSK Biologicals
2014 - Claude Schuler - Sonaca Gosselies
2013 - Marc Begijn - Volvo Car Gent
2012 - Harold Villers - ArcelorMittal Liège - Site
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2011 - Frédéric Deleuze - CBR - Heidelberg
Cement Group
2010 - François Depelsenaire - NGK Ceramics Europe
2009 - Erwin Bovyn – Edf Luminus
2008 - Jan Vanbroekhoven - Philips Innovative
Applications
2007 - Pasquale Sinapi - Caterpillar Belgium
2006 - Herman Aerts - Borealis
2005 - Benoît Noël - Industeel
2004 - Guido Aerts - Exxon Mobil Chemical Belgium
2003 - Jos Groffils - DSM Speciality Compounds
2002 - Erik Creemers - Fina Antwerp Olefins
2001 - Hans De Backker - Janssen Pharmaceutica
2000 - Wout Theuws - Bosal Benelux
1999 - Robert Vander Putten - Schneider Electric
1998 - Daniël Vandendaul - Baxter
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