Leading manufacturer of building materials selects Siveco’s maintenance system

Armstrong Building Products Shanghai, a subsidiary of Armstrong World Industries of the US, has selected Siveco and its partner East Dream to improve maintenance management in its local plants.

By implementing a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), the project aims at establishing Armstrong's Qingpu factory in Shanghai as a new benchmark for maintenance in this industry in China.

One of the top performers among Amstrong's worldwide sites, Armstrong Building Products Shanghai has already built strong maintenance practices, providing the ideal foundation to implement the project successfully.

World Industries, Inc., founded in 1860, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of floors, ceilings and cabinets with a focus on innovation, design and environmental sustainability. In 2009, Armstrong's consolidated net sales totaled approximately $2.8 billion. Based in Lancaster, PA, Armstrong operates 36 plants in eight countries and has approximately 10,800 employees worldwide.

Website: http://www.armstrong.cn/commflrpac/asia1/zh/cn/

Shanghai East Dream Automation Control Technology (http://www.eastdream.net/info.aspx?id=339), focusing on industrial IT system integration, serves a number of industries such as electric power, water utilities, metallurgy, transportation, chemicals and facilities.

East Dream provides full turnkey support from design, installation, training, debugging and operation support. East Dream is a fully authorized Siveco implementation partner in China.

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 plant 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' services include maintenance audits, benchmarking, CMMS implementation and maintenance improvement projects. Siveco provides a suite of very intuitive solutions running web-based or mobile (tablet or smartphone) and compatible with any back-office maintenance system (COSWIN, Maximo, SAP PM, Datastream etc.).

Siveco has over 50 customers across more than 250 sites in China, including ABB, ArjoWiggins, Arkema, BOP, Brose, Changcheng Property Group, Chenming Paper, CNEEC, Danfoss, Expo 2010 pavilions, GDF Suez, IKEA, International Paper, Kerneos, Saint-Gobain, Sichuan Lutianhua, Sogefi, State Grid, ZF, etc.

Siveco China is a subsidiary of Siveco Group, Europe's largest CMMS supplier with over 82,000 users worldwide.

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