OCP Maintenance Solutions, a subsidiary of Morocco's OCP Group, has partnered with NTN Europe to bring AI-powered predictive maintenance solutions to industrial companies across Europe. The partnership combines OCP Maintenance Solutions' expertise in artificial intelligence and industrial data with NTN Europe's knowledge of bearings, rotating equipment, and industrial diagnostics. The goal is to help manufacturers detect equipment problems before they cause costly failures, improve maintenance planning, and protect production continuity.
The partnership will first focus on France before expanding to other European markets. The initial rollout will allow the companies to adapt the solution to local industrial needs before a wider deployment. NTN Europe will contribute its expertise through its SNR brand, focusing on bearings, rotating equipment, and equipment diagnostics. OCP Maintenance Solutions will provide its proprietary i-Sense and i-Predict technologies, which use equipment data, vibration analysis, and artificial intelligence to identify signs of potential failure.
The joint offer will cover the full maintenance process, from identifying critical equipment to data analysis, fault diagnosis, and maintenance decisions. The partnership follows nearly a year of joint work between the two companies, including tests on bearings and rotating equipment at NTN Europe's technical facilities. OCP Maintenance Solutions will also draw on experience from deployments of its technologies in Morocco, Côte d'Ivoire, Pakistan, and India.
Abdenour Jbili, CEO of OCP Maintenance Solutions, said industrial companies expect measurable results, not just high-performance technologies. He added that the alliance responds to this expectation by bringing together complementary expertise to sustainably improve equipment availability and operational performance. Eric Malavasi, Vice President of NTN Europe, said the partnership reflects a broader effort to provide customers with maintenance solutions beyond individual products.
The partnership aims to contribute to more anticipatory maintenance that places greater emphasis on performance. By combining their expertise, the companies aim to help industrial operators improve asset reliability and availability. OCP Maintenance Solutions specializes in industrial maintenance, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence, with over 350 employees operating in Morocco and Saudi Arabia, and clients across more than nine countries.
OCP's industrial technology expansion is further demonstrated by its i-Sense and i-Predict platforms, which use equipment monitoring, vibration analysis, and AI to detect potential faults. The new partnership gives OCP Maintenance Solutions a route into the European industrial market through NTN Europe, part of Japan's NTN Corporation. NTN Europe develops and manufactures precision bearings and related solutions for the industrial, automotive, and aerospace sectors.
NTN Europe has a research and development center and 14 production sites across Europe, with over 5,000 employees and €1.2 billion in revenue in 2024. The partnership between OCP Maintenance Solutions and NTN Europe is a significant step in the development of predictive maintenance solutions for industrial companies across Europe.
Key points
- The partnership combines OCP Maintenance Solutions' AI expertise with NTN Europe's knowledge of bearings and rotating equipment.
- The initial rollout will focus on France before expanding to other European markets.
- The partnership aims to improve equipment availability and operational performance for industrial companies.
