At times it may feel as though there are far too many obstacles and barriers to overcome whilst attempting to get the most out of a tight capex budget. Increases in overheads, increased energy prices, changes in compliance requirements can all contribute to the headache that comes with providing effective engineering solutions in tough times. The margins achieved from selling your products could be the only thing which is decreasing. There’s no doubt that today more than ever it is imperative to get the best value for your money. Whilst it may be tempting to call in the big engineering contractors who can provide a one-stop-shop, convenience shopping is an expensive way of doing projects. Project success depends on getting things right. Everybody gets so easily engrossed in the day-to-day activities that they often do not invest enough time and effort into the fundamentals that will make or break a project’s success. Skimping at the concept stage and investing insufficient development into the scope, deliverables and stage gate estimates, are just some of the things that will usually result in ballooning costs and even bigger headaches . Otto Simon can help guide you to a successful conclusion. We can work with you to take the your concept through to a FEED, providing you with much needed cost certainty. No chemical manufacturer worth their salts wants to keep going back to their board asking for more money to complete what was a fully budgeted and financed project. Why Otto Simon? We have an unrivalled level of expertise and experience in eliminating unnecessary inefficiencies and superfluous costs by working with you using a skilled small team to develop your concept. This will save you money, and give you options about who or how or when the installation should be implemented. If you want to ease the pinch, please get in touch.

Otto Simon is proud to be able to report the successful trialling of hydrogen as a substitute fuel to natural gas at Novelis's Aluminium Recycling facility in Warrington. As part of the Industrial Fuel Switching programme, Otto Simon designed the hydrogen supply infrastructure and integrated this into the existing furnace working alongside Novelis's supply chain and the hydrogen supplier. Otto Simon managed the installation and commissioning of the facility and assisted the site team during the trials, another step along the road for industrial decarbonisation in the Northwest. This project builds upon Otto Simon's track record of hydrogen projects which includes trials in Glass Manufacture, Food and Ceramics as well as the pioneering HyDeploy project at Keele University.