On June 17, the ceremonial inauguration of the new production plant of B.Braun Medical AG took place. The Pharma manufacturer assigned i+o Industrieplanung + Organisation with the new construction at the existing factory premises in Crissier near Lausanne. Together with its subsidiary PhC PharmaConsult, the team of experts was responsible for the general planning of a new high tech production plant for infusion bags.

Fred Osman, Managing Director of Osman’s Spice Works CC in South Africa, assigned i+o Industry Planning & Organization in Heidelberg with the joint development of a landmark decision basis with regard to the expansion of the current production facility at the Durban location.

i+o Industrieplanung + Organisation GmbH & Co. KG is currently building a new in-flight catering facility for Oberoi Flight Services at Indira Gandhi International airport (IGI). Oberoi Flight Services is among the four largest flight catering companies in India. The ultra modern building is going to set new standards with regard to sustainability and energy efficiency. Furthermore, the building will be well adapted to Delhi‘s climate conditions. The facility is supposed to start already operating in February 2011.

In addition to the successful fair participation of i+o at the Gulfood in the United Arab Emirates, i+o Dubai took part with a booth at another significant fair of the Middle East. The Hospital Build Middle East (1-3 June) was a must for all decision-makers in the healthcare industry. Therefore it was an important platform for i+o to make new contacts and to discuss trends and developments of the industry with customers and business partners.

The concept is focused on integrated planning, management and controlling of project tasks in connection with the supply chain of the company. Florian Heimerl, i+o Partner and ROOT SAP Project Manager reports: “By introducing the projects ROOT BASE, SAP, EPM and MOSS successfully on April 1st, 2010, many manual interfaces had already been replaced in the very first days by an integrated processing – a starting point to continue to optimise the organisation as well as supporting the successful growth of the company“.

From the green field strategy of a completely new building to the redesign and adjustment of the single workplaces – facility planning is responsible for the change of physical and organisational structures. Therefore, every facility planner is an expert when it comes to change and is proficient in the interplay between realising the new and maintaining the proven. Again, i+o Industrieplanung + Organisation was represented with a booth, showing how facility expansion or redesign can achieve an increasing productivity on the basis of interesting project examples.

PhC PharmaConsult, a subsidiary of i+o Industry Planning + Organization, and its MENA partner Akhnaton have worked together since 1973. More than 30 projects have been successfully developed together during that time, now follows this next large project in Egypt. The pharmaceutical producer EVA Pharma is, together with Akhnaton, a member of the Armanious Group and therefore values the expertise PhC brings to the project.

The German congress for material flow is an important industry gathering for technical logisticians in Germany, who catch up on realized projects, trends and latest developments. This year, i+o participated once again. Beside i+o’s own booth, Thomas Kilimann led a moderation round during the first day.

“This book refers to all those who need a method and toolset to organise their logistics”, so Detthold Aden, chairman of the executive board of the BLG LOGISTICS GROUP, about Thomas Killimann’s, managing director / partner of i+o Industrieplanung + Organisation, new specialist book “LogistikDesign – Supply Chain Projekte zum Erfolg führen” (“Logistics Design – make supply chain projects a success”).

The eighteenth round of the annual benchmark competition “Factory of the year/ Global Excellence in Operations“ ended on March 15th and 16th, 2010. The congress is one of the most challenging and established congresses of its kind; and, at the end of the competition, every participating company receives an analysis about the companies it competes with. In an interview Thomas Kilimann, CEO / Partner of i+o, gave his estimation on the subject “investment power”, at the this year`s congress.

Apparently, almost every branch was affected by the economic crisis. Many key industries, like automotive, manufacturing, or transport and logistics had troubles with the recession. New projects were allocated slowly and many projects were postponed or completely cancelled. i+o Industrieplanung + Organisation gives a totally different summary. In 2009, the Heidelberg-based consultancy still saw an increase in staff against the previous year.

From 2 to 4 March 2010, international exhibitors and decision-makers from industry, trade and the service sector came together at the new exhibition centre at Stuttgart Airport to find new business partners. This year, too, i+o Industrieplanung + Organisation was again presented at the fair and rejoiced had many visitors during all three fair days.

i+o received the assignment for developing a food supply concept for the new Jurong General Hospital. In addition to the food supply, i+o also received the order to plan the clinic pharmacy, the central sterilization, the laundry supply, the in-house logistics and the waste management.

Already at the beginning of this year, i+o joint one top event of the foodservice and hospitality sector. The Gulfood exhibition belongs to the leading events for Food and Drink in the Middle East. The fair took place in the Dubai World Trade Center. i+o had an own stand at the German Pavilion in the Zabeel Hall.

The life cycle management and the sustainability in planning, building and engineering of estates is a main focus of i+o’s project management. During the last year i+o has already won an important partner in Mauritz Freiherr von Strachwitzfor the field of project management.

China’s largest insulin producer Wanbang Biopharma assigned the Heidelberg, Germany based i+o Industrieplanung + Organisation with the general planning of a facility for production, filling and packaging of insulin products. With state-of-the-art technology the insulin facility will produce during the first building stage about 130 Mio units per year, predominantly for exporting to Europe and the USA. In the process the i+o planning team is facing the special challenge that the complete production process needs to adhere to international GMP requirements.