Reed, D.

Eastman Chemical Company, Longview, Texas

David Reed is the Director of plant maintenance for Eastman Chemical’s Longview, Texas operations. Eastman is a global specialty chemical company with approximately 14,000 employees and 50 manufacturing sites around the world.

Maintenance: Zero-based, custom-built, reliability-driven—A new kind of maintenance organization

Reed, D., Eastman Chemical Company; Thompson, M., Consultant

In the October 2018 issue of Hydrocarbon Processing, the authors published an article—“Improving plant performance by changing a maintenance culture”—describing the first two years of Eastman Chemical Co.’s Longview, Texas site’s journey to maintenance excellence, which began in 2016.

Maintenance: Improving plant performance by changing a maintenance culture

Reed, D., Eastman Chemical Company; Thompson, M., Consultant

Over the last 2 yr, the plant maintenance department (PMD) at Eastman Chemical Co.’s Longview, Texas site produced these significant improvements to plant performance.