Under the performance-based agreement, ABB will manage all maintenance operations to improve overall productivity and equipment reliability at the mill, and retain and further develop all existing maintenance staff and management. ABB will also help the mill to reduce its energy consumption while achieving these production efficiencies.“This Maintenance Improvement Agreement highlights ABB’s capabilities in providing comprehensive service solutions for the industrial sector. Our innovative approach to performance-based services ensures improved production and equipm ent performance, energy efficiency and reliability for the entire facility,” said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB’s Process Automation division. Sappi’s Nijmegen mill is a producer of coated fine paper.