Siveco to showcase its experience of achieving sustainable improvement at China TPM Summit (Shanghai, June 18)

Siveco will participate in the China TPM Summit to be held on June 18, 2010 at the Renaissance Shanghai Yantze Hotel. In line with the company's very hands-on approach, instead of delivering a speech at the event, Siveco engineers will be available onsite to share experience with attendees. They will demonstrate the use of Siveco mobile tools bluebee^® and Mtv, designed to promote knowledge sharing on the shop floor (see previous press release for more information).

Bruno Lhopiteau, GM of Siveco China and a 12-years veteran of the Chinese maintenance market, highlighted the Siveco approach during a recent interview:

"The consulting business is flourishing these days: while a number of manufacturing executives who lost their job in the crisis have improvised themselves Lean Management consultants, foreign training firms have also setup offices in China. In spite of the all the recent marketing hype, experience has proven that training, organizational changes and other good advices provided by consultants often fail to produce sustainable results: this is especially true in China where maintenance technicians lack related experience and companies face high turnover rates."

He added: "In sharp contrast with these fly-by-night consultants who are still discovering the Chinese market, Siveco has for many years been delivering tangible results. Based on a long experience of maintenance with Chinese characteristics, Siveco has developed a unique approach to address the maintenance needs of manufacturers in China, using concrete maintenance management tools such as Visual Management in combination with CMMS and mobile solutions, to support its maintenance improvement services, thus providing rapid and sustainable results."

In addition to the event itself, follow-up sessions and free onsite maintenance audits will be offered to interested participants. Attendees who may wish to book a face-to-face discussion with our team in advance of the event, please contact info@sivecochina.com.

The June issue of our monthly email newsletter "Maintenance in China" will be released during the event at http://www.sivecochina.com/en/maintenance-in-china/. This issue will focus on maintenance improvement in manufacturing plants, with strong TPM overtones.

Siveco is the number one supplier of Facility Management (FM) and Maintenance Management Systems (MMS, also known as EAM) in Europe with around 82,000 users in over 60 countries. Siveco works with industry-leading customers in the manufacturing, infrastructure, and facility management markets. By implementing innovative management solutions, the company assists facility owners (and their service suppliers) in optimizing the utilization of their assets and reducing their operation costs, while improving safety and ensuring regulatory compliance. Siveco Group was founded in 1986, with headquarters in Paris and global R&D in Montpellier, South of France. Global customers include Airbus, BP, Carrefour, EDF, the European Space Center, Faurecia, Fiat, GDF SUEZ, the Greek Olympic Facilities, Nestle, Singapore Metro, etc. Siveco China was set up at the end of 2004 in Shanghai, with already over 40 references including Beijing Oriental Plaza, Changcheng Property Group, Brose, Danfoss, Saint-Gobain, SCA Packaging, Ikea, etc.

Siveco website: www.sivecochina.com

Siveco China edits the monthly "Maintenance in China" email newsletter, available to subscribers and online readers (http://www.sivecochina.com/en/maintenance-in-china/).