Feedback on “Improving maintenance in China” conference (Chengdu, April 17)

On April 17, Siveco's GM Bruno Lhopiteau was invited to speak on the topic of "Improving maintenance in China" at the EU Project Innovation Center in Chengdu. The meeting was organized by the CCIFC (French Chamber of Commerce in China), Chengdu branch, as part of its regular Construction & Maintenance working group. The working group was created by Bruno Lhopiteau in 2005 and has held many sessions all over China.

During the 2-hour meeting, Bruno shared his 15-years experience of maintenance improvement projects in China and covered the following topics:

-  Introduction of Siveco's West China business
-  Typical lifecycle of an industrial plant in China
-  Market evolution and latest trends
-  Enforcing best practices: what works, what doesn't
-  The use of technology: dos and don'ts
-  Case studies – including two West China case studies (Hanas LNG and Lutianhua Chemicals)

The event was attended by both Chinese and expatriate executives from various multinational companies. Questions were very diverse, covering maintenance management itself, as well as commercial issues (how to sell services in China) and intellectual property (how to avoid being copied by would-be competitors). Several companies requested follow-up visits by Siveco teams, which will be conducted in the coming weeks.

Siveco is the largest maintenance consultancy in China. Based on a long experience of "maintenance with Chinese characteristics", Siveco has developed a unique approach to address the needs of plants, facilities and infrastructures owners in China through the utilization of technological tools. While the market has historically been plagued by IT suppliers without understanding of industrial reality, Siveco is run by maintenance people for maintenance people, focusing on obtaining rapid and sustainable improvement.

Siveco supports best practices in maintenance, facility management and risk prevention through a range of services including assessment, maintenance engineering, CMMS implementation, etc. Siveco provides a suite of very intuitive mobile solutions "for the worker of tomorrow", known as bluebee^®, running on its own cloud computing platform and compatible with any back-office maintenance system (COSWIN, Maximo, SAP PM, Datastream, etc.). bluebee^® has won several awards including the prestigious Plant Engineering Product of the Year 2012.

Siveco has over 60 customers across more than 600 sites in China, including ABB, Alstom, Arkema, Brose, Carrefour China, Changcheng Property Group, CNEEC, Fushun Mining Group, Shanghai World Expo 2010 pavilions, GDF Suez, Greenland Holdings, IKEA, International Paper, Nokia, Saint-Gobain, Sichuan Lutianhua, Sogefi, ZF, etc.

Siveco China is headquartered in Shanghai, where it also operates a R&D center, and has a branch office in Chengdu. The company is a subsidiary of Siveco Group, Europe's largest CMMS supplier with over 82,000 users worldwide.

Siveco website: www.sivecochina.com

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