2009-01-20 17:26:02 -
Ivara Corporation, the industry leader and innovator in asset performance management solutions, today announced that General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX) has joined the Ivara® EXP Enterprise Implementation Partner Program.
As an EXP Enterprise Implementation Partner, GP will deliver implementation consulting services for Ivara EXP Enterprise asset performance management software. EXP Enterprise provides a cohesive and integrated platform to develop, implement and manage a living equipment reliability program. The software uses predictive and condition-based maintenance capabilities to monitor asset health. Maintenance personnel are then prompted to perform the right work at the right time. EXP, supported by advanced reliability practices, enables Ivara's renowned proactive asset reliability process. The process is developed and
sustained with the Ivara Work Smart® delivery methodology, which builds and implements asset reliability programs one asset at a time.
"We are pleased to join forces with GP's Maintenance and Reliability Group" says Paul Marshall, President and COO, Ivara Corporation. "By combining Ivara EXP software with GP's reliability expertise, we can offer our joint customers a complete solution for reliability excellence."
"Even in these challenging economic times, improving maintenance effectiveness for improved cost control and reduced waste remains the key" says Chuck Kooistra, (CMRP) Senior Vice President Asset Management, GP. "EXP will help our customers implement their maintenance strategies into the fabric of their daily operational activities and realize improved performance and profitability. GP's Maintenance and Reliability Group helps companies to initiate, deploy, and sustain maintenance excellence through consulting, program design and development, training, training center management, coaching, and hands-on implementation services. With the right mix and application of reliability-centered maintenance, planned maintenance, routine equipment care, maintenance materials management, and root cause failure analysis, companies working with GP's Maintenance and Reliability Group can achieve improved quality, greater efficiency, lowered cost, and more-capable people." Additional information may be found at
maintenance.gpworldwide.com.
About GP:
GP is the principal operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX). GP is a global performance improvement solutions provider of management consulting, sales and technical training, e-Learning solutions, and engineering services. GP's solutions improve the effectiveness of organizations by delivering innovative and superior training, consulting and business improvement services, customized to meet the specific needs of its clients. Clients include Fortune 500 companies, manufacturing, process and energy industries, and other commercial and government customers.
About Ivara:
Ivara is the leader in asset performance management software, Ivara EXP Enterprise, and services including Ivara RCM2?, the leading reliability strategy development methodology. RCM2 is delivered exclusively by The Aladon Network, Ivara's global network of reliability experts. Ivara EXP prevents industrial equipment failure, increases production and lowers costs for better business performance. EXP transforms data into real-time intelligence and helps plant and operations management make fast and accurate business decisions. Customers worldwide, representing a cross section of asset intensive industries, realize the benefits of EXP every day. For more information, visit www.ivara.com.
Ivara Corporation
Sandra DiMatteo, Director of Marketing, (905) 632-8000 ext. 271
sandra.dimatteo@ivara.com
or
General Physics Corporation
Mike Bresko, Managing Director, (206) 484-0816
mbresko@gpworldwide.com 
